Articles by Dice Staff
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Stanford Hospital Patient Medical Records Posted Online
What started out as a billing-and-payment analysis for Stanford Hospital ended up as a major data security breach for the institution. A patient recently discovered the public posting of medical… -
Google Makes a Delicious Deal for Zagat
Google has acquired Zagat, the preeminent name in restaurant reviews. The price on this dead-tree-to-digital deal wasn’t revealed, but a few years ago Zagat put itself on the block for around $20… -
Where Am I? None of Your Business
For a couple of years now, we’ve been told that location-based services — applications that let you check in when you arrive at a club to let all your friends know where you are — are the next bi… -
.XXX Domains: Registration, Brand Protection Now Underway
Now available: .xxx domains. That's according to ICM Registry, the domain's operator, which recently gave the right to register with .xxx to several companies, including GoDaddy and Network Solut… -
Unreleased iPhone 5 Prototype At Large
There's still an unreleased iPhone 5 prototype on the loose. CNET reported that an unlucky Apple employee lost the device at Cava 22, a bar in San Francisco, back in July. In an attempt to secure… -
Nook Color 2 May Be Coming this Month
A successor to Barnes & Noble’s popular Nook Color e-reader may be in the pipeline. Rumor has it that we might be seeing it really, really soon – as in, this month soon. Digitimes reports that th… -
Hot Fingers: ATM Hackers Could Steal your PIN Using an Infra-Red Camera
Researchers from the University of California in San Diego were able to “read” PIN combinations on an automated teller machine (ATM) from the residual finger-generated heat left on the buttons us… -
Hulu Launches Paid Service in Japan
Hulu doesn't have a new owner, but it does now have a newly expanded service. Hulu recently made its debut in Japan. But, unlike its U.S.-based service, there won’t be a free version. Subscribers… -
One More Thing: iTunes Match Will Let You Stream Music
There it was - that magic phrase. "One more thing," Steve Jobs said at WWDC 2011 as he discussed the iTunes Match service. More often than not, his audience knows exactly what he's going to revea… -
Yahoo! Ousts Bartz as CEO, Fired by Phone
Yikes! Embattled Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was ousted by telephone and told her staff via her iPad. Here is what she emailed: "To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the pho…