MACKINAC ISLAND ? Michigan's businesses will have new ways to buy and sell, raise capital, and connect with each other through the $3 million Pure Michigan Business Connect initiative announced Thursday. Huntington National Bank's guarantee to loan $2 billion over four years for commercial and small Michigan-based companies, makes up the bulk of it. Governor
JINAN, CHINA - Google Inc. said Chinese hackers targeted the Gmail accounts of hundreds of prominent people in a fresh computer attack certain to intensify growing concern about the security of the Internet. The victims, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel, Chinese activists and journalists, were tricked into sharing their passwords with "bad actors"
TROY ? A new report from Automation Alley contends Michigan is among the leaders in technology innovation in the nation with Metro Detroit and Grand Rapids ranking as two of the nation's top technology centers. Automation Alley?s 2011 Technology Industry Report was done by the Anderson Economic Group, a business consulting firm based in East
DETROIT - Comcast is expanding its free Constant Guard anti-botnet service for Xfinity customers to add identity fraud detection to its anti-malware and secure backup service. The Internet service provider launched a trial of Constant Guard in 2009 and took it nationwide last September, alerting customers when their computers appear to have been compromised by
FARMINGTON HILLS - Manoj Bhargava, CEO of Living Essentials, maker of the popular 5-Hour Energy drink, is reportedly the money behind the new $100 million Stage 2 Innovations Fund announced last week. This report was published Wednesday by Crain?s Detroit. Stage 2 Innovations President Simon Boag had declined last week to tell MITechNews.Com Editor Mike
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech will be participating in World IPv6 Day on June 8 and have added their web site to the list of ISOC verified and approved participants. World IPv6 Day is being put together by the Internet Society (or ISOC) in order to ?test flight? IPv6 on a larger scale. The main
BINGHAM FARMS ? Benzinga, a media Web site that generates trading ideas, has received a $1.5 million investment from Lightbank, started by the cofounders of Chicago-based Groupon. Benzinga is a fast-growing media source that delivers streaming news, trading ideas, original commentary and analyst ratings. It will use its new resources to add personnel and fund
BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels announce that the Intellectual Property law firm of Rader, Fishman & Grauer has become a Sponsor. Terms were not announced. GLA President David Weaver said he was pleased to find Rader, Fishman & Grauer willing to be active in this entrepreneurial space and be there for the companies needing assistance
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware surged, spam fell and threats targeting the Symbian and Android environments grew significantly in Q1, according to the latest McAfee Labs Threats Report. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had
DEARBORN - Ford has announced that they're joining the ranks of automakers producing an eight-speed transmission, and they've also announced production of an electronic continuously variable transmission for hybrid vehicles. Both transmissions are Ford-designed and Ford-built, unlike some transmission offerings from Ford today. The Car Connection.Com reports Ford already has the distinction of offering more