MagPortal.com   Clustify - document clustering
 Home  |  Newsletter  |  My Articles  |  My Account  |  Help 

Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2005-04-20

In this issue: Disk drives get perpendicular, recommended
websites, and better batteries.

---Business---
Corporate Board Member reports on the rising cost of
health-care benefits that has cast a shadow over U.S.
corporations for decades.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202577
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202577
Time Asia says that Hyundai is steering away from its
checkered past and toward becoming a global success story.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202640
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202640
Corporate Board Member looks at ways to lighten your load of
tech tools when traveling.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202606
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202606

---Computers---
PC World talks about Hitachi's new 500GB hard drive, but
points out that perpendicular recording technology could
produce much greater gains.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202186
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202186
PC World compares performance of 64-bit chips from Intel and
AMD.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202191
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202191

---Health---
Science News says that chromium has been gaining some
hard-won respect, primarily for its demonstrated ability to
normalize blood-sugar concentrations.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202352
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202352
Lobbying and politics are having a huge effect on the debate
over whether to allow silicone implants back on the market,
according to BusinessWeek.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202483
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202483

---International---
BusinessWeek says the U.S. is likely to step up pressure on
Beijing to revalue its currency.  The U.S. also wants to
curb the increasing number imports from China.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202217
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202217
Time Asia says investors are snapping up apartments in
Shanghai, but will it all fall apart?
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202620
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202620
  
---Internet---
InternetNews warns of a new spam campaign exploiting
people's interest in and grief over the death of Pope John
Paul II.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202019
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202019
PC Magazine provides a list of 100 recommended websites.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202289
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202289
There's a new kid in town in the search advertising arena,
according to Search Engine Watch.  No, it's not another
search ad vendor, nor a new conversion tracking tool.  This
pay-for-performance marketing technique brings together both
the Internet and the phone.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202593
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202593
 
---Politics---
The American Prospect thinks House majority leader Tom DeLay
deserves whatever he gets.  But he deserved it several years
ago.  And therein lies the problem.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202617
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202617
BusinessWeek looks at the mobilization of people and money
in preparation for a Supreme Court vacancy expected this
year.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202511
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202511
CIO says that the United States needs a tech czar who can
help formulate a coherent policy if it wants to retain its
current lead in technology innovation.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202372
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202372

---Money---
The Motley Fool offers advice for sorting through your
retirement account options.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202578
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202578
Conventional wisdom says Americans don't invest enough in
their retirements.  BusinessWeek reports on a provocative
study that questions that and other assumptions.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202435
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202435

---Movies---
Kung Fu Hustle, a martial arts comedy, spoofs The Matrix and
Gangs of New York while sporting a coherent story, character
arcs, and technical depth, according to Culture Vulture.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202386
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202386

---Taxes---
InternetNews points out the complications of state income
tax for telecommuters.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202312
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202312
Just months after Congress extended the Internet access tax
ban by four years, senators push to make the measure
permanent, according to InternetNews.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202562
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202562

---Technology---
The Motley Fool describes Toshiba's nanotechnology
breakthrough for batteries.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202182
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202182
To boost hybrids' market share, carmakers must overcome
daunting technological hurdles detailed by BusinessWeek.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202045
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202045

---Misc---
In affluent parts of the world, a new kind of urban center
is taking shape, catering to the nomadic rich and the
restless, rootless young, according to Metropolis.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=202513
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=202513