WASHINGTON DC - The cybersecurity bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate is too broad, say privacy experts who worry that it could authorize wiretapping and curtail civil liberties. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), John D. Rockefeller IV (D-West Virginia), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Dianne Feinstein (D-California), is
GRAND RAPIDS - CQL announced today the addition of a new Software Developer, Matt McCarrick, who comes to CQL with experience working with multiple e-commerce sites and implementations. While his expertise has focused on C# and VB.NET, his passion for software has moved him into different technologies like ASP.NET MVC. His most recent project is
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan is leading a $2.4 million statewide program aimed at turning inventions in the classroom into marketable products by increasing the supply of seasoned entrepreneurs. The Tech Transfer Talent Network, funded through a grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, includes seven universities and regions with strong research-based technology
BARCELONA, Span - Tech will be in the driver's seat, steering the auto industry into a future with coordinated networks of self-driving cars. Without it, expect "global gridlock" to paralyze cities, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford predicted at the Mobile World Congress mobile-technology show. Ford predicts a future, though, in which computing and
SAN FRANCISCO - Security and antivirus firm Intego reported that the criminals behind the Flashback Trojan have been hard at work releasing new variants to their malware package. The seventh variant of Flashback has been identified, which shows it is using new and unique techniques for infecting Macs. Flashback is a Trojan horse attack that,
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michigan and other states to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take several immediate steps to prevent the introduction of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Attorney General Bill Schuette and his colleagues in other states had asked the court to
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit said Thursday that Credit Acceptance Corp. chairman and founder, Donald A. Foss, has personally pledged $500,000 to the initiative focused on revitalizing Detroit by attracting young entrepreneurs to the city. ?Challenge Detroit is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and has a passion for revitalizing Detroit through this program. This initiative is very
DETROIT - A significant shift in support occurred after Wednesday's debate between the Republican presidential candidates in Michigan to the benefit of Mitt Romney, according to a new poll out Friday. Romney now has 39 percent to 31 percent for Rick Santorum, according to the survey from the Foster McCollum White and Associates and Baydoun
LANSING - Michigan's urban areas could lead the state to a new recovery with some readjustment of the state's economic development priorities, a report commissioned by Business Leaders for Michigan said. The report, Michigan's Urban and Metropolitan Strategy, developed by Public Sector Consultants and the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, said Michigan's cities already lead
ANN ARBOR - Netflix suffered one of the largest drops in ACSI history as e-commerce inched up and competition stiffened, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index?s annual E-Commerce Report. The report, produced in partnership with the Ann Arbor customer satisfaction measurement consultant ForeSee, showed customer satisfaction with e-commerce Web sites overall was up 1