August 2003 Web Digest
==== 2003-08-30 ====
== Jobserve ==
Information Overload
How to deal with e-mail backlog and tips to deal with spam
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Cost of holiday hangovers
Holiday excesses cost UK GBP315 million
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Internet is tops for graduate career advice and job seeking
78 per cent use internet to explore career options
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Tight-fisted bosses make employees lives hell
Cost-cutting employers driving away staff
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IT workers in the US react angrily to offshore outsourcing
The growing trend of outsourcing to India is greeted with a predictably
hostile response by IT professionals in the US.
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== Moneyweb ==
SA education shambles
Bureaucrats make terrible managers. Although well-intentioned, the way
they want to prepare our youth for the real world is causing more harm
than good, argues Dr Jim Harris.
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== BBC ==
Blair's 'shameful' treatment of Kelly
Tony Blair's evidence at the Hutton Inquiry fails to defuse criticism of the government's treatment of Dr David Kelly.
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Madonna tribute at MTV awards
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera help honour pop queen Madonna at the MTV video awards.
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Sage herb 'can boost memory'
Centuries-old theories that the herb sage can improve memory appear to be borne out by modern research.
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Younger pupils' mental health risk
Children who are among the youngest in their school year have an increased chance of mental health problems, say doctors.
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Thousands catch Mars view
British stargazers stay up all night to get the best view of the Red Planet during their lifetime.
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== CNET ==
IBM and the University of Texas at Austin plan to collaborate on
building a processor capable of churning out more than 1 trillion
calculations per second --faster than many of today's top supercomputers.
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== MHN ==
In 31 Aug. 2003 MHN Newsletter:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases News Feed
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Sleep Disorder News Feed
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Psychiatry News Feed
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Obesity News Feeds
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Neurology News Feed
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Geriatrics News Feed [Eating]
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Eating Disorders News Feed
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Depression News Feed
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Alzheimer's News Feed
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== CNN ==
LABOR DAY MAY BE NO PICNIC
This Labor Day will be no picnic for millions of Americans who are unemployed
or unable to find full-time work that will cover the bills. More than 9
million people are unemployed -- 700,000 more than a year ago.
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NEXT BIG WEB THING FALLS SHORT
Early results show contextual ads, a new online marketing tool, may be
underperforming expectations.
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==== 2003-08-29 ====
== CNN ==
A CHRONICLE OF HORROR
Frantic conversations between trapped people and authorities during the
moments before the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11, 2001,
are revealed in transcripts of radio and telephone transmissions and in
handwritten notes that were released Thursday.
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THE ONION: FUNNY SITE IS NO JOKE
The claim sounds almost outlandish enough to be a headline on the Onion:
"Satire Web site Shows Profit." But it's true, and the site it describes is
none other than TheOnion.com.
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MTV'S POP AND POIGNANCY
As usual, the MTV Video Music Awards featured jaw-dropping outfits, wild
antics and show-stopping performances. But Thursday night's show was also
tinged with poignancy, with ailing music legend Johnny Cash up for awards.
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==== 2003-08-28 ====
== Computerworld ==
Why Windows Should Think Small
Opinion: Microsoft should stop adding features and expanding the
bloated Windows code base until it can demonstrate a higher level of
security.
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== Forbes ==
THE CAMERA PHONE'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
What the carriers aren't telling you about picture messaging.
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== CNN ==
COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT GONE
Only one in five Americans approve of the federal court order under which
workers removed the Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of Alabama's
state judicial building Wednesday, according to a new poll.
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AMERICANS DIVIDED OVER WAR'S PROGRESS
Americans are evenly divided over whether things are going well for the United
States in Iraq now that major fighting has ended, according to a poll released
Wednesday afternoon.
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DARKER THE CHOCOLATE, BETTER THE BENEFITS?
Don't kid yourself that a candy bar is health food, scientists say. Despite
the recent buzz over the confection's heart-protecting qualities, new research
suggests that not all kinds of chocolate are beneficial.
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REPORT: FEMALE GAMERS OUTNUMBER BOYS
Challenging the stereotype that video gaming is the domain of teenage boys, an
industry group Tuesday reported that more women over 18 than young boys are
playing games and the average age of players has risen to 29.
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CNN'S JEFF GREENFIELD SHARES HIS MEMORIES OF THE DAY
August 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The speech was part of a massive civil
rights march on Washington D.C. King?s moving address and the march
made history. CNN's senior political analyst Jeff Greenfield covered
the march as a college student, and he joined anchor Soledad O'Brien
to discuss what he remembers of that historic day. '[I remember] walking
through a black neighborhood in Washington and seeing - one very old man
weeping, tears streaming down his face, chanting almost over and over,
"All my life, I've been waiting to see this day coming to pass."
