Articles by Dice Staff

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  Put A Practical Command Line On Android Tablets

  I do a fair amount of command line work on my Asus Transformer Prime, many times connected to a remote Linux machine using SSH. I thought I'd get into how to get everything configured so you can…
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  IT Hiring Manager Critiques Grad's Programmer Resume

  Earlier this week, Roberta Fricker, who recently earned a certificate in computer science from Santa Barbara City College in California, had her resume critiqued by a senior IT recruiter. Today,…
• Simplivity Announces Data Center in a Box

  Simplivity would like you to rip out your established data center infrastructure and replace it with one of its data centers in a box. Or, failing that, simply use one of its OmniCubes to start f…
• My Lesson on Workplace Discrimination

  Last week, a user complained when I illustrated a workplace gossip story with the image of a woman posing like a cat. (You can see the post here.) I think the fact that this story associates "off…
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  How to Work with Scribus's Graphical Document Layout

  Scribus is a great Open Source application -- available for Windows, Mac and Linux -- that's used to lay out pages for brochures, calendars, books and professional-quality PDF documents. It’s a p…
• Partners Spin Impact of Microsoft's Surface

  Microsoft kicked off this summer by announcing its first tablet, Surface. At first no one thought it could rival the iPad, but within days people began changing their opinion and saw that it coul…
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  IT Recruiter Critiques Grad's Programmer Resume

  Roberta Fricker considers herself a "new nerd." After working as an analyst in insurance giant Aetna's Seattle office, she decided she wanted to learn more coding. So, she quit. After dabbling wi…
• Massive Apple Data Center Confirmed for Prineville

  [caption id="attachment_3671" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Prineville, Oregon has evolved into a prominent data-center site, drawing in tech companies including Facebook and Apple.[/caption]…
• Skyera Aims for Price Parity with New SSD

  [caption id="attachment_3664" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Skyera is betting big on cheaper enterprise SSD technology.[/caption] Startup Skyera has entered the solid-state storage market for…
• Samsung to Expand R&D Hiring in San Jose

  Samsung Semiconductor has announced plans to expand in Silicon Valley, a move that "will considerably increase the company's current employment and significantly increase the size of the existing…