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From informit, a slightly more technical source. Worth looking at in combination with the NBC piece.

From NBC, not a very technical source, but this article introduces some of the key terms and concepts.

They talk about the help that is giving survelliance and the NATO coordination to the rebels in Lybia. With airplanes it saw which rebels were in danger and helped them.

Did the encrypted (and difficult to surveil) BB Messenger service allow recent riots in England to grow out of control? What role should government play in tracking communications technology, during normal or extraordinary times? To what extent should private companies assist in government investigations, and is it justifiable under the laws of one country, but not in another?

For later, when we do robotics: an opinion article connecting US President Obama to Masahiro Mori's idea of the "uncanny valley" dividing the real from the almost-real.

Players of The Sims on Facebook will now be able to buy, and give as gifts, coffee and donuts online.

Kind of a TOK topic: how do we know what we know? Wikipedia usually requires third-party citation in support of claims. But for traditional cultures, or for topics where no citation is available, Wikipedia is now considering allowing other kinds of support: audio, video, personal testimony.