'I will never forget it, and never forget the hair standing up on the
back of my neck as King started to speak. You had the sense of,
"Whoa, this is one for the history books." '
SEARCH FOR THE FORMER IRAQI LEADER CONTINUES
"They're going to be distributing 130,000 reward posters throughout the entire
country saying Saddam Hussein is wanted, and that there will be a $25 million
reward for anyone who would provide information that would lead to the arrest,
or the proof of death of the former Iraqi president."
==== 2003-08-27 ====
== iafrica.com CoolTech ==
SCIENCE Mind your language!
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If language extinction is acknowledged as one of the greatest threats
to human heritage, only now are scientific tools emerging that help to
explain how a language erodes and dies, and what can be done to defend it.
SPACE Gazing at the Red Planet
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In Germany, the number of "UFO sightings" soared, Asian soothsayers
predicted doom and gloom and Portuguese astrologers foresaw men becoming
more sexually active... All this and more as people around the world
gazed at Mars on Wednesday hoping for a good look at the Red Planet as
it moved closer to Earth.
SCREENSAVER Wacko Facto 3D Screensaver 1.0
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Did you know that most toilets flush in the key of E-flat? No? Try out
this screensaver, which combines unusual and little-known facts over a
variety of topics in a screensaver format. Watch as more then 500
different facts randomly appear in 3D on your monitor, with
ever-changing colourful backgrounds.
==== 2003-08-27 ====
== Bizjournals ==
Hatch your escape plan
Feeling dumped on by an incompetent boss?
Turn those negative feelings into positive flight.
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Opening new doors
This family business found success by
shutting down its retail locations and moving online.
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==== 2003-08-26 ====
== BBC ==
Asthma may be 'double disease'
Mild asthma and severe asthma may be two different diseases, a study suggests.
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Earth set for Mars close encounter
Mars and Earth pass closer to each other this month than at any time
during the last 60,000 years.
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== CNET ==
The BBC's digitally televised revolution
By digitizing its huge archive of programs and making
some shows available free on the Net, the BBC hopes to
help usher in a second, public-minded phase of the
digital revolution.
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AOL launches blogging service
America Online launches a new feature called AOL Journals
in an effort to piggyback on the grassroots popularity of
Web logs, or "blogs."
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== Time ==
BRITAIN: Question Time
The inquiry into a weapons expert's death exposes the Blair
government. And Tony's up next. A guide to the goings-on
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FRANCE: The Crucible
France faces up to its neglect of the aged after up to 10,000
perish in the heat of a deadly summer
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NORTH KOREA: Your Move, Mr. Kim
History repeats itself as a multinational group led by the U.S.
tries to get North Korea to lay down its nuclear arms
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==== 2003-08-25 ====
== MHN ==
Sleep Disorder News Feed
This article contains links to many recent news articles on
Sleep Disorders. Often oriented to Doctors. Frequently updated.
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== TechRepublic ==
FAST-SPREADING SOBIG.F MAY HARBOR A DANGEROUS TROJAN
The worst part of SoBig.F may not be the fact that it's spreading
quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have
discovered that this worm carries a dangerous hidden Trojan. Discover
more about this Trojan, see what you need to do to mitigate damage from
SoBig.F, and post your questions and concerns to this article's discussion.
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==== 2003-08-22 ====
== CNN ==
SOBIG.F BREAKS VIRUS SPEED RECORDS
The SoBig.F computer virus -- which has already overwhelmed hundreds of
thousands of computers worldwide -- has become the fastest spreading virus
ever with experts warning the worst is yet to come.
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SOBIG GETTING BIGGER?
Businesses and other computer users haven't seen the worst of the SoBig worm,
which may have caused an estimated $50 million in damage already, computer
security experts said Thursday.
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SEA SPONGE TOPS MAN-MADE FIBER OPTICS
Scientists say they have identified an ocean sponge living in the darkness of
the deep sea that grows thin glass fibers capable of transmitting light better
than industrial fiber optic cables used for telecommunication.
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== ITWeb ==
** Sun unveils integrated desktop environment
The Sun Microsystems Project Mad Hatter integrated open desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and SunRay has been announced. [Friday, 22 August 2003]
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==== 2003-08-21 ====
== Bizjournals ==
How can you tell if the boss is doing a good job?
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Play your cards right to get the referral
The definition of "referral" will surprise you and teach you why you
don't get as many as you want.
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== M&G ==
I have a dream: Forty years on
Like all great oratory its brilliance was in its simplicity. Like all
great political speeches it understood its audience. And like all great
performances it owed as much to its delivery as its content. But what
made this performance stand out was that it was both timely in its
message and timeless in its appeal.
