SEATTLE - Microsoft on Friday issued what it hopes will be the last public test version of Windows Vista, as it works to put the final program in the hands of some businesses by next month. The company said that Release Candidate 2 of the new operating system is being made available to its usual
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels, one of four angel investing groups in Michigan, has had its first portfolio company exit. RF Identics was acquired recently by label giant Avery Dennison for an undisclosed amount. The other good news for Grand Angels is the exit came within 18 months after they pumped cash into RF Identics,
Microsoft plans to issue nearly a dozen security patches on Tuesday, including critical fixes for Windows and Office. The company will release six updates for the operating system and four for the office suite, according an advance notice sent out Thursday by the software giant and reported by CNET News.Com. Some of the patches will
PONTIAC - The Oakland University Police Department has upgraded to state of the art laptop computers in six patrol cars to better communicate with surrounding police departments and provide services to the OU community. The new Motorola MW800 series laptops, designed for law enforcement, will allow the campus police to use the same technology as
MIDLAND ? The Michigan Molecular Institute has elected Margaret Ann Riecker and Arnold A. Allemang to its board of directors. Riecker is president of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation's board of trustees, and Allemang, senior advisor for The Dow Chemical Company. They join President and CEO Robert Nowak, Chairman Ronald H. Yocum,
LANSING - The K-16 school funding proposal on the Michigan November ballot, Proposal 2006-5, could actually cost the state more than $700 million in initial funding, according to a document prepared by the Senate Fiscal Agency. An earlier analysis, issued in July, by the SFA estimated that the critical first year cost of the proposal,
KALAMAZOO ? How to gain your first sales in the Life Sciences industry is the topic of a joint program on Oct. 10 co sponsored by Southwest Michigan First and the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest. Join Michael Kurek, Thomas Collet and Shelby Solomon in this roundtable discussion about gaining your first sales in the Life
LANSING - Michigan again ranks first in the nation in the use of information technology to transform and improve government, according to the latest Digital States Survey. The survey is conducted every two years and Michigan retained its top ranking from the previous survey taken in 2004. The accolades come on the heels of another
LANSING - Though the actual weather will determine whether residents spend more or less on their heating, they will pay some 12 percent less per unit of natural gas and 0.8 percent less for electricity than they did last winter, the Public Service Commission said in its annual Michigan Energy Appraisal. Those using heating oil
ANN ARBOR - The past year has been a whirlwind for Grady Burnett, the head of Google Ann Arbor's online sales and operations, but luckily he's been enjoying the ride. In an interview with Gongwer News Service, Burnett discussed how he moved back to his home state of California a little over a year ago