Palmer, Carole L., 168

paradigm, 80, 94, 190, 230, 237, 249, 348, 351, 356, 426

patents, 95, 389

Patriot Act, 323

patterns, 6, 17, 32, 54, 102, 121, 146, 182, 189–190, 197, 202, 211, 216, 239, 246, 298, 307, 336, 358, 360, 367, 406

peering, 406–407

peer-to-peer (P2P), ix, 266, 411

Pell, Barney, 343

Plato, 8, 166, 193, 371

personal digital assistant (PDA), 98, 101, 382

Pew Internet & American Life Project, x, xv

Polanyi, Michael, 377

politics, xxiv, xxvi, 16, 19, 42, 57, 102, 109–110, 114, 126, 128, 139, 141–142, 158, 182, 185–186, 191, 193, 211, 214, 220, 230, 239, 235–288, 292, 299, 305, 318–323, 332–333, 395–433

Pool, Ithiel de Sola, xvi

pornography, 304, 417

Postman, Neil, 60

power (corporate, personal, and political computing), vi, xii, 27, 29, 38, 44, 57–58, 62, 64, 72, 76, 80, 92, 119, 141, 147, 188, 196–197, 214, 221–223, 235–288, 293–294, 305–306, 322, 326, 337, 395–433

power (energy), 170

Powerset, 343

privacy, vi, xii, 69–107, 109, 127–137, 184–288, 290–328, 344, 348, 408, 428

processing (information), 38, 51, 75, 88, 93, 100, 106, 207, 337, 358

productivity, 28, 91, 101, 209–210, 241, 306, 352, 370, 400, 412–414, 419, 421, 424, 434

Project VRM, 196

propaganda, 238

protest (protesters), 299, 397, 403

protocols (Internet protocols), v, 80, 300, 312, 327, 339, 342, 347, 370, 401, 403, 420, 434

‘pseudonymity’ (‘pseudonymous’), xi, 291, 293, 296–298, 303

public opinion, 255, 271

Public.Resource.org, 252

publishing, 59, 152, 157–180, 213, 240, 282, 284, 428

quality of service (QOS), 89

quantum computing/security, 109, 135

radio, 33, 67, 88, 156, 187, 264, 287, 417–418

radio frequency identification chips (RFID), 94

reading, xi, xx, xxvi, 2, 7, 8, 11, 18–20, 31, 35, 54, 65, 67, 142, 149–180, 189, 215, 343

Reagan, Ronald, 192

real-time, 21, 23, 50, 116, 154, 188, 241, 261, 275, 324

RealTravel, 331

RDF, 335

Renear, Allen H., 168

Republic.com, 126

Republic.com 2.0, 126

research and development (R&D), 384