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Scientists find missing piece of anti-malarial puzzle
Scientists believe they have unlocked the workings of an
ancient Chinese herbal remedy which has become one of the
brightest yet most puzzling hopes in the war against malaria.
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International - Mars up close and personal
August is proving an unforgettable month for amateur astronomers as they
turn their gaze on Mars, now at its closest to Earth since Neanderthals
walked our planet, a proximity of this kind last occurring nearly 60 000 years ago.
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== BBC ==
£1 billion bill for elderly falls
Falls among the elderly cost the government £981
million a year, researchers estimate.
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== CNET ==
IBM knits threading into Power5 chip
Multithreading--a technology that lets one processor act like
two or more--will improve the performance of Big Blue's upcoming
Power5 server chip, the company says.
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== Computerworld ==
Windows, Linux Highlights From Around The Web
No new XP service pack 'til '04, a free Web tutorial to prep for a
Linux certification, TechnoZone's detailed OS comparison, and lots more.
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The True Costs Of Software
Opinion: "Free" software isn't really free, of course. And a simple TCO
analysis isn't enough to really figure out the true costs of software,
says Harvard's Alan MacCormack.
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Interested in Linux certification? IBM's DeveloperWorks site ..
.. is running a four-part series to help those preparing for the the
Linux Professional Institute's Exam 101 Release 2. Part one kicks off
with Linux Fundamentals. Free registration is required.
How does Apple's Operating System software stack up
against Microsoft Windows XP and Linux?
I wouldn't want to be slogging through The TechnoZone's mailbox these
days, after they posted a piece with [this] the provocative theme: ..
Actually, this isn't yet another blowhard ranting on about his favorite/
most-hated operating systems. Instead, the piece is quite a detailed
effort at cataloging and comparing each OS's offerings. The accompanying
chart alone has about a hundred comparison items, in areas such as
networking utilities, storage media, GUIs and media players; while the
article delves into other areas like development tools, scripting and performance.
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== TechRepublic ==
REAL LIFE JOB HUNT INSIGHT
Jump on the job hunt with unemployed IT consultant Chuck Drobny as he
spends his days trying to find a job. Chuck is detailing his journey on
a new blog called On the Job Hunt, where he'll describe his daily
experiences, hurdles, and job hunt successes.
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==== 2003-08-19 (and earlier) ====
== M&G ==
Economy & Business - Social partners must not hang Setas out to dry
It is surprising that the proposed amendments to the Skills Development
Act have elicited almost no public debate, despite the harsh criticism
levelled at the sector education and training authorities (Setas) over
the past year.
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US escalates GM food row with Europe
Europe's dispute with America over genetically modified food escalated
yesterday after Washington asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to
force the EU to lift its five-year-old ban on new GM food products.
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Thirty percent of black men in US will go to jail
Black men born in the United States in 2001 will have a one in three
chance of going to prison during their lifetime if current trends
continue, according to a report by the US justice department.
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Hunting the Viarsa
South Africa joined a dramatic international hunt for an Uruguayan
fishing vessel yesterday which is believed to have illegally poached
millions of pounds worth of rare Patagonian toothfish in Australian waters.
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== TechRepublic ==
FOUR STEPS TO RAISE THE VALUE OF REAL-TIME CONTENT MANAGEMENT
The real-time enterprise (RTE) needs document and content management to
gain the most value from unstructured data. Taking four key steps to real-time
content management can help CIOs create a viable RTE environment.
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== CNN ==
TINY, POWERFUL COMPUTERS BASED ON DNA
It almost sounds too fantastic to be true, but a growing amount of research
supports the idea that DNA, the basic building block of life, could also be
the basis of a staggeringly powerful new generation of computers.
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ONE-TIME ANGRY POET STILL TICKED
In a way, poet C.K. Williams has mellowed with age. He is now 66, and has two
grandsons, a country house in Normandy, a Pulitzer Prize and a new book on the
way. But for this angry young poet of the 1960s, there's still more than
enough to rage about.
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CDC: WEST NILE NUMBERS TRIPLE AGAIN
Days after announcing the number of West Nile cases had tripled, federal
health officials said that the tally has tripled again this week, with
Colorado reporting almost half of the cases.
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SONY FIGHTS FOR RULE IN ELECTRONICS REALM
Sony Corp.'s new Qualia line of TVs are assembled by hand, by a worker who
alone pieces each set together. The result is an $11,000 television with some
of the richest video quality possible.
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WMD HUNT: 'SOLID PROGRESS'
U.S. investigators are making "solid progress" in the search for weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq, one of the leaders of the effort said after briefing senators.
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== BBC ==
* Alzheimer's surge predicted *
An "epidemic of Alzheimer's" over the next few decades could be far worse than previously thought, say experts.
