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May 18, 2004

"Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes, it's letting go!" --Sylvia Robinson

Technology Toppling Tyrants

Technology is toppling tyrants. Shah of Iran was overthrown in the later 70s by an IT invention -- the audio cassette tape. In 1989, Chinese students organized one of the largest demonstrations in Beijing, largely using the fax machine. President Joseph Estrada was ousted in 2000, due to cellphone text messaging on the street of Manila. And now, it seems that the next killer app is the digital camera embedded in cell phones. With the press of a button and the click of a computer mouse, dark corners of the world are now brightly illuminated.