In this issue: Teachers unions, mobile Internet users
falling for scams, and predictions for 2011.
---Business---
With the help of partners, Best Buy, Proctor & Gamble, the
MIT Media Lab and others, Intel is showing off new
technology for the retail store of the future, according to
InternetNews.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431604
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Hawking the brands of dead celebrities has become a $2.25
billion annual business in North America. BusinessWeek
provides a sampling of stars whose fame continues to
generate revenues from beyond the grave.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431831
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=431831
---Currency---
In an attempt to thwart government counterfeiters, Fast
Company says the U.S. government has designed a $100 bill
even it can't print correctly. Its February release had to
be postponed after printing problems cause some bills to
come out creased and partially blank. Here's a look at
current U.S. monies, by the numbers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431649
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=431649
---Education---
The president of the American Federation of Teachers talks
to BusinessWeek about public schools, teacher bonuses, and
why unions are so unpopular
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431794
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---Guns---
Time Europe says the mayhem in Tucson has revived a debate
over America's gun culture that resurfaces every time some
lunatic overexercises his right to bear arms.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431937
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=431937
---Internet---
InternetNews says mobile users are three times more likely
to fall for a phishing scam than those logging in from a PC
or laptop.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431714
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=431714
InternetNews says do-it-yourself malware kits are all the
rage online, and they're making life much easier for
cyber-criminals looking to turn a quick buck.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431961
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=431961
---Movies---
According to Time Europe, the notion of a Caucasian leading
man playing second banana to his Asian valet is the one
inspiration of Michel Gondry's The Green Hornet, the year's
first 3-D B movie.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431850
---Predictions---
To make the most informed and obnoxious predictions for 2011
possible, Time Europe called a bunch of experts.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=431848
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