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* French health boss quits in heat row *
France's surgeon-general resigns hours after a figure of 5,000 dead in the heatwave is described as plausible.
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* Sinus problems link to ME *
Chronic fatigue otherwise known as ME could be linked to sinusitis, scientists have suggested.
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* Child genius rejected by universities *
A 13-year-old boy says his academic career is being put on hold because universities say he is too young to enrol.
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* Sex hormone 'controls fear and desire' *
The sex hormone oestrogen plays a crucial role in a wide variety of human emotional responses, say experts.
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Crowds flock to V Festival *
Up to 70,000 rock fans enjoy the V Festival featuring Coldplay and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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* Asthma drugs 'make condition worse' *
Using too much medication may actually make asthma worse, researchers say.
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* Scientists unlock mystery nerve pain *
Experts say they are closer to solving the riddle of severe "neuropathic" pain which affects thousands in the UK.
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== Moneyweb ==
Educating Rita and Ron
In his second contribution, Moneyweb community member Steven Jones
suggests an innovative way to fund your children's schooling.
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== ITWebLite ==
Sex - men find theory better than practice
A survey by vitamin company Berocca has found that while men spend much of their time
daydreaming about sex, in reality, most of them would rather sleep than have sex. Survey
respondents said they fantasised about sex regularly - with one in five saying they thought
about sex within the first minute of a business meeting. However, the survey found that most
men expend all their energy on work, and have little time or energy left for a social life or sex
life. More than half of the men surveyed said that if they had an extra hour in bed, they
would rather spend it asleep than having sex.
Creatine could boost mental performance
Australian researchers claim that the dietary supplement creatine, which is known to improve
athletic performance, could also boost memory and intelligence. Creatine is a natural
compound found in muscle tissue. The researchers say a six-week study of young volunteers
found that those taking creatine supplements scored better on IQ and computational tests.
== CNN ==
3,000 DEAD IN FRENCH HEAT WAVE
An estimated 3,000 people have died in France of heat-related causes in the
past two weeks, the health ministry said.
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PARIS COPES WITH MOUNTING DEATH TOLL DUE TO HEAT
The scorching temperatures in Europe have been blamed in an estimated 3,000
deaths in France alone. CNN reporter Paul Hancocks spoke with anchor Daryn
Kagan from Paris about the situation there. 'This is really the first official
figure that the French government has come out with, and it's a shocking one.'
Now, they say they're getting their figures from the [number of] funeral
services [being reported.] [Funeral homes] say they have 37 percent more
corpses to deal with than they usually do for this time of the year. ' And if
some of the doctors are to be believed, then the figure could be significantly
higher than that 3,000 we have from the government.'
WITH THE ELECTRICITY OUT, THE QUESTIONS BEGIN
The cause of a blackout that affected all of New York City and much of the
Northeast on a sweltering August day remained uncertain Friday morning as
power began to trickle back to a few, even as more than 15 million from
Detroit to Ottawa remained without electricity.
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'HEALTHY' PEANUTS TO HIT STORES NEXT YEAR
Two new kinds of peanuts that can help keep hearts in good shape offer new
food for thought for the health-conscious.
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FDA APPROVES STAIR-CLIMBING WHEELCHAIR
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a wheelchair that
literally can go up and down steps -- as well as shift into four-wheel drive
for grassy hills and elevate its occupant to standing height.
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FINE FILMMAKING ON THE 'OPEN RANGE'
With "Open Range," set in the 1880s, Kevin Costner is back in the saddle with
another fine film set in the Old West.
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== M&G ==
The Teacher - A second chance and a real future
Clayton Sherry was having a jol with his friends, smoking dagga and
sniffing glue at their usual corner, when suddenly a police van stopped
in front of them. This was the day that Clayton's life changed forever.
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== 2003-08-14 ==
== MHN ==
New Survey Reveals Common Misperceptions Of Bipolar Disorder
May Lead To Misdiagnosis In Children
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Need for Greater Public Awareness and Education to Identify
Symptoms Early and Begin Treatment
Missing Enzyme Tied To Alzheimer's
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A missing enzyme may be responsible for the "tangles" of
proteins that form in the brains of people with Alzheimer's
disease.
Breaking The Cycle
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After years of paralyzing pain, young women have a name, but
not many options, for their disease.
Drugs, Kids And Grownups
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For years, doctors assumed that children, biochemical
speaking, are little adults.
Stroke: It's Not Just A Man's Problem
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The perception is that stroke is a "man's health problem."
Statistics prove it's not.
