Articles by Dice Staff
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Hardware Jobs in Jeopardy at IBM
Look for more staff cuts at IBM – especially in hardware – after the company’s quarterly earnings fell below analysts’ estimates. Big Blue reported fourth-quarter revenue of $27.7 billion, while… -
Chrome Bug Lets Web Eavesdrop on Users
[caption id="attachment_16492" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A bug in Google Chrome could let a site take over the mic and secretly listen to users.[/caption] Update:While acknowledging the bu… -
Russia Is New Threat in Global Cyber-Spy Game
[caption id="attachment_16481" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Report shows countries hit by industrial spies from Russia and China.[/caption] According to a new report on state-sponsored cyber-… -
Denver-Based Convercent Cuts Staff, Then Hires
The ax has been falling at the workforce at Denver-based startup Convercent, despite the fact it just raised $10 million. Convercent’s cloud-based technology allows companies to track compliance… -
A Preview of Outsourcing Trends in 2014
The coming year should find businesses looking for more ways to retain control over their IT services and processes, as well as cut costs, according to Computerworld’s “10 IT Outsourcing Trends t… -
5 Tips for Women to Get Ahead in Tech
Women engineers who are eyeing the CTO’s office face a number of challenges as they make their way up the ladder. But despite having to handle everything from stereotypes to biases in a male domi… -
Austin Courts athenahealth’s More Than 600 Jobs
City and state officials are dangling an incentive package worth $5.6 million in front of health IT vendor athenahealth in return for creating 607 new full-time jobs in Austin, Texas, by the end… -
How Dropbox and Facebook Approach Hiring
Landing the right talent is tough even for industry brand names like Dropbox and Facebook -- so much so that these companies are using a technique called “searchlight meetings” to source employee… -
Intel Says New Cuts May Come From Attrition
Intel is planning to cut approximately 5,380 workers from its payroll this year, representing a 5 percent workforce reduction. The move comes as the company faces fallout from slowing PC sales an… -
100K 'Thingbot' Net Shows Risk of 'Smart' Devices
[caption id="attachment_16395" align="aligncenter" width="551"] "Smart" tvs are among the 100K non-PCs turned my malware into Thingbots.[/caption] More than a quarter of the 750,000 malicious ema…