In this issue: How to take on Microsoft, reasons to worry
about terrorism, online tax-prep options, and more...
---Business---
Salon looks at the business of legal professional gambling
in California.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85703
A CIO article shows how Microsoft's corporate customers are
rebelling -- successfully -- against the software maker's
new subscription-based licensing plan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86148
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86148
---Crime & Terrorism---
Take a close look before you pop your bank card into an ATM:
thieves can steal your card numbers with a camouflaged
card-reader attached almost imperceptibly to the ATM's own,
as Kiplinger's reports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85609
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85609
The influence of organized crime in Japan's bad-debt crisis
is considerable, according to FEER.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85713
Atlantic Unbound interviews Peter Bergen, author of the
Osama bin Laden biography Holy War, Inc., about bin Laden's
use of corporate-management techniques in al Qaeda.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85547
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85547
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The U.S. State Department's technology infrastructure is so
antiquated and dilapidated that it threatens U.S. security.
CIO reports on the imminent and enormous task of modernizing
it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86143
A New Republic article points out that the EPA provides open
access to documents that could potentially show terrorists
which chemical facilities to attack for the most dire
effect.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86111
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86111
---Finance---
A Mutual Funds article goes over all the changes to various
retirement plans that go into effect this year, including
new rules for IRAs, 401(k)s and other options.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85592
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85592
A Smart Computing article looks at the options for filing
your U.S. federal and state income taxes online.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85904
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85904
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---Health---
A FDA Consumer article explains the process by which drug
safety is evaluated and why some drugs are pulled from the
market.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85971
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85971
---Science---
Technology Review has an article on advances in generating
electricity from the action of ocean waves.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85566
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85566
Smart Computing looks at the inner workings of airport
security technologies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85903
Scientific American examines the research that went into
creating sound from stereo speakers that seems
three-dimensional to the listener's brain.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85945
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85945
---Sports---
Many pro athletes -- like Michael Jordan, Jerry Rice, and
Randy Johnson -- are extending their careers, playing longer
at a high level than athletes in years past, notes a Sports
Illustrated article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85972
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=85972
---Television---
A Scientific American article argues that we should take the
issue of television addiction seriously.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=85957
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