Australia, 9, 63, 66, 80, 123, 131, 147, 173, 222, 249, 269, 284, 285, 316, 327, 359, 393, 424, 432

authentication (of identity and information), xii, xx, 239, 290–321

avatar, 210, 307–308, 319, 376

baby boomers, 193, 199, 211–212, 217, 228

backlash against technology and technology users, 313

Baker, Bill, 89

bandwidth, x, 74, 91–92, 109, 123, 135, 325, 364, 373, 377, 406, 427

Bangladesh, 48, 272, 360, 425

bank and banking, 7, 14, 27, 71, 110, 185, 220, 222, 243, 248, 269, 274, 277–278, 283–284, 292, 296–297, 299, 307, 309, 316, 319, 321, 323, 331, 340, 405, 410

BarnesandNoble.com, 259

barrier, 15, 28, 74, 89, 112, 140, 167, 254, 279, 284, 313, 389, 391, 407–408, 434

batteries, 100, 379

BBN Technologies, 82, 371

Belgium, 27, 139, 353

Berkman Center, 196, 266

Berners-Lee, Tim, v, xi, xxviii, 28, 329–361

Big Brother, 132, 305–306

Bing, 13, 23, 369

biological technology, biotech, 303, 326, 365, 376–379, 383

biometric, 109, 135, 210, 292, 298, 303, 311, 318–319, 324

black market, 426

black swan, 385

BlackBerry, 370, 388, 390

blocking, 198

blog (bloggers, blogging), ix, xii, 4, 7, 11, 17–19, 38, 40, 50, 60, 62, 71–72, 74, 78, 81, 104–106, 116, 121–122, 127–128, 131, 134, 144, 147, 152–153, 155, 158, 163, 165–166, 173, 175, 179, 184, 192, 196, 203, 208, 213, 223, 227–231, 241, 247, 249, 252, 261, 265, 267, 273, 285, 296–297, 309, 311, 315, 323, 326, 328, 331, 346–347, 355–357, 368, 370, 372, 379, 391, 393, 403, 421, 427, 431, 433–434

Bloom’s taxonomy, 53

blurring of boundaries, 76, 194, 292, 312

books (e-books), 2, 18, 31, 36, 38, 41, 67, 99, 105, 143, 149–180, 240, 309, 378, 381, 410

Borg, 376

bots, 344

brain interface, 375

Brandeis, Louis, 193

Brave New World, 239

Brazil, 430

Bricklin, Dan, 417

broadband, 72, 75, 80, 88, 91, 93, 95, 121, 136, 242, 266, 287, 383, 385, 398, 409, 411, 427

browse, browser, vi, xxvii, 16, 40–41, 71–74, 85, 92–93, 122, 290, 336, 347–348, 387, 390

bureaucracy, bureaucrats, 235–288

burned, 189, 200, 214

Burton, Craig, 414

business, xiii, xxiv, xxvii, 67–68, 81, 86, 90, 94, 100–101, 106, 111, 134, 136, 152, 171–172, 176, 185, 195, 205, 224, 227, 235–288, 235–288