Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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When will the games begin?
 Mention gaming in front of anyone and you are bound to get a different reaction every time. Some will tell you it is a “kid’s thing”, others will tell you they don’t care about it while gaming...
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Byteback
 QUESTION: I have a Pentium IV with 2.26GHz processor and 256MB of RAM. I have been using a LAN connection on this PC since last month. A few days back when I was using the internet...
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Dengue fever — need for more awareness
 Dengue fever is an acute viral illness of varying severity. It is caused by one of the four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, Den-3 and Den-4)....
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In ancient fossils, seeds of a new debate on warming
 In recent years, scientists have made sizeable gains in what was once considered an impossible art — reconstructing the history of Earth’s atmosphere back into the dim past....
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The man, the legend
 Remember Tony Montana’s famous line before he died in the movie Scar Face? But if you don’t, then let me refresh your memory: “Say hello to my little friend”....
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Webwatch
 It’s a generally known fact that all celebrity profiles, irrespective of which social networking website they are on, are fake most of the time. So why do people still fall for it? This highly interesting...
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The mysterious ways of XP — II
This week, we continue to explore more ways to make your Windows XP experience interesting, 1. Change the text in Internet Explorer’s title bar: This means to navigate...
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Vehicles needed, no more
 An emerging science combines properties of telecommunications and transportation to achieve a novel system called “teleportation”. The system is in search of a way that takes...
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Fun with numbers
 Every child learns to count numbers called natural numbers or integers. We can add numbers, subtract, multiply and divide them. These operations follow some simple rules...
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On a wing and a whisper: end to runway noise
ENGINEERS have unveiled what they hope is the future for commercial airliners – a radical “flying wing” designed to be so quiet that no one outside an airport will be able to hear....
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Global warming threatens Indus irrigation system
THE Indus irrigation system, which is the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world, is likely to register a dramatic decrease in river flows, conceivably by more than 30 per cent....
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Cool gadgets
 MICROSOFT ZUNE MP3 PLAYER comes with a 30GB memory and consists of full-length sample tracks, play lists, pictures, etc. The device also comes with a built-in FM tuner...
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The fine art of (b)logging
 The Blog has redefined the Web in many ways. The Web has always been interactive and blogs help interactivity. And then there are new software and blog tools, making it easier....
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ITeaser
THINK you know all there is to know about IT? Well, this ITeaser is sure to surprise you: 1. What is the source which sends information across the internet called?...
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