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Apple Issues Fix For Shellshock, aka Bash, Bug

CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has issued a fix for Shellshock, aka Bash, a bug that could let hackers gain access to some Macintosh computers. But security experts said Tuesday that Apple's patch is incomplete and leaves one vulnerability open. Shellshock affects most computers around the world running Unix and Linux, including Apple's OS X operating-system

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Report: ComputerCop Doing Far More Harm Than Good

SAN FRANCISCO - The heavily distributed kid-monitoring software ComputerCop, which many police departments around the US gave to families for free, is doing far more harm than good, a new report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation alleges. An eight-month investigation by the group -- a nonprofit that focuses on civil liberties in the digital realm

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

JPMorgan Chase Admits Hack Hit 76 Million Household Accounts

NEW YORK - A cyber attack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised more than 76 million household accounts and seven million small-business accounts, making it among the largest corporate hacks ever discovered. The latest revelations, which were disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday and reported by the New York Times, vastly dwarf earlier estimates

By |2014-10-02T00:00:00-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Dematic Adds RapidStore ML Automated Storage, Retrieval System

GRAND RAPIDS ? Dematic has introduced RapidStore ML, a miniload automated storage and retrieval system that handles totes and cartons. It is a high density, compact load staging and sequencing solution, for reserve storage, goods-to-person order fulfillment, automatic pick face replenishment, palletizing, and order consolidation applications. For the production environment, the RapidStore solution is ideal

By |2014-10-01T00:00:00-04:00October 1st, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

aimWest: Technology In The Food And Beverage Industry

GRAND RAPIDS - Beer, food, and technology? Yes please. Come join aimWest on October 15th to whet your appetite, enjoy some ?food for thought,? and learn about this unique industry as the technology networking group conducts a fun and interesting discussion surrounding technology and how it impacts the local food and beverage industry. Panelists: Abel

By |2014-10-01T00:00:00-04:00October 1st, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Amazon Web Services Now On Internet2’s NET Plus Initiative

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Higher education leaders, Internet2 and DLT Solutions Wednesday announced that a customized offering of Amazon Web Services will be immediately available via Internet2?s NET+ initiative to all higher education campuses. The University of Virginia, the sponsoring institution, and the University of Chicago, Cornell University, the University of Iowa and the University of

By |2014-10-01T00:00:00-04:00October 1st, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Nobel Laureate To Talk Cholesterol, Coronaries At Van Andel Institute

GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute announced Wednesday that Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, M.D., will give a special scientific seminar Oct. 27 called A Century of Cholesterol and Coronaries at the Institute. Brown was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1985 along with his colleague, Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, for

By |2014-10-01T00:00:00-04:00October 1st, 2014|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|