Articles by Dice Staff

• 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"…
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  B&N's Nook Color Embraces Its Tablet Destiny

  After a humble beginning with a color e-book reader merely built upon the Android platform, Barnes & Noble heard the community and has embraced its tablet destiny. With a substantial Android 2.2…
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  More on PlayStation Network's Data Breach

  Sony has finally spilled the beans after a week-long (and counting) outage of its PlayStation Network -- they were hacked, and the personal data of millions of users may have been stolen, includi…
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  5 Excellent Apps for Time Management and Productivity

  Most of us already know that we can become more efficient through the judicious use of tools and, for our modern lives, software tools in particular. And now with the advent of computing "in the…