In this issue: software that keeps your e-mails coherent,
the world's furthest fall, and a way to control devices with
your mind...
---Business---
The business world has buzzed recently about customer
relationship management, being customer-centric, and other
the-customer-is-boss messages. A Fast Company article has a
roundtable discussion over whether this is just hype or a
real change in how business will work.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72111
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72111
---Computers---
A Smart Computing article reviews software that can help the
grammar- and spelling-challenged polish their prose for
business communication.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72576
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72576
---India---
A deal between the Indian government and a large hotel chain
to privatize the management of the Taj Mahal has upset many
traditionalists who fear the monument's commercialization,
reports Asiaweek.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72446
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72446
According to a Salon article, stubborn opposition to
mandatory salt-iodization measures has left India with 70
million individuals affected by iodine-deficiency disorders
including retardation and severe birth defects.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72703
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72703
---The Internet---
The public shortcomings of Microsoft's Hotmail free e-mail
service do not inspire confidence in a company that wants
users to entrust it with all their personal information,
says a Salon article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72868
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72868
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---Investing---
A Mutual Funds article deals with index funds and how they
fit in to a variety of investment strategies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72880
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72880
---The Legal System---
In a New Republic piece, a law professor who has written
extensively about jury behavior describes his recent
experience actually sitting on a jury in a criminal case.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72226
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72226
---Skydiving---
A Wired article describes the technical and organizational
issues surrounding a project to execute the world's highest
skydive: from 130,000 feet, through the stratosphere and
the sound barrier.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72146
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72146
---Technology---
Wired looks at alternative interfaces that are being
developed to let disabled individuals move paralyzed limbs
or control prostheses with their brains.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72174
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72174
FEER reports that alternatives to diesel based on vegetable
oil are giving a boost to the Thai agricultural industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72362
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72362
---World Politics---
A FEER article points out many similarities between Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and former U.S. President
Ronald Reagan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72242
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72242
To the surprise of many, enthusiasm for the European Union
is beginning to wane among the poorer countries of Eastern
Europe, reports The New Republic.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=72434
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=72434
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