Articles by Dice Staff

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  SXSW: Friday's Scenes From Around Town

  SXSW is many things, among them: crowded. But crowds are alway interesting. So, all through the weekend I'll be updating this slide show. Keep checking back. And if you're here and see something…
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  Nokia's Stats For 2011 Released

  Nokia published their 2011 annual stats and they reveal a phone giant still looking to catch up in the smartphone market. Last year, Nokia delved more deeply into the smartphone business by signi…
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  Microsoft Xbox Without a Disc Drive?

  Microsoft is not telling when the new Xbox will be released -- certainly not in 2012 -- yet newly surfaced rumors say the next Xbox will not feature a disc drive, according to MCV . The source th…
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  Zynga Moves Beyond Facebook

  Zynga is now looking to extend its gaming reach beyond Facebook by adding new three major gaming companies to its partner list and launching the Zynga.com website. Console game maker Konami Digit…
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  Dell Targets Enterprise with Windows 8 Tablet

  Dell is developing a Windows 8 tablet targeting enterprise users, due to the demand for a secure Windows tablet that works with all Windows applications, CEO Michael Dell told Bloomberg. Naturall…
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  Software Engineer Training in Just 18 Weeks

  Software engineering takes some time to learn, given its complexities, but a new 18 week program is hoping to kick start software engineering careers in Detroit. The Wayne County Community Colleg…
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  IBM Sees Layoffs, Salesforce Cancels Office Plans

  DICE NEWS ROUNDUP: IBM Layoffs Are Coming, But How Many? What IBM is calling a “rebalancing” is actually a flurry of layoffs, but it remains unclear exactly how many people are being let go and f…
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  Azavea Game Could Save Your Life

  Azavea has developed a Web app and two Web applications for the University of Pennsylvania’s MyHeartMap Challenge. The contest combines crowdsourcing and geospatial analysis (GIS) software to loc…
• Should You "Try and Buy" Your Way into a Job?

  I spent some time working in enterprise storage (that's a rockin' industry, let me tell you!). We sold large systems typically costing hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Our potential cus…
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  Job Tips for Software Engineers

  It's official: you love being a software engineer, and you'd like that to continue. There's just one small problem: you need a (new) job. The good news is that the market for software engineers i…