In this week's issue: Simplifying your business, computers
that heal themselves, making crop circles, making the
future, and more.
---Business---
An Inc article explains how it can be cathartic -- and good
for business -- to fire your worst customers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102973
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102973
A Fast Company article conveys tips on how to better manage
the paper in your life.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103010
---Business Technology---
Fed up with the high costs and often poor performance of
consultants, many CIOs are turning to their own managers to
get big projects done, says a CIO article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103038
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103038
---Cars---
Nissan's new, reborn Z-car is received with much praise by
Car & Driver.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102703
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102703
---Computing---
A Fast Company article looks at IBM's vision of self-healing
supercomputers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103014
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103014
Care to read e-books on your PDA? Palmpower tells you what
you need to know about file formats and software.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102666
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102666
PC World says monitors with Multi-Layer Display technology
will soon be available to give a 3D look to PC displays.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102783
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102783
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---Health---
A piece in FDA Consumer reports on the battle against
antibacterial resistance and on efforts underway by doctors,
the government, and industry to combat it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102898
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102898
In the wake of the abrupt termination of a portion of a
hormone replacement therapy study, Salon looks at the risks
of HRT.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102741
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102741
Salon reports on celebrities quietly receiving payments from
drug companies to discuss their ailments on TV talk shows.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102743
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102743
Science News looks at new data on why people so often get
diarrhea while traveling to other countries, and how to
avoid getting sick.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102812
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102812
In the wake of Britain's loosening of laws against
Marijuana, Time Europe interviews neuroscientist Susan
Greenfield about the hazards of pot.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102884
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102884
FDA Consumer warns readers of false advertising claims made
by purveyors of electrical muscle stimulators that promise
washboard abs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102901
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102901
---Hoaxes---
Scientific American features one person's first-hand account
of creating crop circles.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=103003
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=103003
---Internet---
Experts are warning Americans to expect a major terrorist
cyberattack, according to a PC World article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102619
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102619
PC World reports on (yet another) new, extremely high-risk
security hole in Internet Explorer and Outlook.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102788
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102788
Salon looks at the possible repercussions of Palladium,
Microsoft's new security initiative.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102749
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102749
---Movies---
Salon interviews two of the futurists behind Steven
Spielberg's Minority Report on how they created a largely
plausible 2054 for the film.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102640
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102640
Salon pans Road to Perdition.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102842
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102842
---Science---
Popular Mechanics reports that cracks in the fuel lines of
all four space shuttles have left them all grounded.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102730
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102730
---Social Issues---
According to Salon, the advent of digital photography has
revolutionized the prosecution of domestic violence cases.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102636
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102636
---Sports---
A Sports Illustrated article touches on baseball's All-Star
Game disaster, a fiasco the author feels Baseball deserved.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102615
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102615
---U.S. Society & Politics---
An open letter in Atlantic Unbound urges E.P.A. director
Christine Todd Whitman to resign on principle.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102644
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102644
---World Society & Politics---
Time Europe looks at the prospects for the newly launched
African Union.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=102890
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=102890
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