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---Social Issues---
An eCompany Now article suggests Americans look to France to
see what a future with widespread nuclear power will look
like. The French don't seem to think it's all that bad.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60848
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60848
FEER covers the debate over whether tourists should visit
Burma despite its boycott by numerous human rights
activists. A recently-released Lonely Planet guide to Burma
has fanned the flames.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60862
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60862
Buy "Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma)":
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0864427034/magportalcom
Salon reports on how a small watchdog group busted Yahoo!
for upping its (now-defunct) porn-sale efforts.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61112
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61112
---Mobile Computing---
eCompany Now has a buying guide on how to find the PDA
that's right for you.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60774
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60774
The Industry Standard reports on legislation aimed at people
using cell phones while driving and efforts to make talking
while driving safer.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61153
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61153
The Industry Standard looks at the history of pen-based
computing and Microsoft's entry with the Tablet PC.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61202
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61202
---Technology---
The Industry Standard describes 5 technologies which will
have a significant impact in the near future.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61186
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61186
A Technology Review article ponders how future information
tools will affect our relationship with languages.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61344
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61344
---Books---
Atlantic Unbound interviews author Nicholson Baker, whose
latest book is a polemic against libraries for getting rid
of old books and newspapers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60763
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60763
Buy "Double Fold" by Nicholson Baker:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375504443/magportalcom
Salon reviews "Nickel and Dimed", a book on American poverty
whose author researched the book by spending two years
working near-minimum-wage jobs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60822
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60822
Buy "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805063889/magportalcom
---The Internet---
A Web Techniques article wonders whether the twin threats of
legal suppression and viral corruption will nip P2P in the
bud.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60896
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60896
Will the advent of "walled garden" networks bring newbie
cable-modem users an Internet that is neither worldly nor
wide? A Technology Review article examines the dangers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61362
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61362
---Business---
Business 2.0 reports on a new study that finds many fewer
people planning to make purchases using Internet-enabled
phones.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60931
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60931
Even the most respected venture capital funds got burned by
making rapid, concentrated investments in Internet
companies. The Industry Standard reports on their missteps.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61255
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61255
U.S. News reports on a rise in industrial espionage in the
biosciences.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61249
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61249
---Career and Work Life---
A Fast Company article argues the thesis that there is no
correlation at all between success and hours worked.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61330
A CIO article discusses the age discrimination -- whether
perceived or real -- rampant in the IT industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61636
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61636
---Asian Business & Politics---
A FEER article reports that East Asian states are worried
that they may have to choose between the U.S. and China as
trading partners, as strategic competition between the two
giants builds.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60959
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60959
An Asiaweek journalist goes inside a Hong Kong group of
Falungong devotees to determine whether the group is a cult
or a legitimate spiritual movement.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61058
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61058
---Economic Health---
Do April's unemployment figures spell more trouble for the
economy? The Industry Standard looks at the prospects.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61216
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61216
CIO presents two sides of the debate over the impact of
information technology on productivity. Can we expect
recent gains to continue?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61632
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61632
---U.S. Politics & Society---
Time reports that the militia movement in the U.S. has hit
the skids.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61146
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61146
A Salon article uncovers the partisan machinations churning
in Congress over Bush's nominees to the federal bench.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60907
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60907
A Salon article marvels at the bizarre soap opera a San
Francisco dog-mauling case has become.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60928
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60928
New Republic profiles the Bush speechwriting team, an island
of brainiacs in an anti-intellectual White House.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61043
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61043
As the Winter Olympics approach, Time reports that Utah is
cracking down on its subculture of polygamists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61252
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61252
Time covers the FBI's botched handling of the McVeigh case,
the latest in a series of embarrassments for the bureau.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61314
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61314
---Sports---
Is the sun setting on sumo wrestling? The sport's yokozuna
-- its grand champion -- has retired in protest against a
tradition that refuses to change with the times, reports
Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60793
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60793
---Pet Food---
FDA Consumer has an article on how to understand the
labeling and choose the best type of food for your pet.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61049
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61049
---Education---
Education Week reports on the widespread teacher protests
against high-stakes testing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61457
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61457
---World Religion---
A U.S. News article follows the pope's recent foreign trip
and his efforts to reach out to Muslims and Eastern Orthodox
Christians.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=61276
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=61276
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