In this issue: Hydropower, bailing out Fannie and Freddie,
and the Large Hadron Collider.
---Browsers---
Wired describes Chrome, the browser created by Google to
compete with Internet Explorer.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=351551
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=351551
---Energy---
Hydropower generation has tripled since 1949, when it
produced a third of the country's electricity -- yet today
it meets just 7 percent of demand. Now, Popular Mechanics
says a Department of Energy study found 130,000 sites that
could provide small-scale hydropower, some in every state.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352065
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352065
---Fannie and Freddie---
The Motley Fool looks for the reason that Freddie and Fannie
failed.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352086
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352086
Housing likely won't be helped much by the Fannie and
Freddie bailout, according to The Motley Fool.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352049
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352049
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---Games---
Among game designers, Will Wright is considered a living
god. Time Europe says he now wants to make you a god too,
with the new game Spore.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352112
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352112
---Inventions---
Popular Mechanics looks at five simple inventions intended
to save the world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352084
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352084
---Physics---
IEEE Spectrum notes that when the LHC starts up, it will
draw twice the power of nearby Geneva.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=352107
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=352107
---Politics---
Popular Mechanics looks at the McCain plan for aviation, and
how it differs from Obama's.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=351959
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=351959
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