SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook last weekend disabled a loophole that might have allowed some accounts to be accessed without a password. The vulnerability, which was posted to Hacker News on Friday, could potentially have allowed an unauthorized user to access another person's Facebook account. The flaw centered on e-mails sent out by the social network
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill - CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology industry, introduced a new business-level credential for providers of managed print services solutions who commit to a code of conduct, industry-accepted best practices and high levels of customer service and support. The CompTIA Managed Print Trustmark is designed to qualify and differentiate organizations
DENVER - Internet2 and EDUCAUSE announced a new pilot in their continuing eContent series. More than 20 colleges and universities, Courseload, CourseSmart, Elsevier Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Education are expected to participate in Spring 2013. The pilots involve platforms, electronic textbooks (eTexts) and other online materials (eContent) to provide campuses an opportunity to explore, evaluate,
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index is showing improvement for the second consecutive month, further indication of a strengthening Michigan economy. The index value of 58.9 in October is a considerable improvement over the September PMI of 50.6. An index value greater than 50 generally indicates an expanding economy. The Southeast Michigan PMI
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Friday the release of a Request for Proposals for a Wireless Local Area Network solution vendor. The RFP seeks to identify the most appropriate WLAN vendor for a Wireless as a Service solution that Merit will offer its membership. The selected vendor will work with Merit to offer a
DEARBORN- The ISSA November chapter meeting looks at how software keeps credit card data safe in the mobile cloud. The discussion looks at a point of sale system developed for the restaurant industry. Today we put that same credit card on a mobile device and store the data on the cloud. Now who has your
TROY - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, said third quarter revenue increased 33.1 percent, in part from the addition of 12 new customers, seven from automotive, two from aerospace and three from diversified industries. The private company, which does not release exact figures, said 26 new employees joined Plex
GRAND RAPIDS - As a way to recognize veterans for their military service, during times of war or peace, Davenport University and its chapter of the Student Veterans of America is celebrating Veteran's Day on Nov. 12 on its W.A. Lettinga Campus in Grand Rapids where members of the military will display vehicles, and equipment
DETROIT - An internal ePrize company that developed a gamification application for use with Salesforce.Com received a $1 million investment from Detroit Venture Partners and will be nurtured at the downtown Detroit incubator. LevelEleven?s flagship product is the sales gamification app, Contest Builder. First used at ePrize to motivate its own sales team, Contest Builder
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK recently added two to its team, Joseph Licavoli and Jake Elbers. Licavoli fills a new position as manager of the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. Elbers is manager of the SPARK East business incubator. Current Ann Arbor SPARK team member Valerie Christofferson was promoted to senior business development manager. ?Joe