In this issue: Disk drives get perpendicular, recommended
websites, and better batteries.
---Business---
Corporate Board Member reports on the rising cost of
health-care benefits that has cast a shadow over U.S.
corporations for decades.
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Time Asia says that Hyundai is steering away from its
checkered past and toward becoming a global success story.
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Corporate Board Member looks at ways to lighten your load of
tech tools when traveling.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202606
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---Computers---
PC World talks about Hitachi's new 500GB hard drive, but
points out that perpendicular recording technology could
produce much greater gains.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202186
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PC World compares performance of 64-bit chips from Intel and
AMD.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202191
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---Health---
Science News says that chromium has been gaining some
hard-won respect, primarily for its demonstrated ability to
normalize blood-sugar concentrations.
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Lobbying and politics are having a huge effect on the debate
over whether to allow silicone implants back on the market,
according to BusinessWeek.
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---International---
BusinessWeek says the U.S. is likely to step up pressure on
Beijing to revalue its currency. The U.S. also wants to
curb the increasing number imports from China.
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Time Asia says investors are snapping up apartments in
Shanghai, but will it all fall apart?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202620
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---Internet---
InternetNews warns of a new spam campaign exploiting
people's interest in and grief over the death of Pope John
Paul II.
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PC Magazine provides a list of 100 recommended websites.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202289
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There's a new kid in town in the search advertising arena,
according to Search Engine Watch. No, it's not another
search ad vendor, nor a new conversion tracking tool. This
pay-for-performance marketing technique brings together both
the Internet and the phone.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202593
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---Politics---
The American Prospect thinks House majority leader Tom DeLay
deserves whatever he gets. But he deserved it several years
ago. And therein lies the problem.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202617
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BusinessWeek looks at the mobilization of people and money
in preparation for a Supreme Court vacancy expected this
year.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202511
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CIO says that the United States needs a tech czar who can
help formulate a coherent policy if it wants to retain its
current lead in technology innovation.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202372
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---Money---
The Motley Fool offers advice for sorting through your
retirement account options.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202578
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Conventional wisdom says Americans don't invest enough in
their retirements. BusinessWeek reports on a provocative
study that questions that and other assumptions.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202435
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---Movies---
Kung Fu Hustle, a martial arts comedy, spoofs The Matrix and
Gangs of New York while sporting a coherent story, character
arcs, and technical depth, according to Culture Vulture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202386
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---Taxes---
InternetNews points out the complications of state income
tax for telecommuters.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202312
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Just months after Congress extended the Internet access tax
ban by four years, senators push to make the measure
permanent, according to InternetNews.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202562
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---Technology---
The Motley Fool describes Toshiba's nanotechnology
breakthrough for batteries.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202182
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To boost hybrids' market share, carmakers must overcome
daunting technological hurdles detailed by BusinessWeek.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202045
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---Misc---
In affluent parts of the world, a new kind of urban center
is taking shape, catering to the nomadic rich and the
restless, rootless young, according to Metropolis.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202513
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