In this week's issue: Computing from scratch, the battle
for food naming rights, a free MIT education and more.
---Books---
Atlantic Unbound interviews author Virginia Postrel, whose
latest book is an appreciation of our design- and
style-conscious age.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00138802
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00138802
Buy Virginia Postrel's The Substance of Style:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060186321/magportalcom
---Business---
According to HBS Working Knowledge, American companies are
changing their management hierarchies to be flatter.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=00138807
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=00138807
A new study reported in HBS Working Knowledge claims that
the coming labor shortage projected by many economists and
consultants will not occur.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=138812
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=138812
Will trade grievances by European producers mean that Kraft
can't sell "Parmesan" anymore? A Time Europe article
examines the dispute over protected food and wine names.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=139084
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=139084
---Computing---
A PC Magazine article goes over the pros and cons of
building your own PC from individual components.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=138904
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=138904
---Education---
A Wired article looks at some of the ways people around the
world are using MIT's courseware now that the university has
opened it all up for free online.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=138799
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=138799
---Politics & Society---
A Time Europe looks at the US's coalition of international
troops in Iraq and finds it wanting.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=139077
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=139077
Economists are seeing a fomenting backlash against American
companies that outsource formerly American jobs overseas,
reports CIO.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=139188
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=139188
---Science & Technology---
Science News looks at a branch of artificial intelligence
research that is trying to design "cognitive prostheses" to
augment and amplify human brain power.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=138957
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=138957
Politics, not technology, was to blame in last week's big
blackout in North America, claims an IEEE Spectrum
editorial.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=138964
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=138964
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