LANSING - Universities should not be required to report to the Legislature on their embryonic stem cell research, Governor Rick Snyder said at an event Monday. Both legislative chambers have so far supported the language, but Snyder indicated he thought it would at least violate voters' intent in allowing the research. "We need to focus
LANSING - Michigan is already the 10th -lowest state in terms of support for higher education, and it would fall to fifth or lower if the cuts proposed by Governor Rick Snyder are approved, the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan said on releasing a national report on university funding. The State Higher Education Finance
SAN FRANCISCO - Want to wipe location-tracking data that's being stored on your iPhone without your permission? There's an app for that, but you've got to jailbreak your iPhone first. Several tools have cropped up as a fix for people riled up about the fact that iPhones (and iPads) are surreptitiously logging unencrypted location-related data
NEW YORK - Apple Inc.'s iPhones and Google Inc.'s Android smartphones regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google, respectively, according to data and documents analyzed by The Wall Street Journal?intensifying concerns over privacy and the widening trade in personal data. Google and Apple are gathering location information as part of their race to
MOSCOW - A spokesman for Moscow-based antivirus company Kaspersky Lab said the company is not commenting on reports that the son of Chief Executive Eugene Kaspersky has been kidnapped. "We don't have any information to share at the moment. I'll let you know if that changes," the spokesman said in an e-mail to CNET today.
LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced state approval of a 15-year, 3.89-acre Agricultural Processing Renaissance Zone in Grand Traverse County that will be home to an expanded Shoreline Fruit processing facility. The project is expected to create a minimum 40 jobs and generate $7.5 million in private investment. ?Michigan?s renaissance zones are designed
SHANGHAI, CHINA - TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has announced plans to open a 32,000 square foot Technical Center in Anting, China, in 2013 that will accommodate more than 1,000 engineers. Construction will begin in fall 2011. The new Technical Center will house research and development, engineering design and application, testing and validation activities across all
LANSING - Michigan topped at least 47 other states in the 2011 Area Development Gold Shovel Award business competition that recognizes states that drive job creation through innovative policies, new employers, and investments in new and expanded facilities. ?This recognition demonstrates our ability to grow business and adds to our momentum as a state,? said
LANSING - The Michigan State Police today fired back at claims that it has been using handheld machines called "extraction devices" to download from smart phones personal information from motorists they pull over, even if they're not suspected of any crime. The Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union last week said it was
LONDON, United Kingdom - Mavizen will offer A123's advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion battery technology for two-wheeled high-performance motorsports applications. Initially, Mavizen will offer A123?s AMP20 prismatic cells and over the course of the relationship, intends to offer the full portfolio of A123?s lithium ion battery cells, which are designed to deliver a combination of high