Celebrate the downslope of your week with this selection of
the web's most interesting magazine articles.
---Science & Technology---
A Technology Review article surveys pig-to-human
transplantation technology and predicts it will become
standard organ-donation practice.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57254
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57254
Business 2.0 reports on new technology that will greatly
increase the data capacity of CDs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57051
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57051
A Technology Review article explores the potential of
nanotechnology to revolutionize drug delivery.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57271
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57271
Salon reviews "Black & White", a long-awaited new PC game
that sports a surreally adaptive and complex artificial
intelligence.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57194
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57194
---Television---
Salon reviews "That's My Bush!", the sitcom send-up of
President Bush by the creators of South Park.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56553
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56553
---Business---
A Business 2.0 article addresses how to change marketing and
branding strategies to take advantage of a recession.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57018
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57018
According to FEER, Boeing plans to compete against the
gigantic size of Airbus's latest jet with a super-fast
"Sonic Cruiser".
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56600
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56600
An Asiaweek article argues that accountability to social
(not just market) concerns can help protect companies and
their profits.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56727
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56727
A piece in The Industry Standard narrates the fall from
grace of networking mammoth Cisco.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57144
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57144
According to The Industry Standard, CEOs have to move faster
than ever before to please investors and keep their jobs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57250
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57250
---Computing---
Business 2.0 analyzes IBM's big bet to reorient its business
around open computing environments.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57102
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57102
Windows won the war for the desktop, a Technology Review
article says, but it looks like free software will drive the
processors embedded in everyday objects.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57268
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57268
PC World recaps the latest arguments in the debate over
restrictive software licensing agreements and website terms
of service.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57209
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57209
---Finance & Investing---
eCompany Now offers tips to investors on how to locate and
analyze a company's financial data online.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56529
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56529
---The Internet---
A Salon article reports on the maturing technology of
personalized music recommendations over the Internet.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56749
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56749
Instead of trying to sell course material online, MIT has
announced it is making all its syllabi, reading lists, and
lectures available for free. U.S. News has the story.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56787
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56787
---Global Politics---
Asiaweek explores the potential effects of the U.S.-China
standoff on the rest of Asia, both in terms of economics and
security.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56695
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56695
For a Salon story, an American editor recalls her tenure at
a Chinese government-controlled English-language newspaper
in Shanghai.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56820
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56820
---U.S. Politics & Society---
Time reports that federal agents may use a 1980s anti-crack
house law to crack down on the rave movement.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56865
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56865
According to Business 2.0, H-1B visas are becoming
controversial again as Indian-owned and -run companies in
the U.S. are recruiting large numbers of workers from India.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57063
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57063
Popular Mechanics reports on two powerful U.S. intelligence
tools, designed for cold war use, that are now trained on
the U.S. and Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57169
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57169
---Books---
Scientific American reviews a book, The Little Ice Age, that
examines how societies have dealt with major climate change
in the past.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56925
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56925
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465022715/magportalcom
Atlantic Unbound reviews a new book on IBM's dealings with
Nazi Germany.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56473
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56473
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609607995/magportalcom
---Autos---
Should automobile seatbelt use be made optional? A Car &
Driver article looks at statistics suggesting that seatbelt
laws have not reduced fatality rates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57107
So much for the mystique: Popular Mechanics test-drives a
brand new Ford "Police Interceptor" and finds it isn't very
different from production cars.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57272
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57272
A Microtimes article looks at carmakers' strategies for
build-to-order cars and predicts the road to that
destination will be bumpy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56710
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56710
---Golf---
A Sports Illustrated article puts into perspective Tiger
Woods's feat of winning golf's four major tournaments
consecutively.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57192
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57192
---Particularly Disturbing Articles---
According to a Salon fashion article, the "mullet" hairdo is
making a big comeback.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=56997
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=56997
In an egregious example of overreaching patent law, Tech
Review reveals that Smucker's has patented a peanut butter
and jelly sandwich.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=57106
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=57106
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