New Help For Sleep Apnea
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A new oral device helps people with sleep apnea, says a
small study in the July issue of the American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
What Makes Teens Do Drugs
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Teenage boys who drink, smoke and use drugs are influenced
more by family and friends while genes are more likely to
increase the risk of substance abuse in teenage girls, says
a Virginia Commonwealth University study.
Antidepressants: Staying The Course For Better Results
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A common problem for depressed patients is that they don't
take antidepressant drugs for long enough.
== M&G ==
SA's challenge: transform and grow the economy
The economy has grown on average by 2,7% over the past decade. At this
rate unemployment will remain pegged at 29% by 2014. Yet if 5% growth
can be achieved unemployment will be halved.
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Rage still lingers after Mbeki acts on Aids
South African Aids and HIV sufferers and health workers yesterday
welcomed the turn-around by President Thabo Mbeki's government to
allow life-saving anti-retroviral drugs to reach the public. But
there was also anger that the government's delay in accepting the
use of the drugs had cost many lives.
Activists hail Aids policy breakthrough
The government's back flip on Aids
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== CNN ==
PROTECTING YOUR BRAIN FROM ALZHEIMER'S
Brain images show that people who are more intelligent and better educated use
their brains differently, which in turn may help explain why keeping the mind
active protects against Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported this week.
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== M&G ==
The big bang and all that
Far from attracting the best candidates, science is proving a less and
less popular subject in schools. And, popular books on scientific topics
are a rare bird in the bestseller lists. Travel author Bill Bryson thinks
he knows what has gone wrong.
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The Teacher - When rights become wrong
Speak to any educator today about the challenges of teaching and they're
bound to relate a story of a child defying authority and then smugly
asserting "I have my rights".
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== Computerworld ==
Open-source Spam-blocker Gets High Marks At Cornell
Cornell University's management school is getting ready to deploy an
open-source antispam tool that its CIO claims is 99% effective in
blocking unwanted e-mail.
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== ZDNet ==
SCO vs. the Linux world...what's a Linux user to do?
If you have deployed Linux, what are you supposed to do while the
companies run up their legal bills. After all, the lawsuit could drag on for years.
Attorney Thomas Carey renders his opinion and outlines seven key points you
should consider in making your decision on how to deal with SCO's claims
and Linux licensing tariff.
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News Focus: SCO-IBM-Linux battle
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Virtualizing the Intel world
As corporations look to lower data center costs, server virtualization
promises higher levels of consolidation and utilization, plus increased
flexibility to provision systems and deploy multiple operating systems
and applications on a single server. In this special report, we look at
the latest research and talk with Diane Greene, CEO of VMware, the
leader in Intel-based virtual machine software.
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Cure to Net identity problems right under our nose
Sick of spam? Worried about monkey-in-the-middle attacks against the DNS
and whether someone is intercepting those Web requests? Domain Name
System inventor Paul Mockapetris says that while we can chase after the
perfect solution to these identity-related transgressions, it's time to
accept one that's good enough.
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== ITWeb ==
OPEN SOURCE WINDOW
SA has a short window of opportunity to become a key player in the global
open source software market before proprietary systems make their response,
says Internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth. Paul Vecchiatto reports.
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Legitimate marketers slam spam
Legitimate marketers say spam is making it difficult for them to harness the
power of e-mail. This emerged at a round table on spam in Woodmead this week.
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Telkom doubles ISDN speed
Telkom has introduced Telkom Internet ISDN 128, a package that doubles the
speed for Internet users with ISDN lines.
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== BBC ==
Creatine 'boosts brain power'
The dietary supplement creatine - known to improve athletic performance - can also boost memory and intelligence, researchers say.
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Aspirin may treat cancer tumours
The common painkiller aspirin could be used to treat certain types of cancer, according to scientists.
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Brain 'remembers' drug triggers
Scientists have pinpointed a part of the brain that processes memories of addictive behaviour.
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== CNN ==
MISSILE SUSPECT CHARGED
A British citizen accused of trying to smuggle a shoulder-launched
surface-to-air missile into the United States for use against a U.S.
commercial airliner was charged Wednesday in federal court.
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PEERING INTO VISUAL FUTURE WITH OLEDS
LCD, CRT, LED -- they're all ways of displaying graphics, pixels, images, you
name it. Even if you don't know their abbreviations, you see their output
every time you look at your computer or cell phone.
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MARS READY FOR CLOSE-UP
The wandering of the planets brings Mars closer to Earth this
month than at any time in nearly 60,000 years. It will be a
last-chance proposition for all alive today: Mars won't be as
close again until August 28, 2287.
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== BBC ==
Twelve-year-old boy passes A-level
A computer whizzkid who does not go to school is thought to be the
youngest person this year to gain an A-level
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== Forbes ==
E-BUSINESS LIVES
Among this year's top market performers: Internet
commerce companies.
