FREELAND - The BlueWater Angels are hosting a Pitch Night on June 12 at Apple Mountain in Freeland to showcase two Michigan early-stage companies. Pitch Night consists of 15-minute pitches by Michigan entrepreneurs / early stage companies (2-4) who are interested in getting in front of private investors to secure their next step to growth
SAN FRANCISCO - Security researchers have found a proof-of-concept attack that appears to be the first true viral malware approach for compromising OS X. The malware is called "Clampzok.A" and is a cross-platform malware package that alters the binary files on an affected system so when executed, the binary will infect neighboring binary files. The
LANSING - Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac and Saginaw will share in $100 million in federal funds to demolish blighted buildings, officials announced Thursday. The funds will flow from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's Step Forward Michigan program. "This will be a major expansion of an ongoing
GRAND RAPIDS ? US Signal is offering a 14-day no-obligation test drive of its vCloud-Powered Cloud Services to give customers the chance to create their own virtual compute environment. US Signal?s trial offer includes your choice of either a fully dedicated or flexible group of resources. Either choice includes a secure 4MB access into the
TROY - Billhighway has appointed Doug Gregory as Chief Executive Officer succeeding Vince Thomas, who is transitioning to the role of Chairman since founding the company in 1999. As Chairman, Thomas will continue to be involved with business development. Billhighway provides cloud-based financial technology solutions for nonprofits, dedicated to improving client?s bottom lines through integrated
DEARBORN - As part of an ongoing commitment to science, technology, engineering and math education programs, Honda of America Mfg. has committed $75,000 to support the SME Education Foundation's PRIME program over the next three years. PRIME is an initiative of the SME Education Foundation to address the shortage of advanced manufacturing and technical talent
DETROIT - Wayne State University's Board of Governors voted unanimously Wednesday to elect Doctor M. Roy Wilson as the University's 12th President, effective August 1. Wilson will succeed Allan Gilmour, who has agreed to serve as president until Wilson takes office. Gilmour joined the university as interim president in August 2010 and was elected president
LANSING - Bills that would force the collection of the sales and use tax on purchases made through online entities that have affiliations in the state were on the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee agenda Wednesday, but were not voted on because House Democrats on the committee were going to abstain from voting. Rep. Jeff
ANN ARBOR - The Clean Energy Coalition?s Green Fleets Program, funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, will showcase the statewide impact of Michigan?s Green Fleets June 13 at the Henry Ford Community College parking lot. Project partners, such as Wright & Fillipis, Schwan?s Food Services, DTE Energy and Metro Cars, will display vehicles
REDMOND, WA. - One of Monday's sessions at Microsoft's TechEd conference highlighted the support that Windows 8.1 will offer for fingerprint recognition, as described by The Verge, CNET News.Com reported. Prior versions of Windows handled fingerprint readers through third-party software. But Windows 8.1 will be the first edition of Windows to natively support the technology.