Articles by Dice Staff
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Are Phablets Really a Fad?
How significant is the phablet? If we are to take a report released by app analytics firm Flurry at face value, the answer would be a resounding, “not very.” They ought to know. Flurry sources it… -
How to Land an Engineering Job at Turbine
Engineers looking to pivot their careers into the game industry would be wise to take note of Demetrius Comes. He's an executive director of engineering at Turbine, a division of WB Games. But, p… -
AOL, Barclays Retire Thousands of Old Servers
AOL and Barclays have "won" the Uptime Institute's annual Server Roundup by removing the highest number of obsolete servers from their respective data centers. (AOL, for its part, won the contest… -
Tech Workers Wary, Industry Hopeful on H-1B Proposal
Tech industry groups are cautiously optimistic and tech workers are wary of the immigration reform bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week, which was released by its sponsoring “Gang of Eigh… -
FAA to Simulate Effects of Radiation on Space Tourists
How much radiation can the human body withstand in space—a big concern as space tourism ramps up? If you don't know, don't worry: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is on the case, with he… -
Make Smartphones Smarter With SendEmail
Gathering data and automatically sending email to your smartphone is simple with the tiny Linux machines BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi, with the help of a little program called sendEmail. It's small… -
What InfusionSoft Looks For in New Hires
InfusionSoft, a Chandler, Ariz., company that offers SaaS-based CRM, e-commerce, social media and automated email marketing to small businesses, will hire 150 people this year to accommodate its… -
Apple's Prineville Data Center Building Slowly
Apple is moving slowly with its Oregon data-center plans. Apple recently filed plans to install roughly nine diesel generators (with a total capacity of 22.5 megawatts) in its Prineville, Oregon… -
New York Plans to Consolidate Data Centers
[caption id="attachment_9138" align="aligncenter" width="576"] New York lieutenant governor Robert Duffy helps introduce the state's data center consolidation plan.[/caption] The state of New Yor… -
Oracle, Fujitsu Launch "Project Athena" Servers
Oracle plans on reselling Fujitsu's M10 servers, the first to use the 16-core SPARC64 X processor developed under the codename "Project Athena.” Three variants will be available, Fujitsu said, ra…