In this week's issue: Looking through the customer's eyes,
the silliness of bottled water, turning trash into oil, the
eco-success of the Dutch, and more.
---Business---
Much attention has been focused by companies on the
usability of their websites. A Darwin article suggests they
look at their offline usability, too.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132898
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132898
---Finance---
A Fortune article rails against the Alternative Minimum Tax.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132864
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132864
---Health---
A Scientific American article points out that bottled water
is a waste of money -- tap water is cleaner, tastier, and
dirt cheap.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132951
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132951
Managed Care reports on the promise of shared medical
appointments, where groups of patients see a doctor and a
psychologist or social worker at the same time.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132529
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132529
A Popular Mechanics article reports on research into ways of
drawing blood or delivering medication transdermally without
the use of needles.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132925
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132925
---Home---
This Old House goes over the past century of housing
innovations to show how American homes became what they are
today.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132892
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132892
---Internet---
A Wired article takes readers on a tour of the Microsoft SQL
Slammer worm, a simple piece of code that crashed the
Internet in 15 minutes.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132939
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132939
---Science---
Fortune takes a look at what new manufacturing is being made
possible by the latest generation of ultra-precision machine
tools.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132742
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132742
Money looks at a small energy startup that claims it can
profitably turn carbon-based garbage into oil.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132830
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132830
A Fortune article tells how a NASA engineer was able to
troubleshoot and actually fix a crucial tape recorder aboard
the Galileo spacecraft as it orbited Jupiter.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132817
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132817
---Society & Politics---
Holland has managed to remain economically dynamic while
becoming the most environmentally-friendly industrialized
nation on earth. An Outside article looks at how the Dutch
have done it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132562
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132562
An Optimize article slams the U.S. government's plans to
outsource the development of the Department of Homeland
Security's nationwide I.T. infrastructure.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132627
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132627
Time Asia reports that China's physicians must make
life-and-death decisions using the Party's ethical compass
-- often with grisly results.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132823
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=132823
---Travel---
A Time Europe article looks at the way travel writer Rick
Steves's guides to out-of-the-way European destinations
have, by virtue of their success, changed the villages they
tout.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=132670
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