Articles by Dice Staff
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Worst Idea a Whole Industry Ever Had: WiFi in The Car
[caption id="attachment_13205" align="aligncenter" width="500"] If driving while texting is risky, how much worse is browsing?[/caption] It must have seemed like a good idea to put WiFi access po… -
Akamai Report Shows iOS Users Prefer WiFi to Cell Nets
[caption id="attachment_13198" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Internet speeds, number of attacks continue to rise[/caption] The Internet is getting faster, a lot bigger and a lot more mobile, b… -
Intel Closing Development Office in Washington State
Intel plans to close its DuPont, Wash. office, resulting in more than half of the 700 workers there being offered jobs at other locations, the company said. A small number may face layoffs. The a… -
Tech Leaders Focus Recruiting on BlackBerry’s Workforce
In Waterloo, Ontario, where struggling BlackBerry is still referred to as a “tech giant” by newspapers, the outlook for 4,500 laid-off workers may not be as grim as outsiders believe. The likes o… -
People Moves: Hulu’s New CEO; Twitter Hires a Female Exec
A quick look at some of the movement among IT people this week. Hulu named 21st Century Fox Head of Distribution Mike Hopkins Chief Executive Officer. He takes over for acting CEO Andy Forssell,… -
VMware Gives Up Building Virtual PC Cloud; Buys Desktone Instead
[caption id="attachment_13148" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Desktone gives VMware an existing DaaS ability and reseller network.[/caption] Virtualization-software leader VMware has acquired a… -
New Nanotech Hub Means 1,000 Tech Jobs In Upstate N.Y.
A new nanotechnology hub in upstate New York will create 1,000 high-tech jobs, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in announcing the new center at the SUNY Institute of Technology near Utica. Six companies --… -
Why Not All Parental Leaves Are Made the Same
One tool companies use in their quest to attract and retain tech professionals is family leave: providing paid time off for new mothers and fathers – whether they’re having children by birth or t… -
Understanding the Complexities of Compliance
Almost every IT product out there – especially when you get to the enterprise level -- includes some form of compliance module or report. Some of them are useful, some not so much. Whether they’r… -
Toshiba America Information Systems to Cut 56 Workers
Toshiba America Information Systems plans to lay off 56 workers at its Irvine, Calif., headquarters on Nov. 5. The layoffs in some ways aren’t surprising following Toshiba Corp.'s weaker than exp…