Block Wi-Fi Intruders with a Secure Paint Job IT managers should start familiarizing themselves with a new security tool — the paint brush — as Japanese researchers have come up with a paint that they say will block high-speed wireless signals, giving businesses a cheap option to protect their...

Google is making a sneaky move in getting more pennies in its pot by quietly reducing the amount of users who can set up a free Google Apps account. This reduction has gone from 200 to 100 and now to a low 50 users who are allowed to open an account when their business signs up for the ‘free’...

Wikipedia considers limiting user edits Just as Encyclopedia Britannica is moving in the direction of user-based entries, Wikipedia might soon be clamping down on theirs. Wikipedia is apparently considering instituting a new editorial process that would put better safeguards in place and require all updates...

IBM quietly lays off North American staff IBM has been quietly laying off workers in its North American offices since Wednesday, according to numerous reports online. IBM has not made any formal announcements yet, and company representatives did not respond to requests to comment for this article. But...

READERS will soon be able to edit Encyclopedia Brittanica, the authoritative reference book first published in 1768, as it battles to keep pace with online resources like Wikipedia. From next week, visitors to Britannica.com will be able to submit proposed changes to editors, who will check them and make...