digital (continued), 269, 273–274, 277, 304, 310, 337, 345–346, 360

identity, 27

rights management, xxx, 3, 140, 340

subscriber line. See DSL

technology, xii, 238

video disc. See DVD

Digital Millennium Copyright Act, xxx, 340

diplomacy, 50, 276

DirecTV, 38

disconnected, 212, 221, 230, 245, 269, 295–296, 298, 323, 325

disinformation, xiii

disintermediation, 281

distance learning, 267

distributed control, 77, 79, 84, 86, 99, 106, 108–109

diversity

linguistic, xxviii, 50, 55, 57–58, 62–63

social and cultural, 4, 204, 251, 286, 310, 320, 346, 348, 352–353

DNA, 96

Doha trade talks, 259

domain names (Domain Name System, DOS), 25, 32, 54–55, 132

Don Quixote, 197

doomsday, 82, 104, 122, 229

DOS. See domain names

DSL (digital subscriber line), 13

DVD (digital video disc), 96

dystopia (dystopian), 95, 130, 223

Earth First!, 310, 329

Earth Liberation Front (ELF), 324

East Timor, 23

Eastern Europe, 23, 68, 251

EasyPass, 172

eBay, 275, 279, 281, 345, 368

Echelon signals intelligence, 115, 148

e-commerceSee also commerce, 42, 247, 291, 328.

economics (economic life), x–xi, xvii, xxv, xxvii, 3, 8–10, 12–13, 15–18, 20–21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 37, 41, 43, 46, 49, 62–63, 65, 69, 73, 75, 79, 84, 86, 90, 112, 128, 132, 134, 137, 140, 146–147, 158, 166, 174, 191, 200, 212, 229, 241, 243–245, 247, 249, 251–256, 258–259, 261, 263–264, 269, 271–272, 275, 277, 280, 282–283, 288, 291–292, 295, 301–303, 313, 316, 318, 327–328, 337, 340, 345–346, 349, 351–352, 355, 357, 359–360, 362–363, 368–371, 375–376

ecoterror (ecoterrorists), 299, 319, 323, 325

Edinburgh, 12

education (educational systems), xxx, 9, 23, 30, 35, 41, 47, 50, 65–66, 70, 72, 74, 92, 100, 108, 113, 117, 135, 147, 157, 205, 245, 249, 255, 262, 299, 309, 320, 325, 327, 337, 354, 357, 360, 365, 368, 372

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 156

EFF. See Electronic Frontier Foundation

Egypt, 13, 137, 249

elections, 61, 92