Our sympathies go out to everyone touched by Tuesday's
tragedy. You can find links to useful resources at:
http://www.researchbuzz.com/911.html
In this issue of Hot Articles: technology and community,
Windows XP's new freebies, online brokerages, and religion
in The Simpsons...
---Business---
Business 2.0 gets an audience with leading management guru
Peter Drucker, who assesses the new economy and how
technology affects the underlying principles of doing
business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74547
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74547
A Business 2.0 article sizes up the state of venture capital
in the U.S. VCs are down, it reports, but far from out --
Pets.com and Flooz notwithstanding.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74548
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74548
Scientific American reviews a new text by an oilman and
geologist that predicts that world oil production will peak
this decade and begin a steep decline.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74592
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74592
CIO examines the set of business practices that has allowed
a CEO-CIO team to turn around three very troubled companies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74732
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74732
---Culture & Technology---
A column in Red Herring predicts that advances in technology
will eventually lead us to better appreciate the
technology-free parts of our lives.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74108
A CIO article claims that information technology is helping
to destroy community and cultural unity in the world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74675
A Wired article shows how the Internet has spurred the
parents of very ill children -- who previously were isolated
victims of genetic fate -- to unite, commune, and incite
medical discovery.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74727
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74727
---Computing---
PC World takes a detailed look at the new features in
Windows XP that once were the domain of third-party
applications. Do they pose a threat to established vendors'
software, or do users get what they pay for?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74349
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74349
---Cycling---
An Outside article reviews the latest commuter bicycles and
gear.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74038
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74038
---E-Business---
Electronic currency company PayPal has had a rough road, but
Wired reports on its hopes of imminent profitability and how
it has come this far.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74702
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74702
A Line56 article reports that the Internet didn't do away
with sales reps -- it will, however, cause dramatic changes
in strategy and deployment.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74345
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74345
Red Herring reports on the National Basketball Association's
broad and innovative digital-broadcasting efforts.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74120
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74120
---Education---
An Education Week article tracked five first-year teachers
last year to chronicle their experiences in one of the
hardest jobs there is.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74195
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74195
An Education Week article tackles character education: what
it is, why it's needed, and how it's being done right and
wrong in the U.S.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74685
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74685
---The Internet---
Scientific American reports on the progress of the 3-D
Internet: the hardware is there; a new type of web simply
needs programming.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74590
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74590
Kiplinger's ranks and reviews online stock brokerages.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74040
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74040
---Science---
Science News reports on a new type of liquid that may
revolutionize chemistry by being both better and more
environmentally friendly than traditional organic solvents.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74382
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74382
---Television---
An Entertainment Today article points out the recent
attention given to religious themes in the television show
The Simpsons.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74440
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74440
---Terrorism---
Salon has collected first-person accounts of the September
11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74767
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74767
A macabrely relevant Mother Jones article that hit the web
last week mused on the examination of a wanted poster for
Usama bin Laden in a suburban New Jersey post office.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74171
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74171
---U.S. Politics---
Ralph Nader has lost a lot of stature on the Left since the
presidential election. A Mother Jones article puzzles over
whether Nader has committed political suicide.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=74212
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=74212
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