One of the most controversial technological innovations of the past decade or more, file sharing software applications have transformed the ways people view intellectual property. In fact, intellectual property has only recently been a subject of popular debate, since the newsworthy demise of Na...

Abstract The objectives of this essay are to examine whether or not Brook's original scepticism that "no single new development in the next ten years would give software developers an order-of-magnitude improvement in productivity, reliability, or simplicity" and "...fu...

"The Mythical Man-Month" is more than a technology book; it is one of the Bible's in programming and information technology. Even though it was originally written in 1975, most of the information is still current, applicable, and extremely valuable today. The anniversary edition, release...