Technofile: Downloading to Downsizing

Americans are awash with downsizing panic, and for those techno-buffs among us, it's a time to stop and think. In recent months, one has hardly been able to pick up a business magazine or tune into a radio news programme without being bombarded with sad tales of displaced middle managers, ousted from their positions in corporations, government agencies, universities and virtually every sector of modern society. They've become the disposable people for an economy in transition. And technology