SEATTLE - When Robert Trout wants to illustrate cryptography's particular need for speed, he tells the story of the Enigma encryption engine. In 1942 mathematician Alan Turing and his colleagues at Bletchley Park, England's code-breaking headquarters, had reverse-engineered the Enigma, a German encoding device, and the Allies started reading Axis battle plans. Suspecting trouble, the
DETROIT - Tongues were wagging this week as General Motors shook up its marketing staff once again. Remember, Bob Lutz held the top marketing job at GM only a few months ago when he was eased to the side and replaced by Susan Docherty. That's about the time that GM said all the big management
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will establish a new office focused on helping production companies shoot films in the area. It?s appropriately called the Ann Arbor Area Film Office, was has been approved as a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International. Michigan grabbed Hollywood's attention in April
LANSING - After weeks of work on legislation designed to prompt the early retirement of thousands of public school employees, it appears Michigan lawmakers finally have reached the critical decision-making point. Late Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-Algonac), the chief Senate negotiator on the bill, made a final offer to the top House negotiator, Rep.
FCC Details Plan To Reassert Authority Over Internet WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday detailed plans for its so-called "third way" to reclassify broadband service as a telecommunications service, which would help the agency reassert its authority for regulating the Internet, after it lost an important legal battle last month. The purpose
DETROIT - A popular day-long conference for emerging entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan is returning this year to Wayne State University on May 25-26. The free conferences are tailored toward individuals who missed the program last year. The FastTrac to the Future conferences will host about 1,000 attendees over the two-day event, bringing together displaced workers,
LANSING - After audit findings last month that the Michigan Economic Growth Authority was not necessarily ensuring credits were being given for promised job numbers or wages, the Senate Finance Committee told auditors it would be seeking a follow-up audit to be sure recommended changes were implemented. And auditors said the request would be added
ANN ARBOR - Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association, the global industry's trade group. To earn "CVP" status, individuals need to pass a test based on the basic tutorial programs AIA offers in the fundamentals of machine vision, beginning
DETROIT - Key institutions in Detroit, with sponsorship from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and Google are kicking off a one-year effort to broaden journalism's role in the nation's underserved communities. As many as 100 journalists, technologists, bloggers, educators, funders and entrepreneurs are expected to participate June 3-6
NEW YORK - More than half of Facebook and MySpace users surveyed have posted risky personal details about themselves online, according to the results of a new survey from Consumer Reports. The magazine's State of the Net 2010 report, published in its June 2010 issue and discussed in its Electronics blog on Tuesday, also discovered