Articles by Dice Staff

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  First Word on Bin Laden Came Through Twitter

  It was a tweet that first got out the word that Osama bin Laden had been killed: That honor goes to an IT consultant who identifies himself as Sohaib Athar under the Twitter handle "ReallyVirtual…
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  New Fiber Optics Milestone: 100 Terabits/Sec

  The highest average internet speed at the time of this writing -- 30.84 Mbps in South Korea, according to Ookla's Net Index. The actual average, without being diluted by generally slower wireless…
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  BlackBerry PlayBook: A Symptom of Changing Times

  The arrival of the BlackBerry PlayBook earlier this month has caused much consternation among the CIOs, IT experts and BlackBerry users who've been eagerly awaiting it. All of a sudden everyone's…
• TomTom Sells GPS Data to Governments

  You'd almost think someone's declared this Privacy Awareness Week. TomTom says it sold user data collected from drivers to the Dutch police so they could set up speed traps. The data was aggregat…
• Tech Support is Trying to Do Too Much with Too Little

  Some good news if you're looking for a job in tech support: Departments are understaffed and juggling too many requests, in turn leading to long wait times for people who are sure they have bette…
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  Tech Interviews: How to Answer Questions from Someone Who Doesn't Know Tech

  If you really understand technology, you're bound to run into someone in an interview who doesn't understand IT as well as you do. That person will ask their technical questions and disagree with…
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  Is Netflix Really Bigger Than Comcast?

  Netflix (NFLX) released its quarterly earnings yesterday and, while the market was somewhat underwhelmed, subscriber numbers are impressive. In fact, GigaOm declares, "Netflix Now Officially Has…
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  At Microsoft, Black is the New Blue (Screen of Death)

  Users of the Windows OS have all been aware of the Blue screen of Death (BSOD), an error screen which turns your desktop screen into a blue background with lots of numbers related to certain erro…
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  ReadWriteWeb Needs Great Tech News Writers

  Marshall Kirkpatrick, co-editor of ReadWriteWeb, is looking to hire some good news writers. The social media technology news site needs someone who can write five quality news articles each day,…
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  TelePrompTer Inventor "Hub" Schlafly Dies

  It's not a gadget or live-saving medical device, but the teleprompter (or TelePrompTer as it is officially named) is credited as being a game-changer technology in public oratory. Hubert J. "Hub"…