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MICROSOFT VOWS TO CRUSH THE MOUSE THAT ROARED
A tiny company filed suit against the software giant
and won big. Microsoft says it's just the beginning.
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IBM'S PATH FROM INVENTION TO INCOME
IBM spends more than $4B on research. It's trying to
get more of that money back in profits.
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== IWeb ==
Software AG ups Q2 income
Software AG has announced a second quarter operating income of
10.6 million euros, compared to 5.7 million euros for the comparative
quarter last year. [Thursday, 14 August 2003]
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==== 2003-08-13 ====
and earlier..
== Time ==
Europe: Then & Now
A riveting collection of photographs -- vintage images paired
with shots of the same places as they look today -- captures the
social, economic and political transformations of the past five decades.
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MISSIONARIES: Is God on Their Side?
Evangelical Christian missionaries are heading to Islamic countries
to convert Muslims. Their message may do more harm than good. [July 28]
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GOD IN EUROPE: O Father, Where Art Thou?
Christianity is becoming a minority faith in Europe. But God
isn't dead: people are defining their own belief systems and
mixing in alternative spirituality. A special report. [June 9, 2003]
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TECHNOLOGY: Wave Power
Has a Welsh company turned the tide in sustainable energy?
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HEALTH: The Age of Arthritis
As baby boomers get older, joint disease is soaring to epidemic
levels. But researchers are working on powerful new treatments --
and in the meantime, there's plenty you can do to ease the pain
and stiffness
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== iafrica.com TMP ==
Dullmen.com ..it's packed with fascinating stuff
.. that even men of a more exciting disposition and/or nature (and women
too, come to think of it!) will find fascinating... If you've got some
time to kill, it's definitely worth a peek! Go to:
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== tomandspork.com
Got lots of free time to waste? Boss out of the office? Then why not
while away the hours following the (decidedly wacky!) adventures of
Tom Cruise and Spork, a kind of spoon/fork hybrid. Each week there's a
new episode to add to the already bizarre tale, which is admittedly also very funny.
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==== 2003-08-08 ====
== Yahoo! News ==
Researchers Compile Atlas of the Brain
... The atlas, available on-line at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/ICBM,
enables brain experts worldwide to access four-dimensional details
-- time as well as the three dimensions of space -- of brain structure
and function, descriptions of how the brain changes as we age and how
and where neurological disease occurs.
Available online:
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The story:
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Hubble Spies Big Galaxy Gobbling Little One
A big galaxy is gobbling a tiny one, just as astronomers have long
suspected, and for the first time there is photographic evidence of
this kind of galactic cannibalism, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope..
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More information can be found online at
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== ITWeb Lite ==
Music [Oppikoppi]
There is only one place to be this weekend, and that is at the biggest,
wildest and craziest music festival in SA - Oppikoppi has returned!
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== CNN Space ==
MARS 2003
Ice may hold clues to life on Mars
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GADGET ON ROVER MALFUNCTIONS
An instrument aboard one of the two NASA rovers en route to
Mars has malfunctioned, prompting worries it could harm the
robot's information-gathering ability, a scientist said.
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BEST VIEW OF MARS IN 60,000 YEARS
Mars is getting ready for its close-up, with the red planet
coming as near to Earth this month as it has in almost 60,000
years. Its closest pass will come on August 27 at 5:51 a.m.EDT.
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Details:
Next Mars mission set for 2007
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== ZDNet ==
LinuxWorld: Open source becoming an unstoppable force
As our special report documents, the Linux world is making
great strides to change the economics of computing, despite
SCO's legal actions and the licensing fees unveiled this week.
Dismissing pundits who have disparaged new technologies,
Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik had a simple message for
LinuxWorld attendees: We will prevail. An IBM executive called
SCO's suit an 'inevitable bump in the road,' and the company filed
counterclaims against the SCO on Thursday. Whatever the legal
outcome, open source software is becoming an unstoppable industry
force and alternative to the existing establishment. Find out
more in our special report.
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Red Hat CEO: End deception and rumor
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See also: Big Blue files counterclaims against SCO
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Blogs locked in a bitter battle over standards
A power struggle erupts over a technology widely used to
distribute Web logs, pitting blog pioneer Dave Winer against
opponents at IBM, Google and others.
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== CNN Health ==
MORE EVIDENCE OF HORMONE THERAPY RISKS
Hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of breast
cancer, especially among women receiving a combination of
estrogen and progestin, a major British study found.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA: OSTEOPOROSIS NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
Osteoporosis is not a condition that is found only in women.
The disease that leaves bones weak and brittle is a concern for
men, too.
