WASHINGTON DC. - Universities, libraries and technology companies are asking a federal court to block controversial wiretap rules designed to facilitate police surveillance of the Internet. In a 71-page brief sent to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, they ask the judges to overturn a wiretap ruling from the Federal Communications
RESTON, Va. - America Online on Friday said it has landed two new partnerships with high-speed Internet service providers to offer AOL broadband service. AOL has signed deals with telephone providers BellSouth and AT&T to offer a bundled service that includes high-speed Internet access and exclusive programming and security features at prices that range from
DETROIT - Michigan's largest native software company, Compuware Corp., on Thursday announced a management shakeup aimed at boosting sales and the company's sagging bottom line, which dropped 10 percent in the third quarter. Wall Street trimmed Compuware's stock price by 4 percent Friday. Compuware said it earned $37.7 million, or 10 cents per share, for
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill ? Information technology workers are getting little guidance or support from their employers when it comes to career training and education, according to the findings of a survey released by the Computing Technology Industry Association. The vast majority of respondents to the CompTIA survey ? 85 percent ? said they decide what
ANN ARBOR ? The Detroit Institute of Arts's Crystal Gallery will serve as the venue for Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest's Fall Cycle Awards Ceremony Feb. 7, where teams competing in the Emerging Company and New Business Idea tracks will compete for a top prize of $5,000 each. Speaking at this year?s event will be Jan
LANSING - While many business, labor and manufacturing leaders were critical of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's take on the state of Michigan's economic climate in Wednesday's State of the State address, others were encouraged by bipartisan tax cuts already in play and the recognition by the governor that the state's manufacturing economy is due for change.
ANN ARBOR - SPARK, an alliance of the Ann Arbor IT Zone, the Washtenaw Development Council, the University of Michigan as well as other key academic and business groups, has named an executive director for its business accelerator. Skip Simms, the former managing general parter of Ralph Wilson Equity Fund in Grosse Point Park, assumed
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm offered a state-run 401 (k) retirement savings plan for workers without that option and a call for increasing the minimum wage in her fourth State of the State address. The speech, emphasizing programs already in place to grow Michigan's lagging economy, also includes a previously-announced health care proposal and more
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm will propose Wednesday night in her state of the state address state-backed, but privately issued, health insurance for working adults with household incomes up to $38,700. Some 500,000 adults in Michigan could be covered under the plan. The proposal would be paid for with some of the money Michigan has
LANSING - Sending unsolicited instant messages to children in Michigan will now carry the same fines and as sending kids unsolicited emails under changes made Monday by the Michigan Public Service Commission. The state PSC said it opened the Protect MI Child registry to instant messenger IDs, mobile text messaging and fax numbers. These methods