In this week's issue: The business of digital music, the
woes of standardized tests, the prospects for reforming the
CIA and FBI, and more...
---Business---
As the electronics and recording industries face off over
digital music, Sony finds itself awkwardly on both sides of
the issue. A Knowledge@Wharton article elaborates.
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A Salon article suggests that the success of online
DVD-rental company Netflix may help to convince a reluctant
music industry to adopt a subscription strategy for online
delivery.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99810
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An Auto Industries article attempts to find a compromise
between fuel efficiency regulations and the realities of the
automotive market.
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---Career---
Employment Review extols the virtues of drawing up a "career
mission statement" and sticking to it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99664
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---Computing---
Mobile Computing reviews options for accessing your critical
data while away from the office.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99759
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Sen. Lieberman has introduced a bill that would promote
universal high-speed Internet access, according to PC World.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99849
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Students at one California university can now track all
their friends' locations on college-issued PDAs as part of a
pilot project, reports Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=100225
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---Economics---
The euro is finally challenging the dollar, reports Time
Europe in an article analyzing the effect its success will
have on the world economy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99953
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---Education---
A first-hand account of the degrading, depressing job of
scoring standardized tests appears in Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99730
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The New York state regents came under fire for "sanitizing"
literary passages on a standardized high school English
test, reports Education Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=100230
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---Food---
AskMen warns against the hazards of spicy food.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99823
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---Movies---
Entertainment Today is not impressed by the Divine Secrets
of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99896
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Bad Company, too, disappoints Entertainment Today.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99902
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---Science---
Science News reports on success with transplanting cloned
cow kidneys.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99872
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---U.S. Politics & Society---
An American Prospect article asks whether Congress will push
for real reform in the CIA and FBI.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=99647
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---World Politics & Society---
Is Europe anti-Semitic? A Time Europe piece engages this
thorny question.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=100141
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