November 25, 2006 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here Sleeping beast IN December 2004, the Asian Marine Disaster (AMD) caused the Sumatran earthquake of magnitude 9.3, with a death toll of about 200,000 in various Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and Somalia.... Ancient crash, epic wave AT the southern end of Madagascar lie four enormous wedge-shaped sediment deposits, called chevrons, that are composed of material from the ocean floor. Each covers twice the area of Manhattan with sediment as deep as the Chrysler Building is high.... Small islands, big stakes FRAGILE and bent double, fisherwoman Rehmat Bibi, 104, the oldest and most permanent resident of the Bhundaar, the island that has been making news for the past one month, loses no... Kick off! THE two biggest names in the gaming world have once again released games that soccer fans can look forward to. They are none other than EA’s FIFA 2007 and Konami’s Pro-Evolution Soccer 6 (PES 6).... Webwatch Extremity unbound http://www.extremescience.com/ There are many extremes in science: extreme weather conditions, extreme natural disasters, etc.... A guide to home networking with WinXP IF you want to set up a home network individually or even with your friend living nearby to make your world go around by internet sharing and playing games online, all... In search of life — the cryptic regions of mars THE quest to trace the possible signs of life on planets other than Earth has led human beings to uncover new realities. One of the most interesting findings in this regard... Why can''t the system cope? A LITANY of failures was revealed in the mental care of John Barrett, the man who murdered a stranger in Richmond Park. The failures are not unique.... SCIENCE UPDATE: DNA from Neanderthal leg shows distant split RESEARCHERS have sequenced DNA from the leg bone of a Neanderthal man who died 38,000 years ago and said “it shows the Neanderthals are truly distant relatives of modern humans who interbred rarely, if at all, with our own immediate ancestors”.... NATIONAL SCENE: Mirani Dam a result of Wapda’s vision THE Mirani Dam is a result of the Water and Power Development Authority’s (Wapda) “Vision 2025” and it was completed almost in time. Four more such projects will be built in Balochistan, said WAPDA Chairman Tariq Hameed.... Criminal or mastermind? IF you ask general public whether a hacker is criminal or a mastermind, they will undoubtedly opt for “criminal”. The word hack has several definitions, according to the dictionary.... Cool gadgets Finding the way Nav One 2500 is a portable GPS device with a 3.5-inch colour, touch-screen. It includes an odometre, trip timer and speedometer. You can navigate in different voice languages.... Byteback Antivirus error QUESTION: I have a Pentium III, 500MHz and 128MB RAM with Symantec Norton Antivirus (latest version)....

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