REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft issued a fix this week for a zero-day vulnerability on Tuesday in older versions of Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to gain control of Windows-based computers to host malicious Web sites. The company confirmed Saturday that it was investigating a remote code execution vulnerability in IE 6, IE 7, and
WASHINGTON D.C. - Google competitors unhappy with the way their search results are displayed on Google search pages will be able to opt out under an agreement announced today by the Federal Trade Commission. That was perhaps the most significant plank of a multipart agreement announced by the FTC after a lengthy investigation into Google's
RESTON, Va. - Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.9 percent of the U.S. mobile market share, while Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 53.7 percent of smartphone subscribers. Apple was second with 35 percent. The survey was done by comScore during the three-month period ending November 2012. Samsung
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget is currently working to resolve an error that is impacting 85,000 food assistance recipients and their families. As a result of human error, benefits to the Bridge Cards providing food assistance for clients with account numbers ending in 0 were not loaded to the cards
LANSING - Former Governor Jennifer Granholm says she will return to teaching, speaking and other activities after the announcement her show, "The War Room," would be cancelled following the sale of Current TV to Al Jazeera. "My agreement with Current was for the duration of the election (and the sale)," Ms. Granholm said in a
LANSING - More of the state would be reachable via trails and those trails would be better maintained under a plan released Thursday by the Department of Natural Resources for public comment. The five-year plan calls for extensions of and improvements to existing trails as well as creation of new trails to serve both non-motorized
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Thursday reported its best December sales since 2007 with 152,367 units, up 10 percent from the same month a year ago. The Chrysler, Dodge, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each posted year-over-year sales gains in December compared with the same month last year. The FIAT brand?s 59 percent increase was
BEIJING, China ? China will now require all citizens to use their real names when signing up for an Internet account and force Internet providers to delete posts deemed illegal. A decision approved today by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress institutes an "identity management policy," according to China's official Xinhua news agency,
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Thursday that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued the REACH-3MC Round I project a no cost-extension. The announcement comes following Merit's December 31, 2012, completed milestones report, which stated that 98 percent of all strand, conduit and cable had been deployed on the 1,017-mile fiber-optic construction project.
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company is spending more than $773 million on new equipment and capacity expansions across six manufacturing facilities in southeast Michigan as it delivers on a commitment to invest $6.2 billion in U.S. plants by 2015. The investments in Michigan will create 2,350 new hourly jobs and allow the company to retain