SAN FRANCISCO - Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting social networks, prompting people to take more steps to protect their online privacy, according to a new survey from security company Webroot. A survey of nearly 4,000 social-network users in the U.S., U.K., and Australia found that the number of people hit by Koobface and other social-networking malware
LANSING - Switching from a divided Legislature to one controlled by the same party helped increase the number of bills passed in the first six months between the two chambers, a Gongwer News Service analysis finds. While Democrats controlled the House the past two sessions and Republicans were in charge of the Senate, the rate
TROY - Curtis Hicks, president and CEO of Center for Computer Resources, has been voted one of the 150 most influential Power Players in the Small to Medium Business Channel Partner Community in an international poll performed by SMB PC Magazine. ?It?s a tremendous honor to be recognized by my colleagues and professional peers in
ANN ARBOR - Tangent Medical Technologies, a development stage medical device company focused on next generation intravenous access systems, has hired former Accuri Cytometers CEO Jeffrey S. Williams as its Chief Executive Officer. Williams also will serve as Chairman of the board of directors. While at Accuri, he oversaw revenue growth of 65 percent year-over-year,
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan entrepreneurs can register for the fall 2011 round of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a business-plan competition that pays cash prizes and helps connect start-up businesses with potential investors. As in years past, GLEQ is divided into two category: New Business Idea and Emerging Company. The top cash prize in each
GRAND RAPIDS - Christopher Payne, the president of the ISSA chapter in Grand Rapids, said he expects upwards of 500 security professionals to attend the first GrrCON information security and hacking conference on Sept. 16. ?We don?t have a conference like this in Michigan, ? Payne said. ?SecureWorld is more sponsor driven. Our is more
DETROIT - Students from the Blackstone LaunchPad, Wayne State University's student entrepreneur program, and other colleges around the Metro Detroit area will showcase their business models at Wayne State's Get Launched! Event Nov. 15. Also at the Get Launched! event, Hatch Detroit will reveal the winner of their contest for the next great Detroit-based retail
WIXOM - TiE Detroit, the Detroit Chapter of the global not-for-profit organization TiE ? Talent, Ideas, Enterprise, has launched a new educational program that targets motivated high school students to teach them the basics of entrepreneurship. The application deadline is Aug. 26. ?TiE Young Entrepreneur's bigger cause is Social Development,? said Seema Chaturvedi, co-founder and
STERLING HEIGHTS - UHY Advisors has expanded its presence in Asia by welcoming its newest member - Shanghai ZhongHua Certified Public Accountants, to the global accountancy network of UHY, of which UHY MI has been a member since 2001. This new Shanghai-based member gives UHY Advisors a second location in China, where it also has
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University will launch a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering this fall, what university officials described as the first undergraduate program of its kind in Michigan and only the second in the country. The interdisciplinary degree program blends mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science with robotics. In keeping with Lawrence Tech?s