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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2001-06-06

In this week's edition:  the real Star Wars, a battle
royale, a receding history, and America's unluckiest college
drinkers...
 
---The Arms and Space Race---
A New Scientist article explores how the world's superpowers
are preparing for conflict in space, and why they must.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63228
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63228
 
---Baseball---
Time Asia explores the phenomenon of Ichiro, the charismatic
and antic Japanese outfielder now tearing up the big
leagues.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64417
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64417
 
---Business---
A Darwin article tries to pin down what goes on in the minds
of successful serial entrepreneurs.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64063
Red Herring reports on NTT DoCoMo's launch of Super-iMode,
the world's first third-generation wireless
telecommunications service.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63796
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63796
What happens at Wharton's pricey weeklong e-commerce boot
camp for executives?  A Darwin writer reports his
experiences.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63286

---Computers & Networking---
PC World tests out 12 wireless networking kits designed for
home networks and selects a best buy.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63232
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63232
Salon reports that Apple's cheap, fast Final Cut Pro digital
film-editing software is on the way to dethroning industry
giant Avid and democratizing the world of filmmaking.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64648
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64648
 
---The Dark Side of Business---
Business 2.0 profiles the Ghetto Hackers, one of the most
controversial and sought-after teams of, er, computer
security consultants.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64552
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64552
Now that the cold war is over, ex-intelligence agents have
turned to the booming corporate espionage market, as Darwin
reports.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64073
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64073
 
---Gardening---
National Gardening tells how to deal with the most common
summer garden pests.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63689
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63689

---Hair Loss---
Salon interviews the author of a new book about the history
of baldness and men's responses to it.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63724
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63724
 Buy this book:
  http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812991583/magportalcom
 
---Health---
A FEER article asks how prepared we are for the next flu
pandemic.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63643
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63643
U.S. News reports that counterfeit prescription drugs are
beginning to appear more on American pharmacy shelves.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64234
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64234
 
---The Internet---
Internet World interviews the co-founder of Google about the
popular search engine's history and future.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64034
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64034
In a CIO article, the founder of the First Church of
Cyberspace explains what motivated him to make a sacred
space on the Web.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64050
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64050

---Science & Technology---
A Darwin article says speech-recognition systems have
evolved significantly from the laughable early days.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63277
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63277
Red Herring reports on the growing cachet of cell therapy --
the modern equivalent of last century's monkey-gland
injections -- among researchers and drug companies.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63751
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63751
Business 2.0 looks at the current state of 3-D holographic
tools that promise to aid the expensive process of
industrial design.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64503
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64503
 
---Society & Culture in Asia---
Time Asia recaps the shocking murder of Nepal's Royal Family
by the Crown Prince and discusses what it means for the
evolving mountain kingdom's future.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64602
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64602
Salon has an article looking at China's young, hip,
web-savvy "Weiku" generation.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63251
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63251
FEER reports on how Asian films fared at Cannes this year.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63627
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63627

---U.S. Politics---
A Salon article covers first daughters Barbara and Jenna
Bush's troubles with the law.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=63656
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=63656
Time argues that the media's coverage of the Bush twins'
drinking shows why First Families need privacy.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=64306
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=64306