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COVER STORY: Warming up
 Despite being the global buzz word of today, climate change and its repercussions seem lost on the Pakistani public in general. Typically, while most people do realise the extreme harsh weather conditions that Pakistan has been plagued with in recent years...
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INTERVIEW: ‘As individuals, we have to change our lifestyle’
 What initiatives has the Met department taken to make people aware of the unexpected climate changes that Pakistan has witnessed in recent time Pakistan Meteorological Department was the first to point to the government...
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INRETROSPECT: Goodbye Ulysses
 Some of mankind’s endeavours in the cosmos have made real progress in understanding the universe. One such venture is Ulysses, the 17-year-old spacecraft which is at the verge of retirement after succumbing to harsh envroment of space. According to scientists at Nasa...
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Q’N’A: Byteback
Umair Mohsin responds to your queries, Q Please suggest a website from where I can get pictures of old and new stamps along with their prices, so that I can buy and sell.......
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GAME ON: Battling in space
 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption deserves kudos for its flawless, responsive and creative control scheme that make it an absolute treat to play, reviews Jahanzeb Khan Metroid is one of Nintendo’s most popular and legendary franchises...
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TECHNOLOGY BUZZ: Go ahead! Take control
 Some games simply do not give you a proper experience if you use the traditional mouse and keyboard combination, especially with games like the Flight Simulator series. This is where the Logitech joystick can bring added realism to your favourite games....
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COOL GADGETS
 This is a perfect way to keep record of your unforgetable moments. This Digital Foci Pocket Album allows you to download up to 74 photos on 8MB of internal memory. It works by a user-friendly Photo Viewer Software that can convert JPEG to BMP images...
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DOT COM: Piecing together
 Most of us must have solved jigsaw puzzles at some point in our lives. And those who have will always remember the frustrations, patience and eventually the sense of satisfaction in putting the pieces together. The bigger the puzzle pieces...
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FUN INTENDED: My network or yours?
 Has technology really created Friendship 2.0? This is an interesting topic, because the 2.0 moniker adds a certain level of coolness (thinking: Do they still use this word?) to my article, and it also gives me some leeway with my editor when she will blow up at me......
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TIPS AND TRICKS: Blue goes chatting
 Chatting has largely been a PC-based addiction. But when it comes to chatting over cell phones, the alternatives are costly like GPRS-based IMs or SMS chat. However, if users who want to chat are in close vicinity, say in adjacent rooms or even a floor away...
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From Far And Wide
 Canada plans to become the first country to ban the import and sale of some types of plastic baby bottles because they contain a chemical that the government says could harm infants and toddlers....
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AUTO PILOT: Say diesel
 Once a dreaded word that made environmentalists hyper active, and largely associated with noisy hefty cargo trucks emitting cloud of sooty smoke, diesel engines have come a long way. Today, they are universally acclaimed as more efficient than their gasoline counterparts....
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