Articles by Dice Staff

• Washington Looks to Unload Data Center

  [caption id="attachment_3267" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Your tax dollars at work.[/caption] The state of Washington is hoping that a buyer will step in and lease or buy about 30,000 square…
• Apple May Finally Make the iPad's Smart Cover... Smarter

  Apple may call it the "Smart Cover," but this particular accessory is nothing more than an expensive addition that may or may not fully protect your tablet if it drops. That's not saying much, bu…
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  Let Candidates Come to You, Interview Them Better

  Because of social networks, it’s a lot easier for hiring managers to source candidates, explains John Vlastelica (@vlastelica) of Recruiting Toolbox, who teaches companies how to both source and…
• Consultant Sogeti USA to Hire 250 Tech Pros in 23 Cities

  Technical consultant Sogeti USA plans to hire around 250 IT pros in 23 cities by the end of 2012. As part of a planned expansion, it's already brought aboard 400 so far in 2012. The jobs will be…
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  How to Approach Authentication on Rails

  Ruby on Rails went open source in late 2004, and open to commit changes in 2005. Since then, some solutions appeared to solve common problems like authentication, a common requirement in Web appl…
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  Siemens Wind Turbine Is Almost Too Big to be Believed

  Siemens has released a series of images to show off its new B75 wind turbine rotor blades, and you really need to see them if you want to believe how big is big, at least when it comes to wind tu…
• Braintree Hiring 150 Engineering, IT Staff in Chicago

  Internet payment gateway Braintree plans to triple its staff in the next couple of years, which translates into about 150 jobs for engineers and others. Its new downtown Chicago headquarters can…
• Google, Apple Plan Data Center Expansions

  Google’s expansion in its data-center operations includes some new infrastructure in Europe. Google acknowledged spending $177 million (150 million Euro) to double the capacity of a data center i…
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  3 Cool Beginner Linux Distros

  If you're looking for that perfect beginner version of Linux, look no further. The three distributions outlined here are intuitive, mature and functional. Use your favorite disk creator software…
• Big Data Makes Things Better

  Big Data is everywhere. As Bit.ly's chief scientist Hilary Mason likes to say: “Big Data usually refers to a dataset that is too big to fit into your available memory, or too big to store on your…