DETROIT - New Microsoft CEO? Smart TV?s The Big Stories in Tech: Rich Jaroslovsky, National Tech Columnist and NPR Commentator gives his analysis: Will insider Satya Nadella become the new CEO of Microsoft? Was Google?s sale of Motorola to Lenovo a huge loss or very smart move? Smart TV?s Ty Pendelbury, Senior Associate Editor, CNET
LANSING - Legislation curbing the personal liability of business executives if their firm fails to pay taxes has been signed by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder's signature of SB 337 (PA 3, immediate effect), comes after he vetoed a previous bill, SB 64 , over implementation concerns for the Department of Treasury. The new law pares
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - I had the chance to experience Google Glass, and its hands-free, wireless ability to navigate the web using voice commands, on Feb. 3 at the Augmented Reality MeetUp at the offices of Honigman, Miller. Local firm EyeWyre and Los Angeles-based Daqri also provided examples of work they are doing. Brian Wassom, attorney
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday put before the Legislature a budget that attempts to build on the fiscal discipline of past years and new growth, with increased and targeted spending on key areas such as education and a tax cut proposal that focuses on persons his critics have charged he hurt. In outlining
LANSING - More income tax filers would be eligible for the state's Homestead Property Tax Credit and their credits would rise under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by Governor Rick Snyder, although the credit will still go to fewer people than those eligible prior to enactment of Snyder's 2011 tax plan. Snyder completely departed from the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed a 6.1 percent, or $76.9 million, increase for the state's 15 public universities on Wednesday, boasting it is the highest increase since 2001. But some Democrats and universities are saying it still doesn't go far enough to offset the cuts from three years ago. New for the 2014-15 fiscal
DETROIT - Mary Barra, General Motors new CEO, is not the type of boss who ever thought she'd be featured in Fortune, let alone sit atop the magazine's inaugural Most Powerful Women in global business ranking. The first woman in her family to go to college, she worked her way through General Motors Institute (now
SOCHI, Russia - According to an NBC News report, unprepared attendees at the Sochi Olympics are being hacked the second they fire up their electronic devices. NBC reporter Richard Engel worked with a security expert to set up two test computers in order to see just how quickly he'd be attacked when logging onto Russian
MINNEAPOLIS - Target is still reeling from the massive security breach, which affected as many as 110 million customers. Now, as the retailer gets back on its feet, it's becoming more security focused. Target Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan wrote an opinion piece for The Hill on Monday saying that the company was speeding up
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe is recommending that users update their Flash Players immediately - especially those who frequent Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. The company released an emergency security bulletin on Tuesday that addresses vulnerabilities in Flash, which could be exploited by hackers. "This vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely take control of the