LANSING ? Michigan House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a package of anti-identity theft bills aimed at making it harder for thieves to help themselves to goods bought with stolen credit cards or forged checks. The proposed legislation would stop payment on stolen checks after the consumer attests to law enforcement that they were taken; would
LANSING ? The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium hopes to provide Michigan companies that develop or manufacture security-related technologies and products with up to $1 million in funds and services through a new fund backed by NuSoft Solutions, Secure Matrix, Clark Hill and other sponsors. The Consortium will appoint an advisory committee to oversee the fund,
DETROIT ? SenSound has won a $500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop its noise related quality control technology. The two-year grant will allow SenSound to commercialize its proprietary software, which allows manufacturers of noise emitting products and components to conduct quality control testing to verify
GRAND RAPIDS ? The chief commentator for CNBC and the emeritus CEO of Herman Miller will headline the Grand Angels? second annual Community Conversation Sept. 13 at Cornerstone University. William Seidman, presidential advisor, policy chief and now chief commentator for CNBC will be joined by Max DePree, emeritus CEO of Herman Miller and author of
GRAND RAPIDS - Karen Wolf has been named Project Manager for West Michigan's Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development project, a collaboration between West Michigan and the U.S. Department of Labor to provide innovative strategies for developing the region's workforce to excel in the emerging "innovation economy." Wolf, a business executive with an extensive background
LANSING ? Teri Takai, the director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology, will headline a panel hosted by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology on Sept. 21 that will share how their careers have brought them to where they are today. Takai will join Alison Gleeson, Cisco area vice president, and Viji Murali,
LANSING - Michigan is doing a poor job preparing students for college, ranks below the national average (and low among development nations overall) in the number of college degrees awarded per students, and is a far more expensive state to attend college than others, according to a national report. The report, from the National Center
SEATTLE - Thanks to new directory software, Windows Vista could put a greater load on Internet servers. But experts disagree over whether we're headed for a prime-time traffic jam or insignificant slowdown. Microsoft's launch of Windows Vista could slow down or stall traffic on the Net, said Paul Mockapetris, who is widely credited with inventing
PLEASANT RIDGE - Flash developer Jesse Warden, known in the community as JesterXL, will flash his flash knowledge Sept. 13 at the Detroit Flash Platform Group monthly meeting at ePrize. Warden will provide a sneak preview into his presentation for this October?s annual Adobe user conference MAX to be held in Las Vegas. His presentation
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board on Wednesday awarded more than $100 million to 61 projects submitted in the first round of the 21st Century Jobs Fund initiative to create jobs in Michigan's emerging technologies. Left off the list were projects proposed by the Ann Arbor IT Zone, Great Lakes Entrepreneur's