Articles by Dice Staff
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How to Research an Employer's Financial Health
Pity the poor anonymous souls who were the last people hired by Broadview Networks before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August. When you're done feeling sorry for them, take a lesson aw… -
Getting Started With CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter is a popular PHP MVC framework that's developed a following for a variety of reasons: First, it's very well documented. Second, there's a lot of support for it in forums — people are… -
Elderwood's Watering Hole Attacks are 'Astonishing'
The extent to which a group of hackers dubbed "the Elderwood Project" has left digital traces is astonishing, according to Symantec researchers. In a blog post, they've documented efforts by the… -
Rackspace Suffers Email Outage
A “large amount of traffic” is the apparent culprit in Rackspace’s most recent email outage. However, the company isn’t saying whether it was hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.… -
Toshiba’s New SSDs Offer Cryptographic Erase
Anyone trying to hack Toshiba’s new solid-state discs must either be fast or extremely sneaky: the new enterprise-class drives feature a cryptographic-erase function that can wipe them clean if a… -
What Recruiters Look For in a 6-Second Resume Scan
Six seconds. That's how much time recruiters usually take to look at your resume. Your stellar academic record and long list of professional accomplishments, all in six seconds. In a 2012 study,… -
The Best Linux Tools for Working on the Road
The mobile workforce is a fact of modern technology life. And Linux is right there, silently helping professionals get the job done. A Linux road warrior might be the harried system admin bouncin… -
How to Get Started as a Game Writer
In the four years since Ed Kuehnel became a full-time freelance writer for video and computer games, he’s stayed busy. The Portland, Ore., resident has clients throughout the U.S. and as far away… -
Will Wimpy Cores Power Your Future Cloud?
Apple and Google dominate the mobile-app market with their respective iOS and Android ecosystems, at least when it comes to consumer wallets. Waiting in the wings are Amazon, which offers apps vi… -
IT Automation Jobs Require Cross-Platform Skills
As IT environments grow more complex, companies are increasingly looking to automate business processes across myriad platforms. That’s fueling a demand for engineers who can tie it all together.…