Articles by Dice Staff
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Drone Swarms Could Become Flying Power Plants
[caption id="attachment_14701" align="aligncenter" width="533"] In this concept image, a New Wave Energy drone carries a solar-power cell on top, wind-power rotors underneath.[/caption] Amazon ma… -
IT Responds to BYOD With 'Fear and Loathing'
[caption id="attachment_14658" align="aligncenter" width="481"] Few policies and fewer tools protect data in devices owned by employees.[/caption] Security and management tools lag so far behind… -
CIOs Allow More Online Shopping from Work
Businesses and their CIOs are warming up to the notion that online shopping at work isn’t necessarily a bad thing, according to a survey from Robert Half Technology. Of the more than 2,300 CIOs s… -
Holiday Celebration: Robot Turtles, Poop-Snooping DNA Detectives
[caption id="attachment_14630" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fake fins on robot turtles are less destructive than propellers on marine 'bots[/caption] News changes during holidays. It gets thi… -
What Does a Project Manager Do, Anyway?
A few months ago, we looked at what a developer does all day. This month: What on earth is the project manager up to? Project managers don’t actually make anything. They don’t write code. They do… -
Boston's 10 Most In-Demand Software Skills
Boston’s tech organizations remain keen on candidates with Java skills, according to an analysis by Ben Hicks, a partner in the Software Technology Search division of recruitment firm WinterWyman… -
Why DevOps Is CPR for Cloud Applications
In the old days (all you kids, get off my lawn!) moving an application from any environment to production was, well, quite the production. There was the scheduling, the change control meetings, t… -
How a ‘Mockup’ Can Land You a Job
When you’re looking for work, you need all the advantages you can get. Here’s an idea that can show off your skills in a way that goes way beyond a resume or code portfolio. Some call it a “mocku… -
Retailers Can Use Smartphones, Web to Steal Holiday Sales
[caption id="attachment_14608" align="aligncenter" width="459"] Retailers can net sales from young shoppers who 'showroom' in person and buy online[/caption] Carrying a Web-connected smartphone i… -
Wily Trojan Logs Into Banks Using Victim's Own PC
[caption id="attachment_14602" align="aligncenter" width="618"] New Trojan Neverquest lets attackers log in to banks using victim's device[/caption] Kaspersky Labs has identified a new Trojan abl…