Since the close of World War II, we have lived under varying degrees of fear regarding the possibility of a Nuclear or Biological war, where weapons could wipe out huge chunks of the world's population very quickly. In recent years the fear has shifted from a massive attack from a foreign superpower (i.e. the Soviet Union) to one lunatic dictator just sending off one or two towards places like London, Washington D.C., NYC etc. The nuclear menace has given way largely to the biological one, ...

Outsourcing has become the largest problem for the IT industry since the dot-com bomb. However, it is not the last major shake-up we'll see in this industry, nor is it a sign of its eventual demise in the US. IT is just advancing along the same trend as every other form of technology throughout history. First there is the point where only masters and experts can participate, making these individuals very valuble, then slowly the number of people who can use/work with the technology increas...