national security, xxxvi, 92, 137, 139, 163, 335–336, 342–343, 351, 357, 360

National Security Agency, 100, 111, 148, 342

nationalism, 70, 73, 242–243, 251–252, 257, 261–262, 264, 276–277, 281–283, 285, 288, 290

nation-state, xxxiii, 48, 54, 239–242, 248, 251, 255–257, 261, 263, 268–269, 271, 274–276, 279–280, 283–285, 288, 290–291, 370

Nazi Germany, 178

neo-Luddites. See Luddites

netizen, xxxii, 268

network capacity, xxx, 4, 21, 35, 138, 335–337, 348, 350–352, 356–357, 359–360, 366, 370

network neutrality (net neutrality), 12, 14, 19, 178

network-tracing technology, 138, 248

Neuromancer,, 266

New Zealand, 35

news, xii, 3, 18, 182, 184, 235

Next Generation Network, 238

Nintendo, 203

norms (social norms), 72, 112, 120, 168

Nortel, xxii, 13

North America, xxii, xxvii, 35, 53, 93, 100, 281

North Korea, 179, 315

obsolete, xxxi, 21, 117, 133

offshore (offshoring), 238

oligarchy, 115

Olympics, 257

“one laptop per child,”, 13

OneWebDay, 250

OnGuard Online, 344

online games, 21, 27, 87, 190, 225, 229–230, 235, 305

open access, 17, 33

open source (software, technologies, movement), 25, 31, 70, 101, 133–134, 245, 282, 301, 345, 361

open standards, 25, 31, 340, 352–353, 364, 370

OpenCourseware program, 249

opt in, 149, 156, 274

opt out, 8, 127, 157, 164, 319, 324

Orkut, 70

Orwell, George, 130, 180

Orwellian, 129, 147, 183, 367

overhype. See hype

Pakistanis, 255

paradigm, 118, 127, 285, 368, 376–377

passport, 136, 163

password, 45, 169, 345

patents, 87, 96, 292, 354

Patriot Act, 98, 158, 327, 364

patriotism, 62, 137, 288

PayPal, 28, 345, 365, 368

PDA. See personal digital assistant

peer-to-peer, 41, 205

personal digital assistant (PDA), 18, 29, 244

Peru, 25

pervasive technology, xxv, 78, 86, 89, 117, 199, 209, 262, 300, 320, 327

Philippines, 250

phish (phishing), 42, 92

phone (telephone), xx, xxx, 14, 16, 18, 20–21, 45, 63, 79, 127, 139