In this week's issue: A murderer critiques his colleagues,
the euro debuts, America's fattest cities are revealed, and
an artistic critique of "Seinfeld"...
---Books---
Salon reviews a book by a British serial killer on the topic
of serial killing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85020
Buy The Gates of Janus, by Ian Brady:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0922915733/magportalcom
---Business---
A Computer User article gauges the effects of China's entry
into the WTO upon the U.S.'s biggest tech players.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84988
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84988
---Electronics---
Mobile Computing has a buying guide for a batch of digital
video camcorders.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85060
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85060
Chipmakers Intel and AMD are jockeying for the speed crown
again with 2-GHz chips. PC World tests systems equipped
with the new processors.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85365
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85365
Time covers the development and launch of Apple's new
desklamp- and sunflower-inspired iMac.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85536
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85536
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---Finance---
A Business 2.0 article helps investors avoid stocks that
could face Enron-like collapse by presenting warning signs
to look for.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85155
---Economics---
A Time Europe article covers the introduction of euro notes
and coins in the Eurozone.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85446
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85446
Britain is in the way of the euro, according to Time Europe.
But does it make sense for the U.K. to stick with sterling?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85444
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85444
Globalization deserves a reasoned defense, but also deserves
reform, according to an American Prospect article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85232
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85232
---Health---
Men's Fitness rates and ranks America's 50 largest cities
from fattest to fittest.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85117
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85117
In Managed Care, a physician expresses distinct unease about
new companies that are selling full-body "preventive" MRI
scans direct to the public.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85303
---Internet---
A Salon article tells the story of Google's effort to round
up and preserve a large chunk of the Usenet newsgroup
archives.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85321
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85321
---Law---
A Kiplinger's article claims class actions are getting out
of control, both in number and in lack of substance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85186
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85186
---Science---
In a Salon interview, a science writer describes the
attempts underway to clone and recreate the woolly mammoth,
which has been extinct for nearly 4,000 years.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85037
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85037
A Business 2.0 piece reports on the promise and
uncertainties associated with genetically-engineered trees.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85244
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85244
---Social Issues---
Officials in Britain are proposing that Scotland Yard keep
track of child troublemakers, in an attempt to head off
delinquency, according to Education Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85491
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85491
Education Week writes about the process of rebuilding the
educational system in Afghanistan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85514
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85514
---Sports---
An Outside article reports on the efforts of Russian and
Ukrainian spelunkers to chase caving's ultimate prize: a
descent 2,000 meters below ground.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84985
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84985
---Television---
A Salon piece judges "Seinfeld" on its artistic merits,
calling the sitcom "one of the most complex and troubling
art works of our time."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85356
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85356
---U.S. Society & Politics---
Salon covers the issue of compensation for the victims of
the September 11 attacks and explores the moral and
financial questions of charity and disaster relief posed by
the effort.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84935
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84935
A Salon editor writes on why he's convinced the American
military has been in the right ever since the Gulf War.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85042
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85042
The American Prospect reports on how small-time religious
broadcasters stand to make billions by selling, to wireless
telecom companies, electromagnetic spectrum they got for
free.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85074
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85074
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