DETROIT ? The first employee of SpaceForm, a start up based at Wayne State University?s TechTown, was named on Monday as recipient of WSU?s First Adams Entrepreneurship Fellowship. Alain Piette is the first employee of a start-up called SpaceForm ? a spin out from Delphi Technologies, a Delphi Corporation subsidiary. The inventor of DRW, Anthony
STAMFORD, CN ? Gartner Group has clarified its advice for when users should consider moving to Microsoft Vista, saying that organizations still running Windows 2000 should consider upgrading as soon as Vista ships. Previously, Gartner had advised that "companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista" and that "most firms could safely hold back
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm's surprise move last week to sign legislation creating a jobs development program, while vetoing two bills keeping a business tax proposal from taking effect was in the planning stage more than a week before, sources said. And the strategy began to take effect once administration officials realized a critical phrase
FLINT - Kettering University will spend about $500,000 to update three labs in its Electrical and Computer Engineering Department to improve space and power capacity for students and faculty. ECE Department Head Mark Wicks said the 3,500 square-foot-project will provide a whole new set of capabilities for the department. Officials expect the labs will open
NEW YORK ? As Thanksgiving weekend approaches, online shoppers will have a multitude of options for finding the best price on holiday gifts, from comparison shopping sites which have become a staple for the online deal sleuth, to a new collection of web sites that provide leaked information on upcoming Black Friday sales. According to
BETHESDA, MD ? Online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as Windows to media players and software programs, according to a study released Tuesday by the SANS Institute. Among the software programs under attack are antivirus software. Attackers are changing their targets after Internet service providers and operating systems designers such
DETROIT ? Anyone with used computers, screens, CPUs, fax machines and copiers can drop them off at Goodwill Industries of Great Detroit on Dec. 3 to help Goodwill pay for its programs and services. This is a free service of RECONNECT Michigan, a partnership program of Goodwill Michigan and Dell Inc. for consumers to reuse
DETROIT ? A Delphi spin out, funded by NASA, Automation Alley and the Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor, will try to commercialize a new welding technology that could make stronger and lighter frames for autos, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, bicycles, and wheelchairs. Delphi Technologies? SpaceForm will commercialize Delphi?s Deformation Resistance Welding technology to the mobile space-frame market. SpaceForm
SOUTHFIELD ? The former Computer Associates now rebranded CA has rolled out its latest product suite, an Identity Manager to help companies manage IT uses more securely. CA Identity Manager taps the expertise of CA?s recent acquisition of Netegrity to unify identity management from the web to the mainframe unifying and simplifying the administration of
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Monday, as she vetoed two tax bills, that the Michigan legislature created a situation that allowed the high tech jobs development portion of the $3 billion economic stimulus plan to move forward, but she demanded the legislature immediately take action to enact the tax cut agreement announced earlier this