Articles by Dice Staff

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  Wi-Fi Connectivity a Boon for Mobile Developers

  We've adjusted our routers over WiFi for a long time. Boot up the router, select the access point, punch http://192.168.1.1 into the browser, enter the admin user name and password and you're in.…
• Pennsylvania Fires IBM for Project Overruns

  [caption id="attachment_11368" align="aligncenter" width="500"] What a car wreck.[/caption] Government IT projects aren't famous for their quickness and efficiency, but the state of Pennsylvania…
• Utah Set to Exempt NSA Datacenter From Power Tax, After All

  [caption id="attachment_11357" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The NSA's Utah facility under construction.[/caption] They may not all support what the NSA will do with its giant new datacenter i…
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  Yahoo Labs Plans to Hire 20 Researchers

  Yahoo Labs has hired 30 Ph.D. level researchers this year and plans to add 20 more by the end of December as CEO Marissa Mayer rebuilds the company's research operations, according to Bloomberg.…
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  Can the Oculus Rift Revive Flagging PC Sales?

  The term “game changer” gets thrown about a lot these days, but if there is one device to which it can be correctly applied, it's the Oculus Rift. The Kickstarter-funded virtual reality headset s…
• Tools for Heavy-Duty Attacks Get a Little Too Easy

  At most technical conferences, presenters bringing up risks from the cloud would talk about lost data, the difficulty of integrating authentication and monitoring among different platforms, the i…
• The Easy Way to Eavesdrop on Smartphones

  Wireless carriers and enterprise customers should immediately stop using femtocells as a way to extend cellular-network connectivity into big corporate facilities, according to security researche…
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  Twitter's Job Postings Hint at an IPO

  Twitter’s hiring 88 engineers, but the intriguing jobs it’s posted have little to do with tech. The company’s said to be looking for a financial reporting manager, which it needs for “preparation…
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  Job Seekers Slow to Adopt Mobile Search Apps

  Although networking remains the most effective way to find a job, online recruiting sites are gaining ground. Between 2012 and 2016, the market for job sites is expected to grow to $7.5 billion,…
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  Web Development UI: Managing Complexity with jQuery

  UI Paradox Creating a “Good” User Interface is a matter of balancing competing needs. It’s part art, part science and all work. Users expect a lot of functionality, yet also demand simplicity. A…