Articles by Dice Staff
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After Sandy, Thinking About Offsite Backup
Data backup, archiving and recovery aren’t exactly sexy. They are mundane tasks that IT doesn’t get too excited about. But then along comes a once-in-a-decade event like Superstorm Sandy, and sud… -
How to Get Started as an App Developer
Apple's highly anticipated iPad Mini with its 7.9-inch screen is going head to head with Google's Nexus 7. Apple also says that it has sold 100 million iPads and that customers have downloaded 35… -
Windows Leader Sinofsky Exits Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky, one of the brightest minds behind Microsoft's Windows, will leave the company after 23 years. Julie Larson-Green, who's been with Microsoft since 1993, will takeover his position… -
Why Hams Make Great Mobile Developers
Hurricane Sandy knocked out approximately one fourth of all cell sites across ten states, according to the Washington Post. What's more, nearly the same amount of cable customers lost their servi… -
Titan Tops TOP500 Supercomputing List
It’s official: “Titan” is the world’s most powerful supercomputer. On Monday, Hans Meuer and his team of researchers released the second, semi-annual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful, gen… -
Intel Itanium Still Alive With 'Poulsen'
In quietly launching its Itanium microprocessor last week, Intel is trying to convince Hewlett Packard, NEC and others that the 64-bit architecture remains relevant. The new Itanium 9500 (or “Pou… -
New Tools for Real-Time Processing of Big Data
Here's a little secret about how Apache Hadoop can help in processing Big Data: It does it in a batch processing mode. At present, Hadoop can't process data in real-time, or even near real-time.… -
How to Land a Job at CSC
CSC, the global technology consultant based in Falls Church, Va., has about 1,600 available positions in the U.S. They span all aspects and levels of IT and development and include 200 positions… -
Ciara, CoolIT Plan Liquid-Cooled Servers as SC12 Begins
[caption id="attachment_5774" align="aligncenter" width="500"] CoolIT Systems is working with Ciara Technologies to develop a liquid-cooled 1U chassis.[/caption] CoolIT Systems announced Nov. 8 t… -
Android Market Share Soars
Google is enjoying one of the best anniversary presents ever: the astonishing ascendancy of Android to the top of the smartphone OS heap, with 75 percent of worldwide market share—a feat managed…