LANSING - The Michigan budget shortfall facing Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Legislature for the 2010-11 fiscal year shrunk by more than $300 million, and the state's public schools will likely receive an infusion of cash, as nearly $700 million in federal money is headed to Michigan as an aid package to the states received
LANSING - A revised version of a bill that would authorize the construction of the Detroit River International Crossing would limit the use public-private partnerships solely to the DRIC project, a key senator said Tuesday. But Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-Algonac) said he still has no firm timetable to take the bill up for a vote
LANSING - Allan Gilmour, once the top financial executive at Ford Motor Company, was named the interim president of Wayne State University by a unanimous vote of the school's Board of Governors. Gilmour succeeds Jay Noren, who resigned as president to be with his wife who is recovering from cancer. Gilmour has said he does
LANSING - After sharing the top spot last quarter in the 'How Social Is Your State DMO?' study, Michigan has pulled away with the No. 1 ranking for the period April through June 2010. The study, conducted by Gammet Interactive, is based on the 50 official US tourism offices use of social media including Facebook,
SAN JOSE - The private browsing options provided by the four major Web browser publishers aren't as anonymous and secure as most users might think, researchers at Stanford University's Computer Science Security Lab said in a new paper to be published next week at the Usenix Security Symposium. In tests comparing the anonymity and security
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network President/CEO Don Welch has been named the Vice Chair of Internet2's External Relations Advisory Council, which is responsible for advising Internet2's Board and management on matters of policy, standards, and strategies in the context of industry, government, and international relations. "I am honored by the confidence that the Council has
ANN ARBOR ? A former University of Michigan start-up company, Arbor Networks, has agreed to be acquired by a Texas-based network service provider, the companies announced Monday. Terms of the acquisition, expected to close next month, were not disclosed. Cyber Security expert Richard Stiennon, in his eNewsletter Cyber Defense Weekly, said the netflow analysis and
LANSING - Personal incomes in most of Michigan's largest metro regions fell in 2009 compared to 2008, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Department of Commerce, but by far less than the average decline nationwide. The data, which looked at incomes in metro areas across the United States, also showed that in the
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Snyder had called on Democrats and independents to support his campaign, and pundits have said those crossovers helped turned the election for him. Now, observers are also beginning to look at the voting returns for proof that crossover voting played a major role in Snyder's victory. Mark Grebner, founder
WASHINGTON DC - CEOs from Google and Verizon Communications on Monday announced a proposal to policymakers for keeping the Internet open. The companies jointly suggested a legislative framework for consideration by lawmakers. The major breakthrough in the proposal is an agreement that the nondiscrimination clause that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed as part of