DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company announced Thursday the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers - without depending on the electric grid for fuel. Instead of powering its battery from an electrical outlet, Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept harnesses the power
BIRMINGHAM - My coverage of the NSA's massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of the first to publish trepidation a day after the first Snowden report and again a week later. Recent events appear to validate my
LANSING - The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late Monday gave its approval of Michigan's Medicaid eligibility expansion plan, meaning the state can move ahead with steps to enroll low-income individuals into the health care program. "It's a nice year-end gift for the governor and Legislature," Community Health Director James Haveman said in
TENAFLY, N.J. - Any organization that has not already started to think about the impact mobility has on IT security should start doing so this year. 63% of businesses provide formal access to some of their business applications to mobile users, a Quocirca research report "Digital Identities and the Open Business," showed. Furthermore, the sheer
GRAND RAPIDS - Israeli researchers have identified a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone that allegedly allows a hacker to easily intercept secure data. Samsung told CNET and other news outlets that it's looking into the issues and thus far doesn't believe the problem is as serious as the researchers present in their findings.
WASHINGTON DC - A US district judge dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit against the government's top spy agency, ruling that bulk collection of telephony metadata by the NSA is lawful. In June, the ACLU filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's mass collection of phone records, arguing that the
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio is hosting a webinar Jan. 17 to look at what government funding may be available for the life sciences industry. Accessing Government Funding in a Changing Landscape will show viewers how to access government funding for your bioscience company, especially from the Department of Defense. Speaker, Liz Powell, is a former
HOLLAND - John Maxson has been elevated to the position of Chief Executive Officer at Genzink Steel, a supplier of fabricated steel products for original equipment manufacturers of heavy equipment in the Oil & Gas, Mining, Rail, Energy and Defense Industries across North America. Maxon served for the past decade as chief operating officer. Genzink
DETROIT ? Grand Circus is saying goodbye to 2013 with a sweet deal for our favorite peeps (literally, it's an early bird special). Apply to one of its three upcoming in-depth classes before January 1st and get 20 percent off. Build a Dynamic Website: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Jan 28th ? April 3rd, 6:00 ? 9:00
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission has not yet determined if it will review the activities of certain utilities as crews continue to work on power outages in the Lansing region after the past weekend's ice storm, the commission's executive director said Thursday. After major outages, the commission has occasionally reviewed utilities in affected