LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget was named as a recipient of the 2013 CIO 100 award by CIO magazine. The annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. ?Being recognized as a CIO 100 award winner is
DETROIT - Verizon Wireless has expanded its 4G LTE network to Montmorency and Otsego counties in Northern Michigan including the communities of Atlanta, Elmira, Gaylord, Hillman, Otsego Lake, and Vanderbilt. The expansion also adds 4G LTE coverage along Michigan Road 32 from State Route 131 east to State Route 65 across both counties. Verizon Wireless
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.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Computerworld Honors Program announced that Merit Network is the winner of a 21st Century Achievement Award in recognition of the REACH-3MC Project - Rural Education Anchor Community Health care - Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative. Merit was selected from more than 700 applicants from 29 countries to a class of 269 Computerworld
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan economy experienced accelerated growth according to the May Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index. The May index value is 61.2 representing a sharp rise from the April index of 55.3. Southeast Michigan PMI values have remained above 50 for 37 of the past 39 months. A PMI value above 50 generally
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office is garnering a greater deal of interest from big names in Hollywood, Film Office Director Margaret O'Riley said in a recent interview, and the plan to diversify incentive investments could yield an even greater return by keeping the state's graduates in a new, exciting and potentially growing industry. In
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeremy Hammond was arrested in a major federal sweep last year on charges of computer hacking conspiracy, computer hacking, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud. The self-described hacktivist pled guilty to these counts in court on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. "As part of each of these hacks, I took
MAASTRICT, The Netherlands - Six of the world's leading research and education networks and two commercial partners Monday demonstrated for the first time a Transatlantic 100 gigabits-per-second (one billion bits per second) transmission link for research and education between North America and Europe during the TERENA Networking Conference 2013 held in The Netherlands. The 100
LANSING - The Council of Great Lakes Governors pushed for more trade transportation on the lakes as Illinois opened the door to ending ship traffic between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. The governors and premiers included Asian carp on the council's list of "least wanted" invasive species, and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn acknowledged that
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Monday reported U.S. sales in May leaped 11 percent from the same month a year ago, the group's best May sales since 2007. May 2013 unit sales totaled 166,596, compared with 150,041 in May 2012. The Jeep, Dodge, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each posted year-over-year sales gains in May