Articles by Dice Staff
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Fast Interconnect is Key to Next-Gen Supercomputer
[caption id="attachment_14226" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Next-gen supercomputer will run 1,000 times faster than the 20-Petaflop Sequoia.[/caption] The market for supercomputers may have s… -
Stack-Ranking’s Alive and Well in Tech
The last 10 years are often called Microsoft’s “lost decade” as the company that once dominated the software world seemed to pay more attention to internal competitions than the marketplace. Micr… -
SteamOS Could Be Great for Linux, Costly for Microsoft
With the wraps off SteamOS, the real reason why Valve has not so quietly been promoting Linux game development recently might have come out of the bag. The new operating system, which is Linux-ba… -
What Does an IT Architect Do?
What does an IT architect do? It’s an interesting question not only for those thinking about a career as an IT architect, but also for anyone working in IT, because there isn’t a consistent defin… -
Amazon Offers Virtual PCs From the Cloud
[caption id="attachment_14111" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Amazon Workspaces provides virtual tablets or PCs housed in the cloud.[/caption] Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped create the modern… -
Invisibility Using Force Field, Not Cloak
[caption id="attachment_14087" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Researchers George Eleftheriades (L) and Michael Selvanayagam with their electromagnetic cloaking device.[/caption] University of T… -
Yes, The iPhone Fingerprint Scanner Jeopardizes Privacy. So What?
Apple’s decision to include a fingerprint scanner on the iPhone 5S and presumably the next generation iPad, has been met with a certain level of righteous indignation from privacy advocates. If t… -
Small Boosts in Budget, IT Hiring On Tap for 2014
[caption id="attachment_14061" align="aligncenter" width="415"] IT hiring is on the increase at both vendors and end-user companies for 2014.[/caption] There will be more technology jobs availabl… -
NSA Specs Cybersecurity Curriculum for 21st Century
Nearly 200 colleges and universities have joined a program, sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA), that defines terms of a cybersecurity curriculum designed to create the next generatio… -
IBM Plans Hundreds of Hires in Austin
IBM has opened a design studio in Austin and plans to add hundreds of jobs over the next five years. The company’s General Manager of Design Phil Gilbert called the studio “a broad ambitious new…