Another Tool for Big Brother?
Here is an interesting report from Wired News: "A surveillance camera that can track and analyze the movement of individual vehicles in a crowded city is being developed for the Pentagon. Despite assurances that the camera is meant only to protect troops in the field, civilian authorities will probably want to use it, too."

Disorganized Resistance?
"Organized resistance has many drawbacks. These drawbacks have seldom been
discussed by the opposition. We believe that the only effective resistance is a
completely disorganized, decentralized, and leaderless opposition." So, is this what Buck and the gang were up to? I think they were more organized, or at least they tried to be.

Urban Tracking
According to USA Today: "WASHINGTON ?The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance system that would use computers and thousands of cameras to track, record and analyze the movement of every vehicle in a foreign city." Well, I guess Big Brother really is watching.

Iran Blocks Reform, Porn Web Sites
Here is another report on Iran's effort to control what their people see on the Web, this from CBS News: SciTech.

Iran blocking access to sex sites on Web
This CNN - World report provides yet another example of how a government can control the Internet. It makes me wonder if the GC could have blocked Tsion's web site.

Wireless Net may aid poor nations - CNN & Reuters
Wireless Internet technology may help poor nations leapfrog into the future if they can get assistance to harness the new technology, said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Wireless Internet access has "a key role to play everywhere, but especially in developing countries and countries with economies in transition," Annan said on Thursday in a message to a U.N. conference on the rapidly growing phenomenon known as Wi-Fi. :: TF members operating in poor countries should be prepared to help local believers establish wireless networks and take full advantage of the new communication tools.