DETROIT - You may be sick and tired of hearing about all these recalls at Toyota, but here's another one. The company is voluntarily calling back some 8,000 Tacoma pickups. A small number of 2010 models with four-wheel drive may have tiny cracks on part of the front driveshaft that could cause the shaft to
LANSING - Pure Michigan ads depict vast lake scenes, woods afire in autumnal colors, serene winter landscapes, and have won awards and praise for helping restart Michigan's tourism industry during one of its worst economic crisis. Yet, there is a small number of critics who charge the ads' beauty belie a false government premise. Led
LANSING - Economists have been hedging about the timing of Michigan's economic comeback, but it will be this year, said Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Greg Main in a recent interview with Gongwer News Service. At the most recent revenue estimating conference, and at several prior conferences, economists have indicated that Michigan employment should begin
WARREN - Exceptional women business leaders will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association at the 14th annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace Conference and Distinguished Service Awards Brunch. The event will take place on March 4 at the Fairlane Club in Dearborn from 7:30 a.m. until noon. Marla Drutz, from WDIV
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, chief technology officer for the State of Michigan, and Director of Infrastructure Services, says the state is rapidly moving towards a cloud computing infrastructure to store, and retrieve, most state records. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
KALAMAZOO - Don't miss the Great Lakes 2010 InfraGard Conference to be held at The Fetzer Center in Kalamazoo on March 10. As an added bonus, you earn six CPEs for attending this event. "Securing the Next Decade: Great Lakes 2010 InfraGard Conference" Date: Wednesday March 10th, 2010 Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (breakfast
LONDON - Executives unsure of the viability of cloud computing need look no further than the criminal fraternity for a ringing endorsement of the technology, according to a security expert. Cloud computing has been enthusiastically taken up by criminals for a range of activities, Rik Ferguson, senior security adviser at security firm Trend Micro, told
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, a mobile security expert said. For one, if the iPad employs encryption the same way the iPhone does, sensitive personal data, including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, could be
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft said on Thursday that it is planning an update to Windows 7 that will close a number of loopholes that counterfeiters had used to thwart the operating system's built-in antipiracy measures. The Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7, which will be released later this month, closes more than 70 "activation
SAN JOSE - Security suite vendor McAfee in its 2010 product line introduced an overhauled interface and new features in a bid to remain competitive. The change to its interface is as dramatic a shift as the one that Avast introduced in its 2010 suites, although McAfee's look is drastically different from any major security