In this week's issue: hot markets, the flu, video game
consoles, wine, and more... We wish a good Thanksgiving to
our American readers.
---Aging---
Researchers are creating more and more pervasive technology
to help improve the lives of the elderly. Wired has the
story of the world's most technologically advanced rest
home, a model of gerontechnology called Oatfield Estates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80763
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80763
Metropolis has an article on the MIT AgeLab, where
technologies are being developed to help understand and deal
with aging.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81072
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=81072
---Business---
A CIO article warns of the dark side of outsourcing that can
hollow out a company by giving away all the best work.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80897
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80897
Chipmaker Intel is digging in to fend off competition from
Via and Transmeta, reports FEER.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80967
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80967
Entrepreneur has a list of hot markets to be in for those
planning to start a new business in 2002.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81148
A Web Techniques article argues that publishers shouldn't
give up on free, ad-supported online content.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81353
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=81353
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Holiday shopping at Amazon.com: Books, Electronics, Music
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/magportalcom
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---Health---
FDA Consumer offers tips for warding off colds and flu and
beating the symptoms if you have them.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80931
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80931
---Internet---
A Salon writer recalls how he decided to learn to love spam.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80806
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80806
---Science---
A Smithsonian article profiles University of New Mexico
biology professor Jerry Dragoo, who has dedicated his life
to the better understanding and treatment of skunks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81309
---Sports---
A Sports Illustrated article looks at the travails of women
athletes in the Muslim world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80952
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80952
---Terrorism & War---
A Scientific American article points out just how easy it is
to buy all the ingredients for a chemical weapons attack
through the mail.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80839
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80839
Time Asia reports on the ground-scouring allied hunt for
Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81408
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=81408
Scientific American says the Indian subcontinent is the most
likely place in the world for nuclear war to break out.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80840
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80840
Time Europe reports that protests against the transport of
nuclear waste for storage have gotten a boost due to
heightened fear such shipments will be targeted by
terrorists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81409
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=81409
---Travel---
Salon looks at the rail system in America now that air
disasters seem to be reviving interest in travel by train,
and finds it crippled by decades of neglect.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=81523
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=81523
---Video Games---
A Salon article compares the new video game consoles from
Nintendo and Microsoft with Sony's year-old PlayStation 2,
as the holiday buying season approaches.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80940
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80940
---Wine---
A biochem entrepreneur claims he's cracked the science
behind formulating fine wines. A Wired article profiles his
operation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80766
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=80766
---Misc---
A Wired article looks at the lives of people in far-flung
places whose jobs require them to set their work and body
clocks to Manhattan time.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=80791
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