In this week's issue: Why e-business is still an inviting
prospect, inside a high-tech police crime lab, and the
ergonomic dangers of chopsticks.
---Business---
BusinessWeek looks at how a new rule requiring mutual funds
to disclose proxy votes will affect corporate governance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144464
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144464
A BtoB article shares some best practices for e-mail
marketing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144558
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144558
A Darwin article says that e-business still offers lots of
opportunities for companies to increase revenues.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144933
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144933
---Computing---
PC Magazine looks at a number of product activation schemes
that are now built into software programs to thwart piracy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144428
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144428
---Health---
Outside tasks a writer with trying out a variety of
performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids, human growth
hormone, and EPO.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144400
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144400
Regular use of chopsticks may lead to arthritis of the hand,
according to a Science News article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144621
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144621
---Money---
A Knowledge@Wharton article ponders why executives are
ridiculed for making exorbitant salaries while athletes and
entertainers are not.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144407
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144407
---Movies---
Culture Vulture does not have high praise for the final
volume of the Matrix trilogy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144455
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144455
---Politics & Society---
The state of Maine is rolling out an ambitious universal
health-care program. A Managed Care article evaluates its
prognosis for success.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144326
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144326
In an Advocate article, a gay U.S. Army soldier talks about
coming out to his combat unit and how it increased their
trust and cohesion.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144774
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144774
---Science---
Popular Mechanics looks at the new crop of diesel engines in
today's cars, which are challenging long-held conceptions of
diesel as a sooty, smoky power source.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144951
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144951
Scientific American goes behind the scenes in the New York
Police Department's crime lab and finds that it's even more
interesting than it seems on TV.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144772
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144772
A Scientific American article looks at the interplay between
race and genetically distinct groups that can help doctors
and scientists better understand and treat disease.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=144803
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=144803
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