Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World.
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Striking the techno chord
 UNLIKE other nations in the world, we cannot boast of a rich musical history where pop music is concerned. Taking its roots in the late 1960s, pop music suffered great opposition in the late seventies and in the early nineties – people believed it was against the cultural identity and norm for (the then) youth....
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Website a day, eh?
 HUNTING websites is an interesting as well as a tiresome task. You have to be specific about what exactly you are searching for in order to put correct keywords in the search engine to get as close a result as possible....
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Q n A: Byteback
 VIRUS ATTACK. Q: My system has been infected by a virus, which creates a number of folders in every programme folder. It also blocks all folder options in ‘My Computer’ tool menu. When I want to install or download any antivirus software, it automatically halts the process and shuts down....
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The power of three
 SONIC the hedgehog first appeared on the Sega Genesis back in 1991. It was a 2-D platform game which focused on the high speed action, unlike other games in the genre such as the Super Mario series (which was much slower paced)....
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TECHNOLOGY BUZZ: Sound power
 TO be very honest, I was extremely sceptical about JVC before I reviewed it. Internationally, it is a well-reknowned brand, but in Pakistan very few people know about it and even fewer have experienced their products. All this scepticism was set aside however, when the first CD was slid into the tray....
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Cool gadgets
 A reason to chairThis sleek massage and music chair integrates the latest stress management technology, allowing you to enjoy a relaxing and soothing massage while you listen to your favourite music....
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Biting business
 IT is sunrise. Shafiq steps out of the gate for his morning constitution, swinging his wooden cane. As he walks past the house at the end of the street, a gate opens and a handsome black German Shepherd growls and takes a lunge....
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Plugging the leaks
 CORPORATE data is an important possession of marketing strategies, product designs, underway deals and project plans which could be a treasure trove if in the hands of competitors. Security of customer data is just as important, perhaps more so, since there are audit and compliance risks associated with such leaks....
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Here and there
 New virus-resistant cotton seeds likely to evolveNEW virus-resistant cotton seed varieties will be evolved within two to three years, with agricultural scientists conducting exhaustive in-depth research to achieve this objective....
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From far & above
 Growing living-tissue heart valves-a realitySURGEONS will soon be able to literally mend a broken heart using live tissue grown from a patient’s very own stem cells, top cardiologists reported to have said....
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Why clog the blog?
 BLOGGING is turning 10 this year. At least this is what the headlines say. So is time to break out the cake and candles? For the blogging tribe, it is more like time to get out the red pencil, and dispute the premise of the anniversary itself....
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