LANSING ? The state of Michigan's official travel and tourism web site attracted more visits than any state tourism web site in the country for the fifth consecutive year, according to the independent online measurement company Experian Hitwise. Michigan.Org received 7.69 percent of the overall market share of visits to state tourism sites, and had
SAN FRANCISCO - The Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States ? the Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open
LIVONIA ? If you're a business, academic institution, non-profit or any other group looking to unload old technology ? PC's, Laptops, Servers, Cell phones, Toner Cartridges, Networking Equipment, phone systems ? then Valaset wants to talk to you. CEO Tom Stroup says he?ll work with any size business ?with old technology they want to sell.?
BIRMINGHAM ? Eric Knapp, Director of Critical Infrastructure Markets at NitroSecurity, talks about how to secure the power distribution systems and the ?smart grid? in a Cyber Defense Update webinar with Richard Stiennon. Knapp is the author of Industrial Network Security: Securing Critical Infrastructure Networks for Smart Grid, SCADA, and Other Industrial Control Systems. He
DETROIT - Five years ago, Bob Lutz stood in front of a curious crowd at the North American International Auto Show and introduced the Chevrolet Volt electric plug-in concept car to the world. This week Lutz introduced a line of extended-range electric pickup trucks, vans and SUVs that he thinks make more sense than the
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics Corp. announced that it has delivered its 1,000th Balance Hybrid Electric Truck to Purolator, Azure's largest customer. This unit also represents Purolator's 200th Hybrid Electric truck received in 2011, which is part of its previous record 600 unit order providing for 200 units being delivered in 2011 with an additional
DEARBORN - Ford Sync, the voice-activated in-car connectivity system, now is installed in more than 4 million Ford Motor Co. vehicles since its introduction in 2007. With plans to begin offering Sync in Europe and Asia this year, Ford projects 9 million additional vehicles will be equipped with SYNC by 2015. Powered by the Microsoft
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group, one of Michigan's largest technology firms, was recently recognized by Hewlett-Packard Company for superior customer expertise by earning a HP PartnerONE Professional Networking Specialist Certification. The certification, created by HP as a new level to their PartnerONE program, will help partners take advantage of growing opportunities in the midmarket. The new
DETROIT - Manuel "Matty" Moroun - billionaire, owner of an international bridge and political powerhouse - is locked in the Wayne County Jail, where he will remain until his company relents and builds the ramps connecting freeways to the Ambassador Bridge in the way a judge said it was bound to do. Sheriff's deputies led
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech announced that it has completed a new fiber optic build-out between their Ann Arbor and Mid-Michigan data centers. The new fiber build also provides a higher speed connection between data centers and additional connectivity to four carriers including Savvis, Level 3, Global Crossing and Cogent. All of Online Tech?s data