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==== 2003-08-07 ====
== Moneymax ==
The BMW Z4. The sum of all the senses.
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== Computerworld
Open-source Spam-blocker Gets High Marks At Cornell
Cornell University's management school is getting ready to deploy an
open-source antispam tool that its CIO claims is 99% effective in
blocking unwanted e-mail.
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LinuxWorld: Sun's Jonathan Schwartz Demos Mad Hatter Desktop
The executive demonstrated Sun's efforts to build a better and cheaper
desktop and a prototypical 3-D desktop environment called Looking Glass.
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== CNN Computing ==
LAPTOPS REACH PRICES A PARENT CAN LOVE
Notebook computers with the kind of performance that will
satisfy most students now carry a price tag that won't make a
parent cringe. Computer parts have become cheaper this year,
and now $1,000 can buy a notebook with a sufficient-sized hard
drive so that students can surf the Web, write term papers and
even download music.
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Best laptops for campus
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DISGUISED WORM SPREADING
Computer experts have warned of a computer worm that takes
advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
It's called "worm/MiMail.A."
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TRADING DISKS FOR KEYCHAIN MEMORY
Flash memory has replaced the floppy disk as king of portable
storage. The market is now flush with a bazaar of keychain
storage devices that use it.
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== M&G ==
World to warm by 8C, says thinktank
Latest predictions show that climate change is going to be far worse than earlier forecasts and that Labour's drastic aim of a 60% cut in carbon dioxide emissions for the UK may not be enough, says the Institute of Public Policy Research.
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'Dr Strangeloves' meet to plan new nuclear era
US government scientists and Pentagon officials will gather today behind tight security at a Nebraska air force base to discuss the development of a modernised arsenal of small, specialised nuclear weapons which critics believe could mark the dawn of a new era in proliferation.
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Britain losing new Afghan opium war
British-led plans to destroy Afghan opium poppy farming, responsible for 90% of the UK's heroin supply, have made little progress so far, UN figures will show next month.
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Aids drugs: not when, but how soon
The question is not whether there will be a universal anti-retroviral treatment programme, but when, Health Director General Ayanda Ntsaluba told the South African Aids Conference in Durban on Wednesday.
Nevirapine can save 2 200 babies a day
Africa's first generic ARV's
Nevirapine won't be banned, but...
Govt's 'insanity'
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Comment & Analysis - No need to exaggerate the evils of apartheid
The "worst excesses" of Nazism and communism? That type of throwaway comparison with apartheid is becoming all too prevalent in a world that is beginning to forget about the true horrors of those systems.
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== Tradek.com ==
ASPEN launched their, and Africa's first generic antiretroviral
drug yesterday. The drug, Aspen-Stavudine, a generic of Zerit -
produced by BMS (Bristol Meyers Squibb) was granted approval by the
Medicines Control Council. Cheaper by far the generic will be 41%
less than Zerit and is one of three drugs in a cocktail that will
include Limivudine and Nevirapine. Demand will not phase the drug
manufacturer as they could easily provide the continent with up to
a billions tablets with out any impact on capacity. The share is at
a high of 875cps and a "consensus of analysts" (A murder of crows)
feel that the long term (Year) target is easily around the 1000cps
mark.
== Forbes.com ==
IBM REFUSES TO INDEMNIFY LINUX USERS
IBM insists The SCO Group's lawsuit over Linux has no
merit. So why won't it shield its customers?
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SONY TO RELEASE WEB TVS
The new units will feature high-definition plasma screens
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RED HAT'S MAD MATT VS. HUMONGOUS SCO LAWSUIT
The Linux clan, threatened with lawsuits by SCO,
fights back with a lawsuit of its own.
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==== 2003-08-06 ====
== Computerworld ==
How To Compete
Frankly Speaking: Think your IT shop can never compete against the low
costs and operating efficiencies of outsourcers? Maybe you've forgotten
what competition is really all about.
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Computerworld Executive Bulletin: Collaboration Technologies:
New suites of tools, products and strategies are making this long
sought after idea a reality. Now you can get the details you need to
get you started in building a collaborative system for free compliments
of the Oracle Corp. Computerworld's Executive Bulletin: Collaboration
Technologies, a $49.00 value, is now free for a limited time, so don't
wait. Learn how to bring you far-flung workforce, suppliers and clients
together in real time and boost productivity and efficiency.
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Skirmishing With Spam
Opinion: There are effective ways to hold the line against spam,
including a cool open-source tool for Microsoft Outlook.
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Gartner Says 5% Of Corporate IT Jobs Could Go Offshore By 2005
In a new report, the consulting firm says that technology users and
vendors alike will increasingly farm out IT work to offshore
operations, and it predicts that less than 40% of the U.S. workers who
lose their jobs will be shifted to new ones by their current
employers.
