The story so far is that technology intensifies the democratic process, but does not fundamentally change it.

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If Microsoft is going to roll out digital rights management in software that will be used by many European companies, surely the European Commission or our MEPs should be taking an interest - before we find that we have given up any possibility of asserting proper democratic control over this important technology?

BBC: Pencil and paper

The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will likely be just as ruthlessly democratic as the ailments it is destined to treat.

WSJ: Bionic Brains and Beyond

Through these initiatives, World Book and Copyright Day is more relevant in the UK than ever before, with new technology and literacy issues now impacting at the heart of the democratic process.

UNESCO: 2010 World Book Day

Ian Gibson, chairman of the Commons committee on science and technology, wants to find out whether membership of these societies is truly democratic.

ECONOMIST: Science and sexism

That contrast may oversimplify things, but with the new Democratic Congress there's sure to be a push to spend federal dollars on technology to thwart terrorists.

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It's a process political observers note is similar to the one that presaged former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's ascension to the Democratic chairmanship in 2005 -- a tenure marked largely by advances in how that party adopted technology to strengthen its outreach across states where Democrats hadn't been competitive.

CNN: GOP warned to embrace technology or face 'suicide'