PITTSBURGH - The US-CERT warned Friday of a new mass-mailing worm that contains a link to what looks like a PDF file but instead is a malicious screensaver file that will interfere with security software on Windows-based computers and spread the message to everyone in the e-mail address book. Subject lines of the variants include
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE also known as Talent, Ideas, Enterprise presents annual TiE Midwest 20 Startup Awards 2010 at TiECon Midwest annual conference to be held at The Henry Dearborn, October 28 and 29. Nomination deadline is Sept. 23. TiECon Midwest 2010 is an entrepreneurial conference, attracting hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture
ANN ARBOR ? Entrepreneurs who want to be matched to a coach in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest need to apply by Oct. 15. GLEQ Executive Director Diane Durance said any entrepreneur applying after that date will be on their own to develop a six-page executive summary, which is due no later
BATTLE CREEK ? The Totally Technology Series kicks off its fall classroom seminars Sept. 21 at Miller College with Open Source Technology Management. The free and low-cost technology training courses are designed to help professionals and organizations grow within today's market of interactivity. The classrooms and computer labs are located at Miller College, which is
WARREN - The National Science Foundation is awarding Macomb a $1.4 million grant to support the college's work focused on the growing opportunities that relate to the electrification of the automobile. The initial grant covers a two-year period, with NSF expecting to provide another $1.5 million for an additional two years of funding, contingent on
REDMOND, Wa. - With court backing and a novel use of a civil procedure, Microsoft appears to be close to obliterating the Waledac spam botnet, changing the way online criminal operations are defeated. A magistrate judge in federal court in Virginia is expected to recommend within days that the judge hearing Microsoft's case grant a
ROCHESTER ? MI Green Team is hosting a meeting Sept. 23 at the Mind, Body & Spirits Restaurant that will include a short presentation on green business practices. Following the meeting, there will be plenty of time for networking and sharing with other area green/wellness business owners. Green drinks will be offered at Happy Hour
ANN ARBOR - LA2M is pleased to announce Monday Night Football announcer and FIFA 2010 World Cup ABC Host Mike Tirico as the featured presenter at Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing on October 20. Mike will be sharing his insight into the marketing of the World Cup and the rise of soccer in the US at
SAN FRANCSICO - Mozilla released two new versions of its browser on Tuesday, Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12, to close 10 critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help Web site operators block a risk called clickjacking. Critical vulnerabilities can let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on a computer, CNET News.Com. With Web browsers
SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm Trend Micro has found malicious files in the wild related to a zero-day exploit in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The file that Trend Micro spotted on the Web called TROJ_PIDIEF.WM includes two "downloaders" called TROJ_DLOADR.WM and TROJ_CHIFRAX.BU. According to Adobe Systems, which first mentioned the exploit Wednesday, the malicious