DETROIT - Tony Scott, the former chief technology officer for General Motors, who now works as the chief information officer for Microsoft, talks about the five fundamentals all CIOs need to know. Scott was a keynote speaker at the Midwest Technology Leaders Conference. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
MANISTEE - Tom Stanton, who heads up the Michigan Public Service Commission's Renewable Energy Program, talks about the 30 percent federal tax credit that is available through Dec. 31 for anyone who buys energy saving products for their homes. Hear all about it in this GreenTech edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com
MANISTEEE - Another bright alternative energy idea from the Michigan Energy Fair - Bright Idea Energy Solutions of Chicago offers a different twist on generating wind energy, using a vertical cone shaped blade rather than propellers. To learn more about this product, listen to this GreenTech edition of Newsmaker interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com
LANSING - Neogen Corporation on Tuesday announced its revenues surpassed $100 million for the first time, while fiscal 2008 earnings set a new high as well. Neogen, which develops and markets products dedicated to food and animal safety, reported a 19 percent increase in revenues for its 2008 fiscal year, which ended May 31, and
ANN ARBOR - To celebrate the grand opening of the new Borders.com, the company has launched a sweepstakes where one lucky winner will receive a $1,000 Borders gift card to build a "dream library" of favorite books, movies and music titles. Sweepstakes entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EDT, July 31. The winner of
NEW ORLEANS - A study looking at the potential impact of global warming on the states has projected that Michigan could see an impact in terms of billions of dollars in lost trade as a result of lower Great Lakes levels alone. The report, which looks at the impact on a number of other states
LANSING - Ever since the House threw on tie-bar amendments to a campaign finance measure and augmentation to the state's no-fault auto insurance, legislation that would change the Michigan Business Tax's gross receipts calculation to exclude taxes businesses remit to the state has hung in limbo. The House acted on SB 1038 prior to recessing
LANSING - The Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board received 117 applications, in the final count, for the current year round of 21st Century Jobs Fund investments that will divvy up $30 million. But at least two and as many as 26 of those proposals will not be reviewed because they did not meet the
SAN FRANCISCO - A team of computer scientists has published source code that can in some circumstances bypass encryption used in Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault and be used to view the contents of supposedly secure files. A report published by CNET News.Com in February described how the contents of a computer's memory could be
ANN ARBOR - William Brinkerhoff has joined the Board of Directors at Velcura Therapeutics. Brinkerhoff was vice president of business development for Esperion Therapeutics in Ann Arbor, where he successfully negotiated multiple large potential partnering agreements prior to Esperion's acquisition by Pfizer for $1.3 billion. Velcura just completed a first-in-man clinical trial for VEL-0230, an