SAN FRANCISCO - The study released Tuesday by the security-focused SANS Institute states that the cybersecurity community is facing an epidemic of unpatched software, particularly widely used applications like Adobe Flash, Java and Microsoft programs like Word and PowerPoint. The report, which used data that vulnerability assessment firm Qualys collected from about 100 million scans
ANN ARBOR - Research spending at the University of Michigan in 2008-09 exceeded $1 billion for the first time, a 9.4 percent gain over the previous fiscal year. The federal government provided 64.4 percent of the funds, and federal research spending at the U-M rose 7.1 percent over 2007-08. The exact total was $1.02 billion.
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Hewlett-Packard introduced more than a dozen new products on Sept. 15, offering something for enterprises, as well as on-the-go consumers and device-heavy households. On the enterprise front, HP introduced the ProBook 5310m, which it calls the world's thinnest standard-voltage full-performance notebook. (The Apple MacBook Air, which is 0.76 inches at its
DETROIT - Butzel Long attorney Jerome Hill will serve as a moderator during the Ambassador Leonard Woodcock Legacy Seminar on September 16. C. Peter Theut, another Butzel Long attorney, will serve as one of the featured panelists. Other panelists include W.S. (Bill) Chamberlain of JS Chamberlain and Associates, Inc., Consul General Huang Ping of PRC
FRANKFURT, Germany - Electric cars are all the rage at the Frankfurt auto show, and Renault is clearly out to grab the high ground. Renault introduced four different electric cars, in three different sizes. The smallest is the Twizy, a two-passenger city car with tandem seating. It's 2.3 meters long, about seven-and-a-half feet, and only
DETROIT - Understanding the process by which solar energy can be used to create an alternative to fossil fuel is the focus of $1.32 million Department of Energy grant awarded to three faculty members in the Wayne State University Department of Chemistry. Claudio Verani, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry and resident of Sterling Heights, Mich.,
DETROIT - Six WSU College of Engineering alumni with outstanding professional accomplishments will be honored when they are inducted at Night of the Stars, the college's annual celebration of achievement, on Oct. 3 at the college's new Danto Engineering Development Center. The inductees are: Suhada Jayasuriya, chair of the Texas A&M Department of Mechanical Engineering
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, which provides the top rated ERP software for manufacturers, announced Tuesday the company has enhanced configurable dashboard features that increase productivity and efficiency from the shop floor to the top floor. Users create and modify intuitive dashboard displays themselves within the ERP solution, selecting relevant Plex Online business data for
LANSING - Col. James Braden, project manager of the Robotics Systems Joint Project Office at the U.S. Army Tacom Life Cycle Management Command, will soon become director of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Defense Contract Coordination Center, replacing former Marine General Bradley Lott. The news reportedly came from State Sen. Valde Garcia, who made the
REDFORD TOWNSHIP - Two Michigan based Hollywood special effect companies and the Redford Township Jaycees are combining forces to bring to life the most realistic and scary haunted house of the season: with all of the proceeds going to support families in the local community. ReelActionFX, a stunt and weapons provider to the movie industry