LANSING - Spending for $873 million of the state's transportation federal stimulus funds, which will support more than 130 projects around the state, which could create 25,000 news jobs, cleared the House overwhelmingly Wednesday. Projects include repair and reconstruction of I-475 in Flint, I-94 in Ann Arbor, I-196 in Grand Rapids, as well as reconstruction
LANSING - With the same cast returning for a repeat performance before the House Judiciary Committee that pushed the issue on both sides last session, the panel approved a package that would essentially erase the state's product liability immunity law and put prescription drugs under consumer protection laws. As they have in prior sessions, advocates
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund board Wednesday approved a $6.9 million grant to Thomas Township to make public infrastructure improvements needed for the expansion of the Hemlock Semiconductor Group's solar cell manufacturing facility, which could create up to 300 jobs over the next two years. Hemlock Semiconductor is a joint venture of Dow Corning
NEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a combination that would bolster IBM's heft on the Internet, in data storage and in government and telecommunications areas, according to people familiar with the matter. The two companies have a common interest in that both make computer systems for
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Systems earlier this month issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer and for which exploits had been reportedly found in the wild for nearly two months. Adobe alerted users about
WASHINGTON DC - It's easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch's cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has been under fire practically since its inception, flunking tests by outside
MIDLAND - The MidMichigan Innovators are presenting a special program on April 3 aimed at helping small businesses with technology innovations land multimillion dollar federal research and development grants. This seminar is specifically aimed at scientists in the region that may have recently retired or became available to embark on new horizons, as well as
REDMOND - Reduced IT budgets often means less spending on even the most important elements of technology, including security. However, Microsoft offered several tips on how to keep security up even in a down economy. Even with smaller budgets, security is still a necessity, and it's perhaps even more important in a down economy as
MINNEAPOLIS - The campaign of Republican Norm Coleman, who is engaged in a fierce legal battle to keep his Senate seat from Democrat Al Franken, has warned supporters that their credit card numbers may have been exposed on the Internet. His campaign manager, Cullen Sheehan, said the office became aware of a possible security breach
MOUNTAIN VIEW - The authors of the latest variant of the Conficker worm are upping the ante against security vendors who are working to stop the spread and threat of the persistent program. Conficker.C shuts down security services, blocks computers from connecting to security Web sites, and downloads a Trojan, CNET News.Com reported. It also