WASHINGTON DC - The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track foreign targets, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post. The program, code-named PRISM,
HOLLAND - A willingness to work with a military contractor on product development and to add in-house capabilities helped a Holland-based medical device manufacturer secure a three-year deal to supply bandages to the U.S. Army. KI Medical Device Manufacturing L3C is an atypical manufacturing company in West Michigan. For one, the company, founded in 2009,
KALAMAZOO - Smartphones are everywhere these days and only becoming more popular. LKF Marketing Inc. saw the explosion of mobile communication devices coming two years ago and began updating its proprietary content management system to develop websites that would display properly on smartphones and tablet computers. ?We put a year into developing a responsive mechanism
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Friday announced two Requests for Proposals aimed at boosting food entrepreneurship in Michigan and fostering a sense of place in Michigan communities. ?Farmers markets and food trucks improve our downtowns and bring vitality and economic growth to our communities,? said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. ?These
LANSING - Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac and Saginaw will share in $100 million in federal funds to demolish blighted buildings, officials announced Thursday. The funds will flow from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's Step Forward Michigan program. "This will be a major expansion of an ongoing
LANSING - Legislation designed to open up more privately owned forestland to the timber industry was signed into law Thursday by Governor Rick Snyder, who hailed the bills as boosting the state's economy. "This is an opportunity to export more," he said at a news conference with legislators and timber industry officials. "This is actually
LANSING - Legislation designed to provide more flexibility in the Michigan Merit Curriculum for students who are interested in taking more career technical courses passed the House on Thursday. Supporters and opponents debated again Thursday whether the bills (HB 4465 and HB 4466 , approved 81-26 and 87-20) diminish the quality of education in the
SAN FRANCISCO - Security researchers have found a proof-of-concept attack that appears to be the first true viral malware approach for compromising OS X. The malware is called "Clampzok.A" and is a cross-platform malware package that alters the binary files on an affected system so when executed, the binary will infect neighboring binary files. The
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FREELAND - The BlueWater Angels are hosting a Pitch Night on June 12 at Apple Mountain in Freeland to showcase two Michigan early-stage companies. Pitch Night consists of 15-minute pitches by Michigan entrepreneurs / early stage companies (2-4) who are interested in getting in front of private investors to secure their next step to growth