Articles by Dice Staff

• Skype and Windows Live Messenger Get Hitched

  Microsoft confirmed that in 2013 it will retire Windows Live Messenger. It's really more of a marriage, where all 100 million Messenger users will be integrated into Skype—retaining the Skype nam…
• Are You Ready for Your Interview?

  It seems like a silly question. Of course you are, right? Maybe not. Each time you schedule an interview, you need to do some prep work. 1) Research the company that is interviewing you Nothing i…
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  Swipe Glitch Spotted in iPhone 5

  As users become increasingly habituated to the iPhone 5, new ticks are bound to be discovered. Most recently a scrolling glitch, possibly hardware-related, has been revealed. The glitch manifests…
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  Developing Effective Enterprise Roadmaps

  One of the most important and challenging tasks that IT architects participate in, or even lead, is the development of enterprise roadmaps. These differ from schedules or integrated master schedu…
• Texas Instruments Sees ARM Chips as Data Center Coprocessors

  Texas Instruments has its eye on the cloud—specifically ARM-based servers designed for cloud applications. At the Electronica 2012 show in Germany, TI unveiled six new multicore systems-on-a-chip…
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  Do Some Tech Jobs Really Pay $12 an Hour? Yes

  Horror stories of low-ball offers abound on the Dice message boards, though we have to admit we think some smack of embellished truths. But after some investigation we found that, indeed, there a…
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  Navy SEALs Disciplined for Video Game Work

  Seven U.S. Navy SEALs received letters of reprimand and had their salaries reduced for two months for spending two days as paid consultants on Electronic Arts' single shooter game Medal of Honor:…
• Intel Formally Launches Xeon Phi Coprocessors

  Intel’s Xeon Phi co-processor, designed to optimize computing capability in the data center, has reached its general availability milestone. Wait, you might be thinking: hasn’t Intel already anno…
• Amazon Opens Data Centers Down Under

  Amazon announced Nov. 13 that it has taken its AWS services to Australia, adding a ninth region to its seemingly ever-expanding cloud-computing platform. The new Sydney region will serve the Asia…
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  Big Data Meetup Crunches Numbers In a New Way

  Big data is all about numbers, right? Wrong. If you follow the logic of Tom Jacobs, organizer of the Big Data Analytics: Mobile, Social and Web meetup in Silicon Valley, there are trends and topi…