WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure late Thursday to disarm two of the National Security Agency's surveillance tactics. The House voted 293-123 in favor of an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2015 that would cut off funding for programs engineering security vulnerabilities in US-made tech products,
NORTHVILLE - Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America introduced its FLEXConnect audio-video bridging system. This next generation in-vehicle infotainment system provides flexibility for multiple displays and multiple content streams, allowing passengers to enjoy individual entertainment preferences. ?FLEXConnect is an exciting development for in-vehicle infotainment systems,? said Doug Ray, director, audio, video and communications, Mitsubishi Electric. ?Our new
ANN ARBOR ? Llamasoft will host its fourth annual customer conference, SummerCon, at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor June 25-27 with more than 550 registrants gathering to learn and network, a record attendance. John Phillips, Senior Vice President of Customer Supply Chain and Global Go-to-Market for PepsiCo, Inc. will present a keynote address on
WASHINGTON DC - An effort by Delray community groups and the owners of the Ambassador Bridge to challenge a federal decision to locate the U.S. landing site for a new Detroit River bridge in the downriver Detroit neighborhood was rejected by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. The decision, in Latin Americans
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved most of Consumers Energy Company's revised renewable energy plan that includes a complete elimination of the renewable energy charge effective with the July billing month. "The elimination of the renewable energy surcharge reflects the falling cost of wind-generated energy," PSC Chair John Quackenbush said in a
ANN ARBOR ? It will cost an instate undergraduate student $13,158 in tuition ? the highest in the state - to attend the University of Michigan this fall, 1.6 percent more than a year ago after The University of Michigan's Board of Regents approved a 2014-15 budget on Thursday. The increase, university officials said, is
SOUTHFIELD -The Engineering Society of Detroit presented several awards at its Annual Benefit Dinner June 18 at Cobo Center in Detroit. Christopher Webb, FESD, co-founder and volunteer director of The ESD Institute, received the organization?s highest award, the Horace H. Rackham Humanitarian Award, for his work in important public policy issues ? most recently, the
DETROIT ? The Internet Advisor as heard on WJR 760 AM in Detroit will feature on Saturday June 21 ? the summer solstice ? a discussion on Social Media Day in Detroit, Mrs. Weber?s Neighborhood, AT&T discussion on Hotspots, and headlines from MITechNews.Com. All of that is during the first hour, which airs live from
LANSING ? More than 350 small business owners and supporters attended the Small Business Association of Michigan?s 45th annual meeting on June 19 in Lansing where Sen. Mike Kowall was recognized as its Legislator of the Year. ?Sen. Kowall has been a champion for small business during his years in both the state house and
LANSING - Michigan's expanded Medicaid eligibility plan, the Healthy Michigan plan, has gained more than 300,000 enrollees in about 11 weeks since it went live on April 1. Department of Community Health officials said the program had 301,645 enrollees on Wednesday. The state updates publicly the enrollee figures every Monday, and two days ago the