Articles by Dice Staff

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  Microsoft: Windows 8 App Store 'Largest Developer Opportunity Ever'

  Microsoft plans to launch its Windows 8 app store in late February, the same time it begins its beta. Calling the store, "the largest developer opportunity ever,” the company also will allow succ…
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  Remaking a Stradivarius With the Help of a Little Modern Technology

  It says something of a craftsman’s talents when their work is still universally respected 300 years after their death. Out of an estimated 1,000 to 1,100 instruments produced by Antonio Stradivar…
• Android Hit 52.5 Percent Market Share in Q3

  Android smartphone sales reached a market share of 52.5 percent in the third quarter, according to market researchers Gartner. Some 60.5 million Android smartphones were sold worldwide, up from 2…
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  Zink Raises $35 Million to Free Us from Ink Cartridge Tyranny

  Replacing the six color cartridges on my printer costs more than the machine did new, so a company called Zink (short for "zero ink") already has won my heart. The Massachusetts-based company is…
• The Secret to Networking

  Business networking is often characterized as the most important way to keep and find great jobs that match your skills. To a large degree, that's true. But when we characterize networking as the…
• More Than 100,000 XXX Domains Are Now Officially Accessible

  Back in September, we told you that .XXX domain registrations had begun. Members of the adult Sponsored Community with either verifiable trademark rights or owners of exact matching domains had p…
• You Say 'Hacker' Like It's a Bad Thing...

  Hackers have had quite a year. From WikiLeaks and LulzSec to Anonymous to the guy who tapped into Scarlett Johansson's cellphone, they've been cast as the villain du jour by the mainstream media.…
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  Apple's TV: Twice the Price of Other TVs?

  Apple's TV is generating big-time buzz. Gene Munster, a senior analyst at Piper Jaffray, has reaffirmed Peter Misek's claim that a full-fledged television has made its way into Apple's product pi…
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  Apple's iPhone Outlawed in Syria

  Syria's government has made it a crime to have an iPhone. It's the latest move by President Bashar al-Assad to silence increasing numbers of protesters calling for political reforms and his remov…
• With Acquisition, SAP Moves to the Cloud, But What Will It Do With SuccessFactors?

  SAP's $3.4 billion purchase of employee-management software vendor SuccessFactors has raised eyebrows for its premium—10 times projected revenue for the year—and for its strategic implications. A…