phone (telephone) (continued), 143, 161, 176, 200, 219, 230, 232, 255, 310

politics, xi, xxvii, xxix, 36, 44, 47, 64, 130, 134, 145, 171, 239, 258–259, 262–263, 274, 280–281, 283, 286, 295, 364

pollution, 210, 253

Pool, Ithiel de Sola, xvi, xx

popular culture (pop culture), 101, 191

pop-up ads, 305

pornography, 40, 101, 139, 146, 198, 214, 216–217, 222, 366

portability (portable communication devices), 2, 36

Portuguese language, 58, 70

poverty, 16, 22, 32, 36, 210, 227, 232, 242, 258, 308

power (electric), 8, 13, 15, 21–22, 27, 29, 42, 44, 47–48, 81, 86, 115, 250, 362

power (corporate, personal, and political), x, xii, xvi, xxxiii, 6, 15, 45, 86, 92, 100, 108–110, 112–113, 130–132, 137, 140, 154, 164, 175, 182, 185, 240, 243, 247, 252–253, 255, 258–261, 265, 268–270, 272, 279–280, 282–284, 286, 288, 292, 303, 305, 312–313, 338–339, 343–344

power grid, 81, 86, 305

PowerGlove, 203

privacy, xi–xii, xxv–xxvii, xxxi, 44–46, 48, 54, 80, 92–93, 95, 97, 99, 101–102, 111, 113, 119, 124–187, 300, 312, 323, 343–344, 350–351, 369, 371

private property, 288

private sector, 14, 37, 90, 166

processing power, 3, 112

productivity, xi, xxvii, 25, 93, 165, 189–191, 202, 212, 219–221, 224, 226, 231–233

propaganda, 142, 198, 356

prosumer (producer-consumer), 17

protest (protesters), xxv, 20, 137–138, 183, 247, 295–334

protocol (protocols), 2, 8, 18, 23–24, 43, 54, 180

PSP (Play Station Portable), 225

public life (compared with private life), 134–135, 174, 184

public opinion, 102, 187, 373

publishing, xiii, 272, 349

quality of service (QOS), 8, 25

research and development (R&D), 47, 236

radio, 14, 21, 198, 205, 230, 240, 278, 349, 376

radio frequency identification (RFID), xxxii, 24, 80, 90, 135–136, 211

really simple syndication (RSS), 168

Rebels Against the Future,, 296

Red Hat, 13

Red Herring,, 377

refusenik (technology refuser), xi, xxvii, 295–334

regulation, 4, 8, 32, 40, 42, 112, 120, 132, 148, 193, 242, 338–339, 341, 364, 372, 376

regulators, xvii, 4–6, 41, 46, 105, 359