REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft released 10 security updates on Patch Tuesday this week, including critical patches for holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Office, and Excel. The six critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft software could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a machine, according to the Microsoft security bulletin reported by CNET News.Com. Three
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware has been found on ATMs in Eastern Europe and elsewhere that allows criminals to steal account data and PINs and even empty the machine of its cash, a computer forensics expert said. About 20 ATMs have been compromised in that manner, mostly in Russia and Ukraine, but there are "early indications"
WASHINGTON DC - The Internet might just have gotten a little safer. The Federal Trade Commission has shut down Pricewert, which allegedly recruits, participates in spam, child pornography and other harmful electronic content. The FTC complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, resulted in the court
WASHINGTON DC - Defcon founder Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, is one of the newest members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. The HSAC members will provide recommendations and
LANSING - Wholesale tax changes - implementing a graduated income tax, levying a sales tax on services and eliminating personal property taxes and the Michigan Business Tax surcharge for businesses - were some proposals pitched to the House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday as advocates said the initiatives would both address the state's structural deficit
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems CEO Mark Symonds said his factory automation software system can help food manufacturers avoid problems like the peanut butter salmonella scare earlier this spring. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
TROY - Mobtile, which is developing mobile ads that will appear on the Google G-1 Android smart phones, also is creating developer friendly residuals to make everyone money. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DETROIT - Stout Systems, a contract and outsourced software development company in Ann Arbor, has been working closely with Wayne State University's TechTown to mentor the next wave of entrepreneurs in Michigan. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robert Boonin will moderate a three person panel for the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section's nationally provided webinar on Hot Topics in Wage and Hour Law on June 17. In addition, Boonin will be a featured speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management's
LANSING - A state economy that continues to mire in gloom has created a gloomy public as well, with a record number of people responding to a survey saying they were worse off now than they were a year before. The latest iteration of the State of the State Survey, conducted by the Institute for