MOSCOW - Kaspersky labs and Alienvault have released a new analysis that outlines recent increases in targeted attacks against Uyghur groups in China, where an apparent ongoing politically motivated effort is using old vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word to infect their systems with malware. The effort is using unpatched versions of Microsoft Word 2004 and 2008
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown announced this week its Venture Accelerator program, a highly competitive, boot camp-style program to help show entrepreneurs how to turn early stage technology-based startup into a sustainable, market ready business in just 12 weeks. Application deadline is March 15. Accepted teams will be provided with access to a $10,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers broke into several television stations' Emergency Alert Systems last week and broadcast that zombies were "rising from their graves" and "attacking the living." While a comical hoax, security consultancy firm IOActive warns that this type of behavior is dangerous and not that hard for hackers to do, according to Computerworld. This
ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science is once again seeking 16 academically talented students to take advantage of National Science Foundation scholarships in industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. As part of a $598,980 grant the SECS received last year to fund its OU's Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship Program, 16
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems has developed a dashboard system for key performance indicators for two franchise in The Dwyer Group of Waco, Texas. The Dwyer Group is an international enterprise and parent company for seven service-based franchise companies that provide a broad range of residential and commercial maintenance and repair services. Each franchisee can
LANSING - Speakers and attendees of the first public forum on energy policy Thursday largely agreed on the need to move toward more renewable power and energy efficiency, but were split on whether the state's current energy law was the way to get there. The goal of the seven forums planned between Thursday and April
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to increase the gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees is not likely to see any traction the Senate, but the idea of an increase in those areas in a different form is still open for debate. Snyder has proposed increasing the fuel tax to 33 cents per gallon from
DETROIT ? Compuware Corp. has developed a poison pill defense against takeover by New York hedge fund, Elliott Management that would pay senior executives big bonuses if the computer software and services company changes hands and they lose their jobs as a result. In a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commisssion, Compuware
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement and has completed the acquisition of Leeds, U.K.-based Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for approximately $283 million in cash. Founded in 1967, Rosemont is a specialty and generic prescription pharmaceutical company focused on the manufacturing and marketing of oral liquid formulations. Rosemont's current portfolio
DETROIT - Wayne State University's contract to conduct federally funded research into problem pregnancies was extended another decade through a $165.9 million deal announced Thursday. Wayne State said the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Wayne State a second 10-year contract to