Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Obituary of a planet
 ON Aug 24, Pluto — the youngest major object in the solar system — was declared dead as a planet. The death was caused by a lethal resolution passed by a group of astronomers...
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Byteback
 QUESTION: How can I recover or convert data from .chk and .swp files, which were damaged during a Windows XP installation on another hard disk of FAT 16?...
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The future of programming languages
 Software development seems to have changed and it now tends to focus on the creation of methodologies that make better use of already existing languages. Some methodologies...
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The last word on the last breath
 THE patient, only 35, had been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years. Recently, he had developed septic bedsores and pneumonia. His kidneys were failing, and despite the feeding....
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For better, not worse
 PLANNING and organising is about getting the right things done in the right way at the right time. We can achieve better results through appropriate planning....
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Webwatch
 It often happens that you load a website on your browser only to find that you will need to register to access the most interesting content. Even though registration is free, it is a hassle...
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Keeping monsters at bay
Did your internet account get hacked last month? Does your inbox overflow with unsolicited e-mail messages? Are you ready to toss your PC into the trash because it generates...
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Mean, green cleaning machine
 THE establishment of organisations like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the celebration of World Earth Day in 1970 reveal that environmental studies have always....
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The dreamer, the scientist
 Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) was a great scientist. His academic contributions included “the formulation of the laws of gravitation” and “the invention of the infinitesimal calculus”....
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A $3 water purifier that could save lives
In very poor countries, the family that has to walk miles to fetch drinking water from a well or a stream may be the lucky one. In many villages, the water source is a filthy pond trod....
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Move to revive Thar power plan
Pakistan has urged China to intervene and bring Shenhua Group back to the negotiating table to help revive a $1 billion project involving coal-mining and setting up of a 600-megwatt....
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Cool gadgets
 THE PHONOPREAMP IVINYL offers a way to digitise both your cassettes and old vinyl records. The device is completely USB based and contains ports for “moving magnet cartridge”...
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And now for the podcast
 IN the recent past, there has been a great deal of hype about podcasting. Podcasting in simple words means delivering online audio content to computers and other portable media players....
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ITeaser
THINK your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brains with this ITeaser and find out for sure: 1. My system is frozen and the keyboard has hanged. What could be the problem?...
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