Events/Announcements

DARPA Awards $21 Million Grant To Protect Soldiers’ Smart Phones From Attack

NEW YORK - The U.S. government is working to reinforce soldiers' devices against data breaches. According to The New York Times, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has given a $21 million grant to the company Invincea to protect soldiers' Android-based phones and tablets from cyber threats. "By separating untrusted apps and content

By |2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

McAfee Survey: 70 Percent Of Teens Admit Hiding Online Activity From Parents

SAN JOSE ? IT security company McAfee said a survey showed a whopping 70 percent of teens aged 13 to 17 have admitted to hiding their online activities from parents. McAfee found that 43 percent of the surveyed teens access simulated violence on the Web, while 32 percent view nude content or pornography. Interestingly, parents

By |2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00June 25th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

$1 Million Accelerate Michigan Biz Plan Competition Taking Applications

DETROIT ? A million dollars in cash awards are up for grabs in the 2012 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, one of North America's largest business competitions. The winner gets $500,000 alone, runner-up wins $150,000 plus there are business in-kind awards to later stage, entrepreneurial businesses that have the potential to have an immediate and positive

By |2012-06-22T00:00:00-04:00June 22nd, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

MEDC Announces $6.8 Million In Loan Approvals For Five Michigan Companies

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of loans of up to $6.8 million for five growing Michigan companies through the Michigan Business Growth Fund Loan Participation Program. ?The Loan Participation Program will allow these companies to move forward and continue to grow, which in turn brings jobs and

By |2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00June 21st, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

U.S., Israel Fired Up Flame Cyberattack, Washington Post Contends

WASHINGTON D.C. - According to several sources who spoke with the Washington Post, Flame helped "prepare the battlefield" for other cyberattacks, including Stuxnet. The Washington Post reports, citing sources, that Flame was the brainchild of the U.S. National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Israel's military. The focus of the malware was to surreptitiously

By |2012-06-21T00:00:00-04:00June 21st, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Tetra Discovery Partners Nabs $10 Million NIH Cooperative Agreement

GRAND RAPIDS - Tetra Discovery Partners LLC has been awarded a five-year $10 million cooperative agreement by the National Institutes of Health to support Tetra's efforts to develop a new drug to treat mild cognitive impairment associated, which often precedes and accompanies Alzheimer's disease. Tetra?s award includes up to $1.5 million in direct funding and

By |2012-06-19T00:00:00-04:00June 19th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Language In Bridge Deal Appears Designed To Thwart Ballot Drive

LANSING - The agreement between Michigan and Canada setting up the framework to build the new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, contains wording that seems to inoculate it from the ballot proposal that would mandate a statewide vote in favor of a new international border crossing, one of Lansing's top attorneys says. Attorney Richard

By |2012-06-18T00:00:00-04:00June 18th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Snyder, Harper Bask In Agreement Years In The Making

WINDSOR, Ontario - The deal to build a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is signed and sealed, and now the question for U.S. and Canadian motorists and commercial traffic interests is whether Governor Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper can deliver despite continued opposition from the owners of the nearby Ambassador

By |2012-06-15T00:00:00-04:00June 15th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|