In this issue: The history of Bill Gates, why expensive gas
is good, and problems of the poor.
---Audio---
AskMen reviews ultrathin MP3 players.
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---Bill Gates---
This month is Bill Gates' last as a full-time Microsoft
employee, so Wired takes a look back at his storied career.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=343237
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---China---
Want to let China know how you feel about its behavior?
Outside suggests that you change the channel and boycott the
Olympics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=343422
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---Energy---
Popular Mechanics reports that Ausra has built a prototype
of a system that will become the largest solar thermal
energy facility in the United States.
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More Efficient E-Discovery
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---Oil---
BusinessWeek reports on a new poll saying few Americans
blame the oil industry for $4-a-gallon gas.
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The Motley Fool says we should embrace $4 gasoline. The
ultimate goal is to wean ourselves from our love affair with
oil altogether, not to make gas prices lower. There's only
one ultimate solution to the oil dilemma: to consume less oil.
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---Poverty---
Apartheid may have made racist despots out of whites; it
seems that globalization amid inequality and enduring
poverty can make a bigot out of anybody, according to Time
Europe.
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For the world's impoverished masses, who already spend most
of their earnings simply feeding themselves, that margin
between survival and starvation has become uncomfortably
narrow, according to Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=343132
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---Stuff---
Time Europe reports on the 100 Thing Challenge, a
grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal
folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a
mere 100 items.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=343457
---Misc---
Not sold on the idea of leaving your trash on display?
Popular Mechanics provides a few design ideas regarding the
location recycling containers, including under-counter options.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=342966
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In 1608, French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed in the
New World and established a fur-trading settlement at a spot
where the St. Lawrence River narrows. To mark its founding
400 years ago, Time Europe says Quebec City is throwing a
year-long bash.
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