LANSING - Legislators and Governor Rick Snyder are poised to virtually finish the 2012-13 fiscal year budget Friday after striking agreements Thursday on the last remaining issue in the K-12 budget and resolving an impasse in the higher education budget. Negotiators reached a deal in the evening on the higher education budget after days of
MACKINAC ISLAND - Governor Rick Snyder opened the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference by reminding attendees that this is not an event to do nice things with one another, but is meant to be an accelerator aimed at reinventing the state. "Do not make this a nice event," Snyder said. "Make this an event that makes
MACKINAC ISLAND ? Four southeast Michigan economic development groups plan to spend $6 million over the next three years to spark economic investment in Detroit and the region. The Detroit Regional Chamber, Wayne County, Oakland County and Ann Arbor Spark are initial backers of the campaign.. ?Successful economic regions have regional economic development efforts,? said
SHANGHAI, China - Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will surpass $171.5 billion in 2012, a 61.9 percent increase from 2011, while the number of mobile payment users will reach 212.2 million in 2012, up from 160.5 million in 2011. "We expect global mobile transaction volume and value to average 42 percent annual growth between 2011
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech is awarding two $1,000 scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in information technology, computer sciences and healthcare information technology. The 2012 Data Security Scholarship will be available for the Fall semester. Application deadline is July 8. Applicants should show an interest in cloud computing, data computing, disaster recovery,
LANSING - Using high technology in education is not about the technology but using it to help children learn better, Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday at a gathering on using the Internet to convert education. And former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, now president of the Washington-based Alliance for Excellent Education, said states and local
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and the Republican-led Legislature appear well on their way to wrapping up the 2012-13 fiscal year budget by their self-imposed deadline of June 1 after they inked an agreement Wednesday on an overall framework for the budget that provides more funding for many programs than initially anticipated. The agreement calls
WASHINGTON DC - CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware increased significantly across several platforms in the first quarter, with PC malware reaching the highest levels in four years, according to a McAfee report released this week. The first-quarter report (you can read the full PDF below) also noted a huge increase in malware -- short for malicious software -- targeting
LANSING - Under Michigan House Republican legislation to be introduced on Tuesday, a reduction in the personal income tax rate would take effect October 1, three months earlier than scheduled, and boost the personal exemption. Bills on both issues will be introduced by freshman members running for reelection in competitive districts. The plan calls for