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== ITWeb ==
Sun's Mad Hatter takes crack at desktop Windows
Sun Microsystems' chief software engineer took to the LinuxWorld stage
in San Francisco to show off "Mad Hatter," the company's upcoming
unified desktop, which will be sold for half the price of a Windows
environment, reports eWeek.
... a broad software licence deal struck with AT&T in the late 1990s
allowed the company to inject whatever code it wanted into the Linux
kernel. Schwartz pledged to indemnify its customers against any lawsuits
by SCO or other suppliers.
Mad Hatter, which Sun first disclosed a year ago, is Sun's effort to
dislodge Microsoft and its Windows/Office combination from the desktop PC.
Like StarOffice, Mad Hatter will include a third-party Linux GUI such as
GNOME, the Mozilla browser, Sun's StarOffice suite, the Evolution e-mail
server, the GAIM messaging client and Java, and it will be priced
"80% to 90% less expensive than [Microsoft].
DOUBLE TAKE
The technological revolution has brought many wonders into the average
home, but it has also brought its dark side: the insidious threat of the
e-disease, writes Rodney Weidemann.
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== Bizjournals ==
Boost your job appeal
In a tough job market it pays to be prepared.
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How to flip for a business
An injury knocked him out of his normal routine, and he
tumbled into the business he would love the rest of his life.
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Win friends, make sales
Who will buy from you? Your friends, that's who.
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==== 2003-08-05 ====
== NY Times ==
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
Katharine Hepburn, the actress whose independent life and
strong-willed movie characters made her a role model for
generations of women and a beloved heroine to filmgoers for
more than 60 years, died on June 29. Revisit the actress's
career with reviews from the archive, a complete filmography,
trailers and an audio slide show with Times film critic A. O.
Scott. Go to the special section:
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== Chevrolet Corvette turns 50
View the audio slide show:
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== BBC ==
Work stress 'increases heart attack risk'
Workplace stress greatly increases the risk of dying
from a heart attack or stroke, says new research.
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'Me generation' turns to teaching
There has been a rise in older people retraining as
teachers - attributed to a search for more socially useful careers.
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== M&G ==
=From the ashes, internet businesses that work
Just six months ago, using the words "internet" and "profitable business"
in the same sentence tended to elicit little more than cynical reactions.
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Rightwingers' wait for the man in the brown suit
South Africa's extreme rightwingers have the potential to take the country to
the brink of a race war, but the prospect is unlikely, analysts said in a research
paper released on Monday.
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In Google we trust
In five mind-blowing years, Google has blossomed from a nerdy
college experiment to a mainstream sensation so ubiquitous that
its goofy name is now synonymous with looking things up.
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==== 2003-08-04 and earlier ====
== ZDNet ==
Outsourcing: love it--or leave it?
More and more tech companies are sending projects overseas to take advantage of
lower costs and a cheaper work force. Senior officials at IBM are urging the company
to speed its efforts to move white-collar jobs overseas, The New York Times reported
on Tuesday. U.S. workers see the trend as a threat to their livelihood, but companies
say tough times require them to reduce expenses or risk losing even more jobs--by going
out of business.
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Report: IBM to outsource white-collar jobs
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== Time ==
--www.timeeurope.com
--www.timeasia.com
--www.time.com
JAPAN: Hip Quotient
As its economic clout wanes, Japan has found a new No. 1 national
resource: call it Gross National Cool
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HEALTH: Female Heartache
Beware the No. 1 killer of women -- heart disease. Here's the
latest research -- and what you can do to avoid it
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== Bizjournals.com ==
Assisted-living venture pays off for founder
He had no job, no money, a mortgage and children. He had to make his
business work, and he did, going from $0 to $60 million in six years.
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== M&G ==
Earthyear - Time for a critical audit
Conservation is now big business, consuming millions of rands every year. But can those who contribute the money be sure it is delivering benefits?
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Unique sails pitch bids to cut space flight costs
A huge sheet of mirror-plated fabric on show in New York for the next two weeks could herald a new adventure in space later this year and add new depth to the word "spaceship".
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Gibson's film of Christ's last days alarms Jewish groups
On the face of it Mel Gibson's new film, The Passion, appears to be little more than a work of celluloid self-indulgence by a Hollywood veteran.
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== ITWeb ==
Biggest server market surge since 2000
In today's technology roundup: Server market surges in Q2; DVD output
hiked; content filtering with a difference; and Panasonic ties up with
Picsel. [Tuesday, 29 July 2003]
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M-Web punts WiFi on price, roaming
M-Web is putting marketing clout into its wireless hotspots, offering
users international roaming and a choice of payment options.
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