In this week's issue: The decline of art, the death of
code-breaking, and the fascinating world of sports uniforms.
---Books---
The American Prospect reviews two books that try to figure
out why art isn't what it used to be in, say, the
Renaissance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88808
Buy The Invention of Art, A Cultural History:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226753425/magportalcom
Buy The Invisible Masterpiece:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226042650/magportalcom
Should the government be able to force bookstores to reveal
what books their customers have bought? They are trying
more and more, and booksellers and privacy advocates are up
in arms, reports Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88681
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---Business Strategy---
Entrepreneur offers advice to small companies trying to
survive the recession.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89006
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89006
How do you lead a company in a business with huge risks and
a high degree of complexity? A Fast Company article looks
at what Jim Mullen has done with biotechnology firm Biogen.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89199
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89199
---Business Technology---
CIO questions the business sense of moving from traditional
telephone service to voice-over-IP.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88900
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88900
Tools for doing real collaborative work across long
distances are maturing, writes Fast Company.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89198
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89198
CIO reports on new reseach that estimates ROI for computer
security investment.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88941
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88941
---Computers and Software---
An Atlantic Monthly piece shows how computers have finally
shifted the balance of cryptographic power in favor of the
encryptors -- the great age of code-breaking is over.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88635
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88635
Salon looks at the issue of software patents and at attempts
to improve the system.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88947
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88947
---Education---
Teacher Magazine looks at the portrayal of teachers in
advertisements.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88920
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88920
---Health---
Drug companies are having a tough time staying ahead of drug
counterfeiters, reports FEER.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88870
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88870
---Internet---
PC World has a bunch of tips on how to deal with spam.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88659
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88659
A PC World editor experiences eBay identity theft first
hand.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88942
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88942
---Movies---
Salon is disappointed by the message in Hart's War.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88949
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88949
---Social Issues---
A Sports Illustrated article looks at the life of a
polygamist family, one of thousands that Utah wants to keep
under wraps during the Salt Lake City Olympics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88663
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88663
---Sports---
A Sports Illustrated column laments the way sports have
become so laden with flag-waving and jingoism in the U.S.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88784
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88784
A look at the issues that girl wrestlers face, from Teacher
Magazine.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88929
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88929
Figure skating doesn't need reform, argues a Salon article,
because to do so would kill the sport.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89084
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89084
Basketball is catching on in China in a big way, but Time
Asia reports that the Chinese Basketball Association can't
seem to get it right.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89144
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89144
Salon interviews an obsessive follower of the aesthetics of
sports-uniform fashion.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89219
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89219
---World Politics---
Time Europe reports that Germany, once the engine behind an
open-market new Europe, is beginning to have second
thoughts, resorting to protectionism as the economy lulls.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89157
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89157
A New Republic piece makes a case for the U.S. to launch an
aerial attack on Iraq's weapons facilities using so-called
smart bombs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88819
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88819
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