Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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The drain that spells death
 “I see it as an ecological disaster because the biodiversity has been destroyed,” says M. Tahir Qureshi, director of the Ecosystem Unit at the IUCN’s Sindh Programme Office...
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Byteback
 QUESTION: I have 80GB of hard disk space, 164MB RAM and Pentium 3 500MHZ processor. How can I install Linux and Windows XP? What are the hard disk requirements?...
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Matters of the heart (and egg)
 THE role of cholesterol in causing coronary heart disease has long since been under scrutiny. It is for this purpose that cholesterol has turned into a taboo of sorts — a grossly misunderstood...
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Satellite-aided positioning and data evaluation
 THE development of satellite-aided positioning or navigation is far from complete. While the beginning of satellite positioning can be traced back to the days of the Sputnik satellite...
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Tips for serious web designers
 If you are planning to be an inventive professional web designer then you should know about the following rules which will help you equip yourself with the essential techniques....
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Webwatch
 Stuck with a theorem and can’t remember which equation matches what? Here is one website to help you out. Given here are several mathematical equations for you to check out...
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The mysterious ways of XP
DO you want to make your browsing faster or speed up the boot time of your computer? Today we will talk about a few tips that will help you do so. These tips range from functional....
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By the power of the sun
 THE internet has provided us information and knowledge and its accessibility is not just limited to developed countries — in fact, many developing countries jumped on the internet bandwagon....
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Pop culture
 THE latest news that common painkillers raise the risk of stroke or heart attack could come as a blow to Britain''s many pill poppers. The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) recently...
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Birth of an ocean
THE nomads were terrified. For a week the ground had shuddered violently. Cracks opened up in the soil swallowing goats and camels. Sulphur-laced smoke rose out of the dark slits....
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Children land in hospital due to industrial waste
SEVEN children got burnt when chemicals dumped on a plot caught fire in Orangi Town, Karachi, last week. The children were playing in the dumping area close to a graveyard in Rahimshah Colony....
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Cool gadgets
 LG KG800 has a 1.3 mega pixel camera, including a self-timer, brightness and white balance controls and a multi-shot mode. It also has 128MB worth of memory and an mp3...
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Trimming IT costs
 While companies strive to use IT as a competitive advantage, they are also looking for ways to streamline costs and the IT department is often a good place to begin....
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ITeaser
THINK you know all there is to know about IT? Well, this ITeaser is sure to surprise you: 1. Most newspaper agencies use which feeder on websites for a quick update? 2. Firewalls are used...
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