Articles by Dice Staff
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Learning Mobile Dev, Web Design in Bay Area
According to Peter Delevett in “Silicon Valley Finds Its Heart In San Francisco” (linked below), startups are swamping the city's South of Market region. He notes that there are 4,000 startups in… -
ORNL Turns on "Titan" Supercomputer
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched Titan, a supercomputer capable of a peak output over 27 petaflops, which should put it at (or near) the top of the world’s fa… -
Microsoft's Clippy Rebels, Targets Dirty Clouds
Uh-oh, Clippy’s back. And he’s not happy about dirty clouds. No, this isn’t some hellish Easter Egg designed into Windows 8. It’s the latest publicity stunt by Greenpeace, which has sent proteste… -
PayPal Cuts 325 Jobs, Consolidates Groups
PayPal took a hatchet to 325 jobs Monday, as part of a restructuring. The eBay unit says those affected are primarily from its product and technology operations. In addition to the layoffs, PayPa… -
More Tech Employers Want the 'Right' College Degree
Tech employers are becoming much more particular about a candidate's education, often requiring degrees from top-flight schools and high GPAs. “Employers are looking for the best of the best,” sa… -
3,000 HP Employees to Join GM in Insourcing Move
Details are emerging about how General Motors will implement CIO Randy Mott's massive three-year plan to move almost all of GM’s IT services in-house, bringing everything from data centers to sof… -
Linux Supercomputers That You Can Build
Adapteva recently set up a Kickstarter project to fund development of its $99 supercomputer. Called Parallella, it's designed to make an affordable, open and easy-to-use parallel processing platf… -
The Basics of Data Dashboard Design
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHJa-wVowyA&wmode=window&h=315&wmode=window&h=315] There are three different types of dashboard design: strategic, tactical, and operational. Each serves a… -
iOS Meetup's Next Topic: Facebook Developer Initiatives
Local iOS developers have the chance to learn more about Facebook's developer initiatives when the Silicon Valley iOS Developers Meetup visits the company's Menlo Park offices on November 19. Bes… -
PayPal Seeks Agility By Pushing a Cultural Shift
Updated: PayPal said that it will indeed lay off 325 employees. Big change is afoot at payment service PayPal, which posted strong results for parent eBay last week. Revenues grew by 23 percent t…