Articles by Dice Staff
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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.… -
Where to Bend (Not Break) Tech Recruiting Rules
In the tech space, unemployment is relatively low. To stay competitive, tech recruiters need a strong understanding of the technologies for which they’re recruiting, says Vahid Behzadi (@vbehzadi… -
Netflix Open-Sources 'Janitor Monkey' AWS Cleanup Tool
Netflix has released “Janitor Monkey,” an open-source tool for killing old Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances that began life as an in-house product. While those hosting a private data center wi… -
CES: Nvidia Revs Up Gaming Servers with Nvidia Grid
Nvidia kicked off its appearance at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with a renamed-and-refreshed GeForce Grid, a cloud-gaming platform which several gaming companies will…