CHICAGO - A data breach at e-mail database management firm Silverpop prompted McDonald's and at least one other Web site to warn subscribers, but it's unclear just how many companies are affected. McDonald's told customers this week that in addition to e-mail addresses, other information may have been exposed such as name, postal address, and
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Sunday quietly released the latest version of its Security Essentials anti-malware software. Security Essentials 2.0 is available as a free download with several changes over its predecessor. Microsoft said the updated anti-malware engine makes the software faster and smarter at detecting security hazards. The software also now ties in with Windows
TROY - Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers has been appointed to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Information and Communications Technologies, Services, and Electronic Commerce by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and the United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk. The Committee provides detailed policy and technical advice, information and recommendations to Secretary
DETROIT - Constance Logan, Michigan Assistant District Director for Minority Enterprise Development, has received the Society of American Military Engineers' 2010 Government Small Business Advocate Award. The award is given to a group of individuals who have demonstrated outstanding support to the Department of Defense planning, design, construction and environmental programs and who effectively communicate
DETROIT - Richard DiBartolomeo, Gov.-elect Rick Snyder's former campaign Finance Director, has joined the NextEnergy's Board of Directors. DiBartolomeo will serve as a Board Director and Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee. ?We are very pleased that Rick has joined us,? says NextEnergy Chairman Chris Rizik, who notes, ?his extensive experience will be highly
DETROIT ? Both Michigan Tech and the University of Detroit-Mercy are offering electric-drive vehicle courses that begin in January 2011. Michigan Tech Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicle Courses The Engineering Society of Detroit has partnered with Michigan Technological University to make ESD's headquarters a satellite location for distance learning students enrolled in Michigan Tech courses for
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University, through a partnership with Oakland County and the U.S. Department of Labor, has been awarded a federal grant to cover tuition for engineers living in Oakland County who enroll in its graduate certificate program in defense manufacturing engineering. As many as 15 engineers who meet the funding criteria will have
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday that her administration has laid the foundation for the "Next Michigan" she described in her second inaugural address of 2007, where the state would have a diversified economy and better-educated workforce. Leaving office in 15 days after a wrenching eight years of economic upheaval, Granholm, continuing a series
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm, in part two of her year-end interview, said she declined to critize the Michigan Business Tax ? unlike House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) and Sen. Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) - reserving her criticism instead for the MBT surcharge. "I think that the idea of making it more profit-sensitive,
LANSING - Conflict over industrial personal property tax exemptions and confusion over who should get such breaks has spurred thousands of court and administrative appeals and moved the elimination of the personal property tax to the top of the agenda for many business and political leaders in Michigan. Taxing authorities have said only property used