LOS ANGELES - Former Detroit 3 auto executive Lee Iacocca took Congress to task in a letter issued Tuesday that said replacing the current CEOs at General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler would hurt, not help, the chances of avoiding bankruptcy for US-based automakers. Iacocca, is the former Chairman and CEO of Chrysler and
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - On Tuesday, Mozilla released Firefox 3.1 beta 2 and Google released Chrome 0.4.154.33, so it's time for the latest installment of JavaScript performance testing. Here's the highlight from CNET News.Com: Though Firefox remains the leader on the SunSpider test, with a score of 2,110, Chrome edged very close with 2,140. A
CUPERTINO - Problems with Apple's newly redesigned MacBooks have been reported on Apple discussion boards and across the Internet, CNET News.Com reported Tuesday. The new notebooks, which have already run into problems with the trackpad, are said to have problems with video performance, third-party memory chips, and staying in sleep mode. It's always difficult to
REDMOND, Wa. - On Monday, Microsoft launched Oxite, an open-source blogging platform. However, the software maker was quick to underline that the product is aimed at developers and not intended to directly compete with popular blogging software such as WordPress or Movable Type. Microsoft posted the Oxite code on its CodePlex Web site on Friday
PARIS - As part of the Le Web conference in Paris, News Corp.'s MySpace announced that it has taken a deeper plunge into the data portability pool. The social network has announced its support for Google Friend Connect, which launched in full last week, and is using the standard to help power a new set
DETROIT - The 2008 Election and the Future of Labor and Employment Law: What will President Obama and the new Congress do is the focus of a Butzel Long complimentary program on Dec. 18. The Obama victory and a filibuster-proof, or effectively filibuster-proof, Senate could mean the most change in federal labor and employment law
SAN JOSE - John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, kicked off the networking vendor's C-Scape Global Forum 2008 conference by talking about the next Internet experience, which he said will be driven by collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies. As he has stated in the past, Chambers said Cisco is living by what it
CALGARY, Alberta - Once an afterthought to many businesses, marketing is rapidly becoming important as sales pipelines dry up, the phones have stopped ringing, word of mouth referrals are no longer propagating and the unemployment rate starts to rise. How does the average small business professional continue to build a business, keep their heads above
ROYAL OAK - Looking for that unique holiday gift? Join MetroChickRadio.Com for its first Holiday Boutique Dec. 10 in Royal Oak. The Boutique features local business and artisans including: Happy Chick Designs The Bliss Network Le Cocoa Bee Honey Svasara-Treasure Chests The Little Thongs in Life Chambers Comfort Handmade Soaps Ono Tea Girls Empowered Power
TROY - The Automation Alley Technology Business Committee will host the next event in its popular Business to Business Development Series focused on Webinars January 14. Join Mark Leidlein of Awecomm Technologies and Terry Bean of Networked Inc. as they discuss how to build a webinar, what applications are available, and how to integrate it