Articles by Dice Staff

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  How Google Fiber Could Kill The Competition

  Google Fiber, the mind-blowing technology that promises to deliver a service 100 times faster than traditional broadband, launched in Kansas City, MO, citizens last week. If everything goes to pl…
• Microsoft's Outlook.com is a Huge Improvement Over Hotmail

  Microsoft has relaunched its Hotmail with a new Metro interface and a new brand -- Outlook. The interface is Redmond's best attempt yet to provide a clean and uncluttered webmail service, one tha…
• The Competition's Heating Up Among Cloud Vendors

  It seems like the Cloud Computing market is coming out with something new every day. As a result, I’ve put together this roundup of recent cloud announcements to sort out the competition that's h…
• How to Use BYOD to Your Advantage

  Some employees love the idea of bringing their own devices to work, and their bosses are seeing dollar signs in the trend's potential for cutting costs. But Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's recent pie…
• Google Shows Commitment to Motorola Mobility

  We knew that Google was looking to move the headquarters of its newly acquired Motorola Mobility to downtown Chicago. But now we know precisely where and can take it as a sign that Google's likel…
• Dreamhost Outage Highlights Communication Issues

  [caption id="attachment_3042" align="aligncenter" width="500"] If only outages could be solved with some sort of panic button.[/caption] Another day, another outage: hosting provider Dreamhost su…
• Five Crucial Tips for Preparing a Hardware Demo

  Live hardware demos, even on Linux, are not for the faint of heart. You could lose your equipment. The stuff might not work when you start your sales pitch. And then there's the question of when…
• iCrime: Apple Products Spawn Alarming Rise in Gadget Thefts

  They call it "iCrime" because a recent and alarming surge in smartphone and tablet theft -- particularly involving products from Apple -- have made walking around with one of these devices an inc…
• Outsourcing Firm Ameritas Technologies to Hire 300 in Louisiana

  Ameritas Technologies, a domestic outsourcing firm, is setting up an IT center in downtown Baton Rouge, La., creating about 300 jobs. It's the first of an unspecified number of centers planned fo…
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  Why an Amazon Smartphone Is a Wise Move

  Amazon is reportedly preparing to join the smartphone arms race by next year, which would dovetail nicely with the expected iteration of the Kindle Fire tablet later in 2012. For Amazon, there ar…