Articles by Dice Staff

• Scientists Fake Touch; Fantasies Intensify in Second Life

  A team of researchers at the University of Illinois is developing devices that allow users to experience the sensation of touch, without actually touching anything. The team calls their devices “…
• 7 Stories on Programming Today

  Despite the pressures of outsourcing and offshoring, programmers are always going to be needed here at home. At least, that's my belief. For one thing, there are too many instances where the need…
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  HP Spins Off WebOS Into 'Gram'

  Hewlett-Packard is spinning off its webOS global business unit into a subsidiary called Gram. In a vague statement, HP described Gram as " a new company leveraging the core strengths of webOS, En…
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  All the NSA Cares About is How Well You Know Tech

  I ran across a clever advertisement from the National Security Agency (NSA): If you were a prominent, active competitor at the recent DEF CON, they want to talk to you about a job. In addition to…
• Coping with the Growing Complexity of the Data Center

  When it comes to IT management, every task is often treated as a singular event. That not only forces IT administrators into a more reactive (as opposed to proactive) stance, but it also makes ma…
• Cray's Cascade Adds Nvidia Kepler Option

  [caption id="attachment_3622" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Cray supercomputers need the processing power to crunch epic amounts of data.[/caption] Cray announced Wednesday that its next-gener…
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  RIM's Hiring Amid Layoffs Suggests More Troubles for BB10

  Research in Motion is hiring, even as its cuts a huge swath from its work force. While the company won't release the total number of layoffs expected, up to 3,000 positions were said to have been…
• CoreSite Adds AWS Connection to NY Data Center

  CoreSite Realty, a national data center provider, said Tuesday that it has added the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect service to CoreSite’s New York data center. CoreSite customers can di…
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  The Swiss Army Knife Approach to Software Engineering

  The Swiss Army knife is a popular tool. Since its origin in the Swiss Army -- yes, really -- in the late 19th century, they've become so popular that they've also turned into a colloquialism for…
• Fareed Zakaria and Your Resume - A Common Thread?

  All this hullabaloo over columnist Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism has a lesson to it: Any tech professional who's looking over a colleague’s shoulder to craft their cover letter or resume should ser…