Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Me, myself and my cellphone
 IN Japan it is known as keitai. In China it’s sho ji. Germans call them handy. In France it is le portable or le G while in Arabic, el mobile, telephone makhmul, or telephone gowal...
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Tummy troubles
 The arrival of summer not only brings power breakdowns but also a number of diseases, including gastroenteritis. Taking contaminated food seems to be the main culprit...
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Byteback
 EDITOR’S REPLY: It''s very hard to answer this question since you haven''t mentioned your version of IE, nor have you mentioned your OS or which hardware you''re running...
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Strange but new
 Fumito Ueda is a true artist, the Picasso of the digital age. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he devoted his life for the cause of arts in the video game industry and now he...
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Movie magic
 AS the communication technologies become more and more advanced, the line between traditional print and electronic media and alternative media (Internet and cell phones) is blurring...
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Cool Gadgets
 How long can you hold on? You grab one handle each and then the Shocking Duel begins. Starting with a short gentle tingle the game progresses to longer and more powerful shocks!...
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The latest dietary villain
 Brandi Walzer, a 29-year-old cartographer in Savannah, Ga., loves bread, not to mention pizza and beer. But she tries to avoid them, because they contain gluten — a substance...
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Opening new Vistas
 The new release in Microsoft Windows is Vista. It is very demanding as it requires even more resources than XP. However, customising XP to make it look like is Vista is not at all tough....
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Here and There
 The Sindh government has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI), to Messrs Hassan Associates for setting up four power generation plants of 250 MW each and coalmining in Thar area...
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News Beat
 The claim that aspirin can prevent the disease stems from the notion that Alzheimer’s is caused by inflammation that disrupts proteins in the brain. It’s believed that aspirin...
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Calamity foretold
 The scientific observations by satellite imagery and precise calculations based on GIS and GPS measurements reveal the alarming fact that a big jolt is going to hit Pakistan...
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