In this week's issue: Developing your business strategy and
persona, the preservation of deafness, the poshest suites in
Vegas, and a low-impact riot in Maryland.
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---Business---
Businesses are working toward buying software more
rationally, reports Optimize.
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CIO has an article on how to craft business strategies that
will stand the test of time.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93374
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Inc looks at the current market for small business owners
trying to sell their companies. It's not pretty.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93683
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---Computing---
A PC World author tries out a few new "wearable computers."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93183
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Salon focuses on the latest misguided congressional bill
aimed at protecting intellectual property on digital
devices.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93262
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---Design---
Metropolis looks at how Las Vegas hotels design their
high-roller suites, which must be opulent enough to make the
big bettors want to stay awhile.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93496
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---Education---
Education Week reports on a poorly-handled case of
plagiarism in a Kansas high school that has drawn wide
attention.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93706
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---Finance & Investing---
A Kiplinger's article features firsthand accounts of
Americans' financial highs and lows, from rebuilding a
business after 9/11 to retiring in paradise.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93033
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Kiplinger's points out some problems with using a mutual
fund's "style" as the main factor in choosing an investment.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93039
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---Health---
Does curing deafness really mean cultural genocide? Many in
the deaf community deride attempts to find a cure. A Reason
article investigates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93448
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---Internet---
A Computer User article goes over the basics of the Platform
for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P), which hopes to make
it easier for consumers to decide whether to trust a website
with their personal information.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93581
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Free wireless broadband? Depending on where you live, it
may be possible, according to a Red Herring article.
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---U.S. Politics & Society---
An Advocate article looks at the new wave of openly gay
conservatives in American politics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93623
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A New Republic correspondent reports from the strangely
controlled riots at the University of Maryland that followed
the school's victory in the NCAA basketball championship.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=93667
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