In this week's issue: Boardmembers in need of Accounting
101, a quiet motorboat, predicting the apocalypse, and more.
---Books---
Knowledge@Wharton reviews a new book about the two visionary
programmers behind the groundbreaking computer game Doom.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133531
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133531
Buy Masters of Doom, by David Kushner:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375505245/magportalcom
---Business---
A Knowledge@Wharton article identifies a serious need for
company directors to bone up on the basics of finance and
accounting, so as to better head off scandal.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133570
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133570
Technology Research News reports on a new software system
that promises to improve teleconferencing by automatically
sensing who's talking to whom and adjusting audio levels
accordingly.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133595
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133595
Fortune looks at how a truly customer-centered strategy is
often what separates companies that sink with the falling
economic tide from those that thrive in spite of it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133849
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133849
---Recreation---
A Smithsonian article praises electric boats and the silence
they offer.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133689
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133689
---Science---
A Wired article skeptically examines several contentions
about how humanity might, eventually, be annihilated.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133535
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133535
---Society & Politics---
Immigrant workers deserve better treatment in the United
States, says an American Prospect article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133644
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133644
Time Europe profiles seven Iraqis trying to rebuild their
lives in the wake of Saddam Hussein's rule.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133768
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133768
In Artnews, a reporter on the scene in Baghdad reports on
the looting of the Iraqi National Museum.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=133893
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=133893
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