Mac (Macintosh) computer, 101

mail (postal mail, snail mail), 20, 310

Mandarin, xxvii, 49–50, 52, 54, 60, 66, 70–71, 74, 257

Manifesto (Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber),, 297

market (market forces, stock market), 7, 16, 31, 35, 39, 41–42, 67, 106, 123, 130, 132, 151, 168, 175, 273, 309, 345, 353, 355, 363–364, 374

Marvell, 13

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 208, 249

MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of Technology

massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), 190, 215

MasterCard, 365

Matrix, The,, 78, 107–108, 116, 217

McDonald’s, 205, 286

McNealy, Scott, 99

MCI, 291

media, 3, 18, 20, 31, 56–57, 110, 115, 134, 140, 148, 183, 193, 195, 197, 200, 202, 205, 210, 212, 218, 221–222, 234–235, 264–265, 290, 292, 316, 325, 358, 367, 376–377

medical records, 18, 161, 171

memory (computer and storage memory), 3, 146

Mennonite, 170, 325, 327

metaverse translateions, 51

Mexico (Mexican border), 138

microcredit, xxxvi, 335–336, 345–347, 351, 353–354, 357–360, 363, 366–367, 370–372

micropayment, 28, 347, 354, 364, 371

Microsoft, 12, 30, 130, 173, 302, 341, 358, 364–365, 367

Middle East, 13, 29, 249, 326

military, 68, 114, 203, 209, 260, 282, 284–285

mining software for data, 80, 126

Minority Report,, 141

mobile devices, 2–3, 40, 112

mobile phone. See cellular phone

mobile wireless communication, 1, 9, 15–16, 24, 28, 30–32, 41, 43, 47

MMORPGs. See massively multiplayer online role-playing games

monopoly (monopolies), 137, 339, 358, 365

Monsanto, 362

MOO (MUD—object oriented), 223

Moore’s law, 2

Mormon, 360

Mu,, 203

MUD. See multiuser domain

multilingual Internet, 57–58, 61, 65, 69, 71, 73

multinational corporations, 25, 130, 175, 239, 252, 289, 362

multiple personalities, xxxii, 199

multiuser domain (MUD), 223

music, 18, 21, 96, 198, 200, 260

MuslimSee also Islam, 281, 292, 318, 331, 360.

MySpace, 113, 157, 169

nanotechnology, 82, 87–88

national identity, 244, 256, 260, 271, 288, 314