DALLAS - AT&T and Lenovo, a Chinese computer manufacturer, announced Thursday the bundling of AT&T Tech Support 360 with select Lenovo PCs. With this bundle, small and midsize businesses can now access to live, 24/7 technical support with a single purchase. These businesses can now purchase Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 and T400 laptops and ThinkCentre A58
ANN ARBOR ? Internet marketing company Pure Visibility has been selected for the Yahoo! Web Analytics Consultant Network, an exclusive group of analytics service providers. Pure Visibility is one of two agencies globally to earn accreditation by all major search engines. To become part of the Yahoo! Web Analytics Consultant Network, Pure Visibility had to
WASHINGTON - The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the CIA, the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and three other government agencies this week for allegedly refusing to release information about how they are using social networks in surveillance and investigations. The non-profit Internet rights watchdog group formally asked more than a dozen agencies or
DETROIT - California will be the "lead market" for the Chevy Volt when the electric-powered car becomes available at the end of next year, General Motors said Wednesday. California was chosen because the state has the largest U.S. car market, and Californians are "known to be leaders in adopting groundbreaking new technologies," GM's vice president
LANSING - While education lobbyists and Michigan House lawmakers still are working behind the scenes on education reforms pertaining to charter schools and teacher performance, the public debate on the legislation Thursday was all about whether state law requiring schools to start after Labor Day should be changed. The House Education Committee will hear more
LANSING - While job losses in the manufacturing sector may have triggered residents leaving Michigan, the impact of their departure has contributed to another 15,855 jobs and $1.9 billion in economic activity lost, according to a new study by Michigan State University researchers. The report found that in addition, the state lost $585 million in
LANSING - A frustrated Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday during a radio interview that she hoped business leaders could succeed in moving the Legislature toward compromise on the state's budget and revenue situation "where I have not." In the interview, Granholm said some change needs to be made to the state's tax structure to help
ANN ARBOR - Government web sites outperformed private sector web sites in a healthcare benchmark report released Tuesday by Ann Arbor-based ForeSee Results. The survey measured the customer satisfaction of nearly 40,000 visitors to healthcare web sites during the month of October. On the benchmark?s 100-point scale, government websites scored 79 (in aggregate), while pharmaceutical
STAMFORD, Conn. - The energy, space and technology problems currently facing data center managers are set to worsen in 2010, according to analyst firm Gartner, Data center and IT managers need to find pragmatic ways in which to deal with them. "Energy costs are the fastest-rising cost element in the data center portfolio, and yet
SAN FRANCSICO - With most computers threatened by attacks coming through Web applications, it's no surprise that security would be a key piece of Chrome OS, Google's browser-based operating system that stores data in the cloud. In this video, Google security engineer Will Drewry explains how Chrome OS separates user data from root or system