In this week's issue: smart and dumb business strategies,
smart computers, retaining nuclear knowledge, and the search
for the possibly extinct.
---Business---
A Fast Company article examines Intel's innovative
knowledge-based (as opposed to hierarchy-based) mentoring
program.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91847
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91847
Embattled Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is facing harsh
criticism over her management of HP. A Fast Company article
wonders whether things would be different if she were a man.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91850
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91850
A Business 2.0 article shows why good design does not always
translate into good business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91733
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91733
Would you be willing to blow the whistle? A Business 2.0
article looks at what it takes to take on your company.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91756
Business 2.0 profiles a company that really knows how to
collect data on its customers and put it to profitable use:
Harrah's casino.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91825
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91825
Business 2.0's "101 Dumbest Moments in Business" enumerates
2001's blunders.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91827
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91827
---Business and Risk---
Looking at what shouldn't be a dirty word in business, a
Fast Company article on risk provides nine scenarios that
explore risk and reward in a decision-making context.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91882
An Entrepreneur article implores small business owners to
take risks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91984
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91984
Wired reveals the high-tech, high-stakes world of
quantitative analysis-based horse-race betting in Hong Kong.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92238
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---Computing Advances---
A piece in The Atlantic Monthly reports on sophisticated
computer simulations of societal evolution and discusses
what kinds of insights into real societies can be drawn
from them.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92153
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92153
Wired examines the emerging ubiquity of artificial
intelligence in today's society.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92272
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92272
A Wired piece details some of the advanced
artificial-intelligence engines that go into making today's
computer games.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92269
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92269
---Internet---
Will media companies and their copyright-protection schemes
ever be able to stop geeks from thwarting their efforts to
"protect" music and movies? A Salon article explores
whether something will eventually have to give.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91573
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91573
A New Architect article questions whether web services will
really do anything for consumers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91607
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91607
New Architect reports on a court ruling that puts web-only
journalism on a more equal footing with traditional,
newspaper journalism when it comes to the legal protection
of free speech.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91610
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---Movies---
A piece in Salon contends that although black actors have
reached the top in Hollywood, black actresses still get no
respect in the movie business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92104
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92104
---Music---
An Atlantic Monthly article visits a secluded summer camp
for aspiring conductors.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92147
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92147
---Science---
CIO reports on a new psychological study comparing the
effects of multitasking on people's attention and speed of
work completion.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91853
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91853
A Science News article looks at scientists who search for
plants and animals so rare that they may not even exist at
all.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=91852
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=91852
---Social Issues---
A New Republic piece defends cosmetic surgery as a rational
response to the culture we live in, one that places a tacit
premium on good looks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92177
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92177
---U.S. Politics & Society---
An analysis in Salon casts doubts on the U.S. Army's
suitability and readiness for the high-altitude combat in
which it is engaging in Afghanistan.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92078
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92078
Wired looks at the new crop of scientists the U.S.
government has charged with the task of preserving the
nation's languishing nuclear bomb-building knowledge.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92258
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92258
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