LANSING - A new Michigan House bill would take federal grants given to businesses to help them retool or expand so they can create green energy products and change the system into a revolving loan fund for businesses looking to do many of the same things, but with strings attached and penalties for not creating
LONDON - A campaign of "ransomware" is locking people out of their computers in Europe unless they pony up the right amount of money. Spotted by security blog abuse.ch, the malware taps into an exploit kit known as "Blackhole." Sold underground, Blackhole is used by criminals to infect computers through security holes in the browser
LANSING ? Facebook may have started out as a digital way for Harvard men to meet coeds, but it certainly is business main street now. Case in point, the Pure Michigan now is offering a Facebook app that allows fans to include images from the advertising campaign on their Facebook timeline. The app also lets
MIDLAND ? The Mid Michigan Innovation Center is hosting the fourth annual Heading for the Big Leagues event showcasing the entrepreneurial enterprises that are reinventing the Michigan economy on May 31 in Midland. Event participants will explore new business proposals, network with economic influencers, and learn how they can turn today's ideas into tomorrow's innovations.
ANN ARBOR - North America's largest display of vision and imaging components and systems will be on display May 8-10 during The Vision Show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston sponsored by AIA, the world's largest machine vision trade association. Show hours run 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on May 8 and May 9
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware targeted to Android devices is getting delivered through compromised Web sites, a first in the mobile world, says security firm Lookout. Android users are now facing another malware twist. A new Android Trojan dubbed "NotCompatible" is being spread through compromised Web sites, CNET News.Com reported. Though the threat seems to be
SAN FRANCSICO - While most Silicon Valley companies are keeping quiet about their thoughts on the cybersecurity bill, Mozilla has come out against the legislation. Other big name tech companies - Facebook, Microsoft, and Oracle - supporting the controversial Internet surveillance bill that passed in the House last week. "While we wholeheartedly support a more
BATTLE CREEK - The State of Michigan's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Veterans? Services Division are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Health Administration and Kellogg Community College to offer a one-day resources fair for military veterans and their families May 8 at Kellogg Community College in Battle
LANSING - States across the country are largely showing continued improvement in their overall fiscal condition for the current 2011-12 fiscal year, a report from the National Conference of State Legislatures shows, with Michigan reporting a bit of a mixed picture on its performance. According to the report, Michigan is saying income tax collections are
SALINE ? Automotive Components Holdings has reached a deal that will keep the ACH facility in Saline open for the foreseeable future. Faurecia will acquire the Saline business, which generates $1.1 billion annual sales [euro 835 million] supplying cockpit modules, instrument panels, door panels and center consoles for 12 vehicle programs assembled at eight Ford