Articles by Dice Staff
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Amazon's Kindle is a Target for a New Kind of Spammer
It’s no secret that the average person receives at least a dozen spam e-mails every day. The good news is that most e-mail systems recognize them and sends off to the “Junk” folder. The thing is… -
Panasonic Plans to Launch Android Tablet Late This Year
Panasonic will release its first Android tablet, a Toughbook to be launched in the fourth quarter. The device is aimed at workers who need to take their computers out of the office and often use… -
Letting Students Pass Digital Notes in School and Church
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXse2EEvDA&w=560&h=349] How much has school and church changed in the digital age? At CIO Boot Camp at Interop in Las Vegas, I spoke with Dr. Rob Rennie,… -
Village Takes Snapdeal's Name After the Company Donates Pumps
Villagers in the Indian village of Snapdeal.com Nagar (formerly Shiv Nagar) used to walk over three kilometers for something most people took for granted: clean water. They no longer have to, tha… -
'Beautiful People' Says It Was Hacked, No One Believes Them
Sometimes you just can't win. First, the dating site BeautifulPeople.com gets hacked, and the result is the incursion of 30,000 ordinary folks. Then, apparently, the site had to apologize for kic… -
Columbia's 'Omni-Freeze' Sportswear Will Take Away Your Sweaty Feelings of Superiority
Since tomorrow's the first day of summer, here's a timely item: Columbia, makers of smart, techy sportswear, plans to launch Omni-Freeze, clothes that cool you using a combination of specially de… -
Wal-Mart is Now Selling Roku XD for $79
Perhaps you remember that a couple months ago Roku was available at Best Buy. Now, it’s available at all Wal-Mart stores across the country. Consumers were aware that the retailing giant was goin… -
From Punch Cards to Petabytes: IBM at 100
Happy birthday to IBM, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this week. It's been quite a ride for a company that started out as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company before changing to its… -
E3: Games or Girls? Booth Babes Tell Us Why People Stop By to Visit
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmV0w9dmeU&w=560&h=349] If you've been to E3, you know about the Booth Babes. (Don't yell at me. I didn't come up with the term.) These are the always you… -
Google’s Vint Cerf on Multimedia Conversation Modes
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHcNokqw3iY&w=560&h=349] In an engaging roundtable dialogue at InterOp, Vint Cerf, Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, answered questions, bouncing from to…