LONDON - A 19-year-old U.K. man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking and online attacks, the U.K.'s Metropolitan Police announced Tuesday. Last night's arrest was part of "a pre-planned intelligence-led operation" that also involved cooperation with the FBI, according to the Metropolitan Police. Following the arrest, the man was brought to a London police
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University researchers was awarded $330,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a 3-D neural probe that will help suppress tinnitus ? ringing of the ears ? that is said to affect more than 250 million people worldwide. There is an increasing need for devices and tools that
SOUTHFIELD - The Department of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University has won $7,500 as one of five finalists in a national competition for connecting engineering practice and education. The University of New Mexico?s Department of Civil Engineering finished first among 26 entrants in the competition sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering
LANSING - In recent years, Michigan has ranked among the top 10 states for the number of industrial projects, but there is still a disconnect between that reality and the state's perception among business officials across the country, about 200 attendees of the Business Leaders for Michigan summit were told Monday. The group also released
LANSING - While they may not agree with every agenda item, four business executives gave Governor Rick Snyder high marks on Monday during a roundtable discussion by the Business Leaders for Michigan. Half of the panelists said the recent corporate tax changes will mean their companies will pay more, but even so, businesses are happy
ANN ARBOR ? The dining and lodging industries got higher marks from consumers, but the airline industry continues to score very low on the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The report covers satisfaction with the quality of products and services provided by airlines, hotels, full-service restaurants, fast food, and express delivery and mail services. Airlines: Poor
ANN ARBOR - Advenware, an e-commerce website developer, has chosen to host their Software-as-a-Service solution on Online Tech's fully managed cloud. The managed cloud hosting service passed PCI DSS Level 3 penetration testing to meet PCI compliance standards. As Timothy Buttram, Advenware CEO & Chief Programmer, was searching for a server to host his new
HARTFORD, Conn. ? Hackers who claimed responsibility for online attacks of Sony Corp. and the CIA said they compromised the security of more than 1,000 accounts of a Connecticut-based FBI partner organization, hours before releasing a web manifesto calling for "war" on governments that control the Internet. The online collective Lulz Security said it attacked
SINGAPORE ? A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything else. Under guidelines approved Monday, Apple could register addresses ending in ".ipad," Citi and Chase could share ".bank" and environmental groups could go
GRAND RAPIDS - MichBio, the association for Michigan's bioscience industry, announced that Kim Popovits, president and CEO of Genomic Health, Inc. will keynote the 2011 MichBio Expo & Conference. The MichBio Expo & Conference is Michigan's largest gathering of bioscience-related professionals. It is set for November 2-3 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. ?We?re excited