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---Science and Technology---
TiVo and ReplayTV think they can revolutionize TV watching.
As The Industry Standard reports, they're having a tough
time convincing customers of it.
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Need a mobile phone that will work with standards in
America, Europe, and Asia? Computer User reviews models
from Ericsson and Motorola.
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Napster's lead counsel, David Boies, talked with Wired about
the company's defense strategy against the RIAA.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32842
---Marketing---
Two interesting articles this week looked at trends in
advertising. Business 2.0 finds that, even for high-tech
companies, sex still sells.
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Metropolis examines how advertisers have appropriated the
look and feel of anti-advertisement "culture jamming."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32487
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---Business---
A Forbes article asks a simple question: In this age of
efficiency, why do corporations still waste so much of our
time?
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Thinking of pushing into the world of global e-commerce?
CIO advises practical steps, not headlong leaps.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32240
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According to an Industry Standard report, the weakness of
the euro is affecting tech companies on both sides of the
Atlantic.
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Red Herring examines the rivalry between two Nordic wireless
superpowers, reigning Finland and up-and-coming Sweden.
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Red Herring interviews Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. Whether
his optimism is inspiring or frightening is your call.
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---Europe---
TIME Europe offers a profile of Vojislav Kostunica, widely
believed to be Serbia's President-Elect.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32493
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An Economist article examines how well the German effort to
absorb East Germany has succeeded, 10 years after
unification.
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---Education---
Two students offer Education Week a rare insider's look into
life in the 7th grade.
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This Red Herring article focuses on a Harvard economist's
vision of a global Internet-based university.
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---U.S. Politics & Society---
A U.S. News article predicts Hollywood will do everything it
can to find loopholes in its promises to clean up its act.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32387
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An article in Reason examines why millionaire rock stars are
often politically radical leftists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32809
In a Salon.com article, a former LAPD detective uncovers a
top-level cover-up of the department's Rampart scandal.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=31877
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According to this TIME article, the Firestone tire
investigation is turning attention to the overall (un)safety
of SUVs.
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---Health---
An article in Science News surveys the research currently
being done on the health benefits of laughter.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=32338
Smithsonian Magazine reports that biologists are using
predatory viruses to help fight drug-resistant bacteria.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=31803
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Scientists are trying to develop new methods of
contraception for men, reports Science News.
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