Articles by Dice Staff
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Microsoft Pushes 81 Percent of Windows Users to Migrate
[caption id="attachment_14888" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Windows 7 is the latest version for which Microsoft has announced it will end support.[/caption] Microsoft has pulled copies of Win… -
Why Reactive Programming for Databases Is Awesome
Building on many lessons learned from spreadsheets, functional languages and model-driven application development environments, Reactive Programming (RP) is a recent approach to creating applicat… -
Hottest Job in the Market: Software Developer
Software development is the most in-demand skill for technology jobs in the U.S., according to a study by Wanted Analytics. More than 232,000 jobs for software developers have been advertised onl… -
Dell Offers Voluntary Separation to Those Without ‘Passion’
In what looks suspiciously like a campaign to encourage voluntary separations ahead of mandatory layoffs, newly private Dell has told employees that if they don’t share management’s “passion and… -
Hacker Posts Drone-Hijacking App as Freeware
[caption id="attachment_14847" align="aligncenter" width="512"] Hacker Samy Kamkar in what he described as a simple way to hijack control over drones.[/caption] Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ha… -
How to Convince Management to Hire More IT Staff
When it comes to getting more resources for your IT department, you’ve got to speak the language of management. It’s not enough to simply say work’s not getting done or your projects aren’t progr… -
Android Development in the Cloud
About a year ago I wrote about cloud development tools for Android. At the time, there was only one available that had been specifically designed for Android development, though demand for such t… -
More Tech Companies Betting on Vegas
The Las Vegas tech community is benefitting from an influx of companies after years of slow growth. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the city’s Switch Data Center and InNEVation Center,… -
Where Women Find the Value of ‘Leaning In’
Carla Gentry would have laughed if she’d been advised to just “lean in” when she was a divorced mom trying to raise two boys. Gentry, who operates her data analytics business from Louisville, Ky.… -
Smartphone App Makes Pics 3D With Just a Little Arm Waving
[caption id="attachment_14787" align="aligncenter" width="430"] 3D image of bronze fountain taken with a smartphone camera app.[/caption] Australian researchers have discovered a way to take cohe…