DETROIT - A full-size sedan equipped with a state-of-the-art data collection system is Wayne State University's newest research tool to study driver performance under hazardous conditions while in a safe environment. Data collected in a virtual environment will assist researchers and industry leaders in developing new products and practices to reduce injuries and fatalities. "The
ANN ARBOR - LTI Information Technology has been re-certified as a Cisco Premier Certified Partner and Certified Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization in the USA. LTI Information Technology has been a Cisco Partner for 5 consecutive years and has again met all requirements for achieving Cisco Premier Certification, including personnel, support, training, client recognition and
BENTON HARBOR - Verizon Wireless has activated four new cell sites that expand network coverage and capacity in Berrien County, and two new cell sites that expand network coverage in Kalamazoo. In Benton Harbor, the new cell sites improve Verizon Wireless�?? voice and data network coverage around the Four Winds Casino and along the following
ANN ARBOR - TechStreet, which was sold to Thomas Reuters a few years ago, has received the 2008 Information Services Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association for excellence in web site development. The WebAward names the best Web sites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all website development.
FERNDALE - The Social Connection, a metro-Detroit-based lifestyle and event company, has launched a one-stop website for all-things New Year's Eve 2009. NYEDetroit.Com features all of Detroit�??s major parties is designed to meet the needs of party-seekers of all types �?? from hipsters, club-hoppers, hole-in-the-wall bar seekers and those looking for a more sophisticated and
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
SALINE - DesignHub, a creative services and marketing firm, has created a brochure and an accompanying countertop display to help Evangelical Homes of Michigan raise funds for the Memory Support Center now under construction at the Brecon Village Retirement Community in Saline. The brochure and display describe EHM?s Sponsor a Brick program, in which contributors
ANN ARBOR - Zachary Moen has joined Butzel Long as an associate attorney practicing in the firm's Ann Arbor office. Moen represents corporate and individual clients in intellectual property and commercial litigation. He also has defended individuals and companies at various stages of federal criminal investigations, conducted internal investigations on behalf of corporations, and counseled
WARREN - Survivability Team Leader Heather Molitoris of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, has received the prestigious Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year Award for 2007. ?Heather was selected for her outstanding work using many different modeling and simulation [M&S] tools for developing