religion, 146, 219, 231, 247, 263, 277, 281, 283, 303, 314, 321, 326, 328

religious, xi, xxvii, 29, 34, 37, 96, 100, 156, 219, 253, 262–264, 266–267, 275–278, 287, 290, 295, 297, 302–303, 308, 314–315, 318–322, 325, 328, 332, 366–367

Reporters Without Borders, 137

Republican Party, 331

revenue, xxxi, 4–5, 167, 238, 242, 355

RFID. See radio frequency identification

robotics, 82, 88

Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, 4

role playing (role playing games, RPGs)See also MMORPGs, 190, 196, 202–203, 209, 223, 228, 230.

Rollerball,, 286

root (root Web addresses), 54

rootkit, 341

RPGs. See role playing

RSS. See really simple syndication

Russia, 68, 291, 342

Russian language, xxxi, 59

satellite, 3, 7, 22, 40, 46, 48, 157

Schlund, 52

school (schools), 38, 63, 117, 146, 197, 204, 222, 225, 259

science fiction (sci-fi), 235, 310, 315, 329

screen time, xxx, 222, 305

search, 135, 139–140, 152

search engine, 99, 137, 282

Second Life,, 202–204, 209, 232–233, 375

security, xii, 2, 7, 10, 19, 25, 32–33, 35, 40, 45, 77, 80, 84, 92, 96, 98, 102, 104–108, 110, 113–114, 122–124, 129, 131–132, 136–137, 139–140, 155–157, 160, 166–167, 170, 174, 179, 204, 251, 266, 269, 284, 288, 323, 326, 335–336, 338–339, 341–345, 347–348, 350–354, 360–364, 366–368, 370–372, 376

Sega Genesis, 203

Semantic Web, 12, 193

Senegal, 250

September2001, terrorist attacks, 11, 139, 254, 308, 405

Shanghai, 195

Shakespeare Never Lost a Manuscript to a Computer,, 297

shopping, 87, 157, 198, 220, 366

short messaging service (SMS)See also text messaging, 127, 197, 220.

Silicon Snake Oil,, 297

Silicon Valley, 28

SIMS, 215

simulation games, 198

Singapore, 29, 66, 262

SkyNet, 116

Skype, 345

smartdust, 88

SMS. See short messaging service; see also text messaging

social

computing, 146

contract, xii, xxvii, 125, 132–133, 157

divide, 46

engineering, 149, 366

networking, 70, 169, 192, 375