SAN FRANCISCO - A group of security researchers say they have found ways to trick online cashier systems into ordering items for free or at a discount. Researchers from Indiana University and Microsoft Research found security holes in a software development kit from payment hosting provider Amazon Payments, Rui Wang, a Ph.D. student at Indiana
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner Inc. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system worldwide and will build on its strength to account for 49 percent of the smartphone market
AUBURN HILLS - MI Green Team, ecoSTORE USA and the US Green Building Council Detroit Regional Chapter - Green Schools Committee have teamed up to offer kids a chance to show everyone what their school is doing or could be doing to be "green" through the My Green School Art Contest. In conjunction with the
PORTAGE ? Manatron announced that Texas's Tarrant Appraisal District has signed a contract with contracted with Manatron to install its GRM computer-aided mass appraisal software to serve as its newly integrated assessment system. Contract details were not announced. Tarrant AD is the second-largest appraisal district in Texas and encompasses more than 822,000 parcels. When the
SAN FRANCISCO - A subtle shift in online threats targeting the corporate market is taking place, according to McAfee. Cybercriminals have transitioned from stealing personal information to targeting the corporate intellectual capital of organizations, as they perceive there is greater value in selling a corporation's proprietary information and trade secrets, which have little to no
LANSING ? Arialink and the Center for Business Innovation have formed a partnership to offer Mid-Michigan companies private cloud computing direct connection and private access to data, applications and email. This cloud offering is customized to meet company specific needs to achieve the functionality of a private data center. With fast, seamless, secure access to
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics announced that its products will comprise a new half million dollar DHL 80-vehicle "green" fleet in Manhattan. The DHL fleet includes 50 Balance Hybrid Electric powertrains to be retrofitted on existing Ford E450 chassis and 30 Transit Connect Electric vans. The Azure-provided DHL vehicles are part of DHL?s comprehensive GoGreen
GRAND RAPIDS - US Signal announced its plan to add a cloud-based Managed Data Center offering to its Managed Services portfolio by the end of the second quarter. US Signal's Managed Data Center is built with dedicated resource pools designed to rapidly provision and host Virtual Private Servers accessible through US Signal Wide Area Networks.
ANN ARBOR - The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's Defense Center and SoarTech will host a Michigan Robotics Day on April 12 at NCMS headquarters in Ann Arbor. The event will showcase innovations and demonstrations in robotics and the program will include presentations from robotics industry luminaries
DETROIT - Do you have a business idea or start-up that you'd like to get feedback on from a venture capital company for possible funding? Farmington Hills-based Beringea, Michigan?s largest VC firm, will be holding its ?Office Hours? open pitch program in Detroit on Tuesday, April 12. Beringea is inviting entrepreneurs at all stages looking