The two groups still disagree on the shape of a coalition government, the election system, control of security and, above all, policy towards Israel.

ECONOMIST: Palestinian disunity

The administration's funding authorization expires Sept. 30, and it needs more money to address the booming volume of air traffic, primarily because the air traffic control system needs safety and security upgrades.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In a presentation at the Black Hat and Defcon security conference in July, for instance, French security researcher Andre Costin presented vulnerabilities in the next-generation air traffic control system known as ADS-B that he said would allow a hacker with a software-defined radio to track and even spoof planes in the sky, potentially creating dangerous distractions for pilots.

FORBES: DARPA-Funded Radio HackRF Aims To Be A $300 Wireless Swiss Army Knife For Hackers

Working with the registries that control and distribute domain names, the APWG is crafting a system that would accredit security organizations to act as the Web's watchdogs, identifying phishing sites.

FORBES: Spear The Phishers--Not The Fish

Yet as UAV technology improves they are set to become an even more important part of security and military operations -- part of a system that gathers and relays information to other drones, ground control, manned aircraft and satellites.

CNN: Doing military's dangerous, dull and dirty work