ANN ARBOR - The umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association, AIA, and the Motion Control Association has changed its name from the Automation Technologies Council to the Association for Advancing Automation. ?The new name more accurately reflects our mission, which is to be the global advocate for the benefits of automation,? said Jeff
SAN JOSE, Ca. ? On Jan. 15, on-line shoe sales site Zappos notified customers about the breach of their database systems that resulted in the exposure of customer data, which could have been prevented if the data had been encrypted. Todd Thiemann, Senior Director, Product Marketing Vormetic, which provides encryption for 15 of the Fortune
SOUTHFIELD - The average age of cars and light trucks on the road today is a record 10.8 years, offering a sales opportunity for both the automotive aftermarket and for automakers who hope the public will buy new, rather than fix up. The annual survey from R.L. Polk shows the average age of cars and
LANSING - Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been linked to a variety of environmental problems around the country, but industry officials said a combination of the state's geography and its regulations would prevent those incidents in Michigan. Though the issue has become a hot button for environmentalists in recent months, Michigan has had wells that
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday its co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors, severing all ties with the Internet company he started nearly two decades ago. In a statement, Yang said: "the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside Yahoo." He added that he was also was
LANSING - Economists testifying at Friday's Revenue Estimating Conference saw good signs of economic growth in Michigan going forward, but concerns about the national economy and the debt crisis in Europe, which affects the state, are ever present. George Fulton of the University of Michigan's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics said the state is more
LANSING ? The state of Michigan's official travel and tourism web site attracted more visits than any state tourism web site in the country for the fifth consecutive year, according to the independent online measurement company Experian Hitwise. Michigan.Org received 7.69 percent of the overall market share of visits to state tourism sites, and had
LANSING ? The state of Michigan's official travel and tourism web site attracted more visits than any state tourism web site in the country for the fifth consecutive year, according to the independent online measurement company Experian Hitwise. Michigan.Org received 7.69 percent of the overall market share of visits to state tourism sites, and had
SAN FRANCISCO - The Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States ? the Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics Corp. announced that it has delivered its 1,000th Balance Hybrid Electric Truck to Purolator, Azure's largest customer. This unit also represents Purolator's 200th Hybrid Electric truck received in 2011, which is part of its previous record 600 unit order providing for 200 units being delivered in 2011 with an additional