STAMFORD, Conn. - Worldwide PC shipments reached 79.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, a 0.5 percent decline from the third quarter of last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner Inc. ?Growth in the mature markets was offset by a decline in shipments in emerging markets, similar to what was seen in
LANSING - A team from the Grand Rapids area recently took home the grand prize and $15,000 at Code Michigan. The second annual event began Friday and ran through Sunday, Oct. 5. Residents from around the state competed at three different locations in Detroit, Newaygo and Marquette. First, second and third place awards were presented
ANN ARBOR ? Now that gas prices are falling, gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the United States is falling too, thanks to increased sales of lights trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in September, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks,
DETROIT - The Detroit Executives Association will honor Strategic Staffing Solutions founder, president and CEO Cynthia J. Pasky as its 2014 Executive of the Year at a luncheon Nov. 6 at the Detroit Athletic Club. ?S3 is a global IT and business services company that has 31 branch locations and 2,700 employees in the U.S.
SOUTHFIELD - Three seventh graders from Canton and Northville have earned the right to represent the United States at the World Robot Olympiad by winning the Open Senior category of the national championships held Sept. 27 at Lawrence Technological University. Eric Liu (seventh grader, Canton East Middle School) and Brian Ding and Justin Chang (seventh
ANN ARBOR - Fiscal year 2014 was a record-breaking year of tech transfer performance at the University of Michigan as reflected in the number of new inventions, agreements and startups launched - all derived from U-M research discoveries. Researchers reported 439 new inventions in FY 2014, up from last year's 421, demonstrating the growing participation
SAN FRANCISCO - The heavily distributed kid-monitoring software ComputerCop, which many police departments around the US gave to families for free, is doing far more harm than good, a new report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation alleges. An eight-month investigation by the group -- a nonprofit that focuses on civil liberties in the digital realm
NEW YORK - A cyber attack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised more than 76 million household accounts and seven million small-business accounts, making it among the largest corporate hacks ever discovered. The latest revelations, which were disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday and reported by the New York Times, vastly dwarf earlier estimates
SAN FRANCISCO - Sprint on Wednesday said it would one-up AT&T's promotion, which doubled the amount of data on certain high-end family plans, by doubling the new amount for its own Family Share Pack plans. The promotion is available to new and existing customers who sign up by Oct. 31, which is the same day
EAST LANSING - Grace, Michigan State University?s gliding robotic fish, is getting a new mission in the Great Lakes. Using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the MSU team will collaborate with the U.S. Geological Survey to use a school of these robots to locate and stalk fish of interest in the