Articles by Dice Staff
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How AOL's Patent Sale Could Impact Its Jobs
AOL's $1 billion+ sale of 800 patents to Microsoft will certainly give the company more cash -- and may even stem the layoff of more employees, at least for a while. Can patents be linked to layo… -
Lost Cell Phones To Be Protected By Lockdown
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T are reportedly working with the FCC to create a nationwide registry for lost and stolen phones. Another registry? Good idea or a privacy issue? Let us know what… -
Yahoo to Focus on Media, Communications and Commerce
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has outlined his reorganization strategy, with a primary goal of embedding tech talent deeper into its consumer business units. Is Yahoo's reorganization a real strategy… -
Texas A&M Offers $10,000 Degree For Tech Students
Texas A&M San - Antonio has introduced a $10,000 bachelor's degree program targeting area students interested in technology careers. The program allows students to begin taking college courses du… -
Microsoft Incents Developers for Windows Phone Apps
Microsoft is determined to make Windows Phone a bigger part of the mobile space, so much so that it’s willing to pay developers to create apps for its platform, according to the New York Times. W… -
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook's acquisition of Instagram is more than a $1 billion deal that's making CEO Kevin Systrom some $400 million, and his 12 employees $100 million split among them. It's also Facebook's bigg… -
Milwaukee Faces Tech Talent Shortage
Milwaukee promises to become a hot job market for IT pros, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Committee, which says area colleges won't produce enough tech workers to replace those wh… -
Ten Tech Jobs And the Hoops You'll Have to Jump Through
IT recruiters have a habit of complaining that they can’t find enough qualified candidates. The truth is they have problems with just some positions, but if you have the skills and the willingnes… -
Facebook Veterans Launch Startups in Silicon Valley
Several Facebook alumni have formed startups to develop new social networking applications. Among them are Asana, which aims to improve collaboration among teams, Quora, which connects people and… -
GE, MIT, DARPA Build Open Industrial Software Platform
GE, MIT and DARPA are developing “vehicleforge.mil," a crowdsourcing platform that will allow experts to collaborate on the design and rapid manufacture of complex systems such as military vehicl…