Articles by Dice Staff
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Data Storage That Could Outlast the Human Race
[caption id="attachment_10908" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Researchers' "Superman memory crystal."[/caption] Just in case you haven't been keeping up with the latest in five-dimensional digi… -
Game Companies Hire; More Layoffs at Boeing
Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring Game company Kabam is reportedly seeking to hire as many as 200 employees by the end of the year, while ironic… -
How DRM Won
[caption id="attachment_10903" align="aligncenter" width="618"] iTunes.[/caption] In 2009, when Apple dropped the Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions from songs sold through the iTunes S… -
How to Get Your Team’s Buy-In to New Processes
In my last post, we discussed the tactics of process change, in particular choosing either a “big bang” or incremental approach. This time we’ll address the other big factor in making a process c… -
'Deus Ex' Creator Starting His Own Gaming Academy
[caption id="attachment_10877" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Warren Spector.[/caption] In the fall of 2014, a rare opportunity will be given to 20 of the most promising video game developers i… -
4 Tips to Combat Consulting Burnout
IT consultants can get worn out or burned out for a number of reasons, but those reasons can help you identify possible next steps to take to keep your career going. Let’s look at the reasons fir… -
People Moves: Comcast, Zynga, Apple
A quick look at some of the movement among IT people this week. Comcast named Matthew Fassnacht Vice President of Comcast Business for the Washington Region. He will focus on implementing Metro E… -
Web Service Offers Business-Class Hosting with Total Anonymity
In most outsourcing or Web-hosting contracts, the identity, history, credibility and reliability of the hosting company gets a long, hard look from most prospective clients. Potential clients get… -
Intel to Launch Super-Virtualized, Fabric-Based Datacenter
[caption id="attachment_10868" align="aligncenter" width="465"] A glimpse of Intel's future?[/caption] Intel has a new CEO, a new president, and, once it's officially announced July 22, a new lon… -
Preventing a Snowden-Style Security Breach
The topic of dealing with insider threats has entered the spotlight in a big way recently thanks to Edward Snowden. A former contractor who worked as an IT administrator for the National Security…