TROY - Altair Engineering Wednesday unveiled the world's first series hydraulic hybrid transit bus. The LCO-140H (Low-Cost of Ownership-1st 40-foot Hybrid) was developed under the BUSolutions program in partnership with Automation Alley, which is projected to lower the cost of ownership by $170,000 per bus as compared to a conventional diesel bus. With the average
GRAND RAPIDS ? Rod Kackley, the host of WOODRADIO's Clearly Community show, interviewed Mike Brennan and Richard Stiennon about their new cyber crime novella, Cyber Styletto, which discloses facts about the cyber war now underway. The show aired Sunday on WOOD-AM/FM, WBFX-FM, WMAX-FM, WSNX-FM, WSHZ-FM, WSRW-FM, WBCT-FM, WMRR-FM, WMUS-FM, WKBZ-AM, and WTKG-AM. To listen to
SAN FRANCISCO - New spamming campaign has been observed by TrendMicro that is spreading on twitter, the malicious shortened URLs contain a JPEG file from a Facebook domain. Files with extension .JPEG are usually image and pictures extension but here link lead to a worm detected by Trend Micro as WORM_KOLAB.SMQX. The interesting point that
LANSING - U.S. Rep. John Conyers is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to deny permits for the controversial commercial hazardous waste injection well in Romulus that he once supported, Gongwer News Service has learned. The move comes as Conyers (D-Detroit) considers whether to run in a new congressional district that includes Romulus, where opposition to
HOLLYWOOD - A splinter group of hacker collective Anonymous is turning attention away from corporations and governments and toward Hollywood stars. According to multiple reports, the Hollywood Leaks team has announced its intent to target celebrities in film, TV, and music--evidently, folks like Miley Cyrus, Tom Cruise, and rapper Kreayshawn have already been hit, CNET
WARREN - The company that manages the global Internet address system ? the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ? recently approved two changes to the domain name system that could significantly impact your online business model. One represents a potential threat to your company's brand identity that can be avoided with prompt action.
WARREN - Whether you're starting a business, introducing new products or services, or adding locations, it's always a good idea to first do your research. Informed decisions make the best decisions, and ? especially when credit is tight ? we often need to show that we have a solid understanding of our target markets. Unfortunately,
WARREN - Because our marketing and media company is based out of Lansing, we see a lot of negativity when it comes to our state. To combat this view, we put together a two-week social media road trip to give the state a much-needed PR boost. During ?#MeetMichigan with @m3_group,? we visited all 83 counties
LANSING - Replacing the revenue generated by the personal property tax will require a variety of approaches to reflect the widely diverging amount of revenue the tax generates for local governments, Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday. Snyder, in a wide-ranging interview with Gongwer News Service in his Romney Building office, also said he wants replacement
LANSING ? Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his colleagues in most of the other Great Lakes states have said they are expanding a coalition to try to seal off a connection between the lakes and the Mississippi River that has allowed for invasive species to travel between the waterways. While the issue of preventing