BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Christians purge video game demons, 24 May 05: "The Devil, they say, has all the best tunes. Until now he has also had the video games market sewn up."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sims creator takes on evolution, : "The creator of the hugely popular Sims game is working on an ambitious title in which you can truly be God."

Australian IT - Gospel groups target gamers (Reed Stevenson in Los Angeles, MAY 18, 2005): "So far, games such as 'Spiritual Warfare' and 'Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land' have drawn a loyal following by combining biblical themes with mild action. Users can travel through biblical lands, solve puzzles based on Bible scripture and, in some games, slash demonic foes. "

egypttoday.com, The Guardian: How the president of the Jewish Community of Cairo is keeping the memory of her forefathers alive as she struggles to preserve the nation’s Jewish heritage sites: "Some, particularly a group of Jews of Egyptian descent who now live in America, have no faith in Carmen Weinstein, let alone in her mission, claiming the Jewish community of Cairo is for all intents and purposes extinct. As she badgers the nation's antiquity authorities, organizes social activities for the women of her community and tends to her popular website (www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5855/bassai.htm), it's a claim she dismisses as insignificant. As she sees it, the community will endure, in one form or another."

The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > Basics: Now, Audio Blogs for Those Who Aspire to Be D.J.'s, 13 May 05 [subscription channel]: "Another, more high-minded site, Catholic Insider (www.catholicinsider.com), links to podcasts of Pope Benedict XVI from Vatican Radio. "

BBC NEWS | Technology | Crime time for Chinese net users: "Around 20% of the world's hijacked computers sending out spam, attacking websites and hosting unsavoury material are in China, says a report. "

Apologetics research resources on cults, sects, religions, etc. I have visited this one several times; it is regularly updated, and has some interesting recent material.

reuters/latimes.com, Man Says He Won't Link XVI to XXX on Net, 21 Apr 05 "An American who registered the Internet domain name BenedictXVI.com before the new pope was chosen said Wednesday that he had not decided what to do with it, but he ruled out pornography and doubted that he would accept an offer from a gambling site."

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Profile: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Chicago Tribune | Cardinals in cyberspace, 15 Apr 05 "The cardinals won't be toting laptops when they assemble Monday in the Sistine Chapel to pick a new pope, but the information highway constructed since the last papal conclave in 1978 could steer them in new ways." Discusses the possible impact of the internet on the papal conclave.

CNN.com - Students re-enact Red Sea crossing -- with wine - Apr 13, 2005: "Student engineers sent their gadgets whirring, spinning and buzzing across a pool of water Wednesday in a competition to re-enact the biblical Jewish crossing of the Red Sea and pour a ceremonial glass of wine -- all without anyone touching anything."

The New York Times > Books > Scholar of Judaism, Professional Provocateur Jacob Neusner profile - strictly non-tech

BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis features the Pope Blog - a very detailed set of resources

Peshmerga Women

Newsweek: 'Go With God', 10 Apr 05: "Today official patriotic-church leaders maintain discreet contacts with Rome, while the faithful keep abreast of news from the Vatican on shortwave radio or the Internet."

U.S. cardinal opens up on choosing a new pope: "Noting that Tettamanzi is No. 1 on a popular Internet pope pool, George said he doubts he is even included in the brackets."

East Valley Tribune | Daily Arizona news for Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, 7 Apr 05: "A world history textbook used by seventh-graders at Scottsdale's Mohave Middle School was pulled from classrooms mid-semester amid growing criticism of the book's portrayal of Islam.

"The removal came on the heels of a slew of angry emails to Scottsdale Unified School District officials and entries on conservative Internet Web logs."

AFP/WWRN, China blocks Internet comments on the pope, 4 Apr 05 "China's web portals have blocked prayers, blessings and other comment on the death of Pope John Paul II from being posted on the Internet, officials said.

"While popular portals such as Sina.com and Sohu.com's on-line discussion forums were flooded with messages about the pope Saturday, no messages could be seen Monday."

Reuters/Wired, SMS, E-mail Announce Pope's Death, Apr 3, 2005 "Just a quarter of an hour after the Pope was pronounced dead Saturday at 9:37 p.m., the Vatican sent journalists an SMS message alerting them to a pending statement. Television networks across the globe were already on standby a minute later when the e-mail communiqué was beamed to a sea of handheld computers, purchased by journalists at the suggestion of the Vatican."

New Statesman - Inside Islam's ''terror schools'', 28th March 2005 William Dalrymple reports from NWFP (citing Kepel in the process)