LANSING - When the Michigan Legislature returns to session Thursday it opens an almost unique lame duck session, and the question comes down to what will be accomplished? The current legislative leaders differ on how much the agenda of the lame duck session can be set or accomplished. Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming) laid
SEATTLE - Microsoft on Tuesday plans to issue six security bulletins, including at least one with a fix for a security vulnerability that is actively being used in cyberattacks. As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft will release a bulletin with a "critical" fix for a security hole in its XML Core Services software,
SOUTHFIELD - Picture this: more than 100 autonomous robots built with Lego RCS microcomputer bricks following a parade route without human control. That's the scenario for the first Lawrence Tech Thanksgiving RoboParade. The parade isn?t scheduled to take place on Thanksgiving Day to rival Detroit's big show on Woodward Avenue, rather on Saturday Nov. 18
LANSING ? Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will return to office in January in a political environment completely different than that she inherited in January 2003 as Democrats will control the House and have greater influence in the Senate. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) will go back to Washington, D.C., also in different environment than what
LANSING - Proposal 2006-2, the measure that would abolish affirmative action in public hiring or academic admissions based on race and sex, won Tuesday with a 58-41 margin. The win for the measure was both surprising and not surprising, given the measure of success similar proposals had seen in California and Washington. But the pedigree
AUBURN HILLS ? Oakland University is offering a new major in Computer Information Technology for students who want to combine their interest in computing with other interests such as business and the arts. The new degree will be offered through Oakland University?s Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer
SEATTLE - An "extremely critical" vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft's XML Core Services, according to several security firms. The vulnerability, which affects only systems running Internet Explorer, is caused by an unspecified error in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control and could be used to seize control of an affected system, according to a note
BEIJING, China ? MitechNews.Com is updating its readers on the Automation Alley Trade Mission to China by publishing excerpts from the delegation's blog. The first entries follow. Nov. 2 Automation Alley?s 40 person trade delegation, consisting of companies from Southeast Michigan, local economic developers, media, staff and high school students, arrived in Beijing, China, the
ANN ARBOR - Teri Takai, director of Information Technology for the State of Michigan, will be the keynote speaker at the Association of Women in Computing mentoring dinner Nov. 28th. The event is scheduled from 5:30-9 pm at Washtenaw Community?s College?s Morris Lawrence Building, Room 101. Registration deadline is Nov. 17. Female students thinking about
LANSING - Going into the final weekend before the November 7 election, the race for governor has started tightening more significantly as independent voters are switching more into the undecided column, the latest poll from the Detroit News and television stations WXYZ, WOOD, WILX and WJRT show. The latest daily tracking poll shows that 49