3G, 28, 43

, 90, 130, 180, 389

, 105

3D, 190, 200, 212

3G (high speed wireless and phone connections), 28, 43

9/11. See September 11 2001 terrorist attacks

Acceleration Studies Foundation, 88

accountability, 103, 135, 164, 176, 183, 186, 239, 254, 271, 288

activists, xxi, xxv, 96, 303, 307, 315, 324, 328

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), 13, 249

advertising, advertisements, 3, 21, 40

adware, 140, 305

affordable access to InternetSee also open access, xxx, 11, 14, 26, 27, 31–32, 38, 45, 122, 131, 204, 233, 273, 276, 315, 337, 363, 369.

Afghanistan, 9

Africa, 9, 15, 17–18, 23, 29, 35, 56, 68, 71, 89, 245, 249, 251, 259, 297

AI.See artificial intelligence

AIrtual (mix of artificial intelligence and virtual), 221, 226

Alaska, 56

algorithms, 82, 91, 99, 110, 304

Al-Qaeda, 279, 303, 331

alternate reality and realities, xxxv, 189, 193, 195–196, 202, 206–207, 209, 212–213, 215, 217–219, 220–223, 225, 227, 229, 234, 236

always-on connections, 7, 29, 133, 204, 320

Amazon.com, xxii, 256

Amazon River, 291

AMD. See Advanced Micro Devices

America Online (AOL), 19, 139, 218

Amish, 297, 309–310, 313, 319, 321, 323, 325, 327, 330, 332

Animal Liberation Front, 324

Animatrix,, xxxi, 80

anomie, xxxiii, 300

anonymity, 39, 120, 123, 139

Antarctica, 209

anti-globalists, 331

antisocial behavior, 225, 306, 309

antitechnological, antitechnologist, 100, 169, 186, 301, 303, 307, 320–321

antitrust, antitrust law, 339

AOL. See America Online

apocalypse, 303

applications for computer, Internet, and wireless devices, 2–3, 24–25, 38, 79, 88, 95, 104, 109, 123, 136, 190, 200, 219, 230, 236, 365

Arab world, xxxiii, 31, 251, 387

Arabic, 54, 70–71, 74

ARPANET, 320