WASHINGTON-The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. FBI Director Robert Mueller supports storing Internet users' "origin and destination information," a bureau attorney said
LANSING - A plan passed by the House to fund the Pure Michigan advertising campaign through assumed increased revenue in sales tax collections that come from tourism-related expenditures is faulty, the lead senator on tax policy said Thursday. Sen. Nancy Cassis (R-Novi), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said sales tax revenues continue to decline
LANSING - While most business and community leaders were in agreement with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's State of the State address on Wednesday, especially its optimistic but somber tone and its focus on helping entrepreneurs, the speech seemed more symbolic than revealing, they said. They said with her major reforms revealed last Friday and her budget
LANSING - Michigan is fully committed down the difficult path of renewal and rebirth, having endured some of the most heart-wrenching and painful economic times in history, and it will continue to a newly diversified economy to replace the industrial economy that has gone, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday in her final State of the
DETROIT - TechTown will host its monthly First Friday networking event on February 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at its new incubator facility, the former Dalgleish Cadillac building, featuring a panel discussion that will showcase entrepreneurs in its SmartStart program. Five entrepreneurs from the business accelerator program will share their stories of success, what
DETROIT ? Michael O'Neil of Detroit Logistics in Detroit is one of five SmartStart entrepreneurs featured on Feb. 5 at Wayne State University's TechTown's First Friday networking event. These entrepreneurs will discuss what they've learned in the business incubator program. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - Changes to cable television regulations have meant more communities with competitive programming providers, but also more communities with no provider, according to a report released Tuesday by the Public Service Commission. The report said the number of complaints, and the types of complaints, held steady in 2009 from 2008. Cable competition appeared to
STAMFORD - A lot has happened in a year within the social software and collaboration space. And analyst firm Gartner says companies quickly need to develop best practices for embracing social networking with a maximum of safety. "The growing use of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook by business users has resulted in serious enterprise
BIRMINGHAM - The attacks against Google emanating from China and the subsequent speech by the US Secretary of State on Internet Freedom have exposed cyber security issues to a wider audience in recent weeks. Perhaps predictably some old ideas are creeping up that should be slapped down quickly. Myth number 1. The US engages in
DAVOS, Switzerland - The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday. International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts said nations must now consider when a cyber attack