Articles by Dice Staff
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How To Shield Your Top Employees From Poachers
We've all had that pit-of-the-stomach reaction to hearing that a top performer has defected to the competition. But how do you avoid it? Short of chaining them to their desks -- which might raise… -
Data Scientist: A Cool New Job Title, Essential Position
Professionals at companies both large and small engage in business intelligence and analysis. These can be powerful tools when it comes to understanding how well a business is doing -- and where… -
'Find My iPhone' Data Assists Chilean Navy After Crash
It's not a happy ending -- but it does show the power of GPS technology and smartphones. Last week, 21 lives were lost in a military aircraft crash involving a Casa C-212 operated by the Chilean… -
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…