DETROIT ? David McLean, who as a consultant oversaw the building of the NextEnergy Center, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer by NextEnergy. McLean will now oversee the operations of the Center, an alternative energy and distributed electrical generation research, development and demonstration facility at Wayne State University in downtown Detroit. McLean began his work
SOUTHFIELD ? Stevie Wonder will receive a special Founder?s Award at the fifth annual Dinner with da Vinci October 21 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dearborn. The musical artist will be recognized for developing the first descriptive music video, So What the Fuss. The awards recognize the most innovative developments and research in adaptive
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow will talk about excellence in technology in her keynote speech next month at the Ann Arbor Chapter of the Association of Women in Computing?s annual gala. The gala also raises money for college scholarships for women of all ages formally studying information technology. It will be held Nov.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Sun Microsystems and Google announced a multiyear partnership Tuesday to help spread and develop each other's software, a deal that includes OpenOffice.org, Java and OpenSolaris from Sun, and Google's Toolbar ? a direct challenge to Microsoft?s Internet dominance. The partnership begins with a modest step: Within 30 days, the Google toolbar
LANSING - Consumer advocacy, senior citizen and small business groups gathered Tuesday to criticize the makeup of the telecommunications bills now under legislative consideration. The groups charged that the legislation would reverse marketplace progress made since the 2000 Telecommunications Act and set the stage for a land-line monopoly for the two phone company giants. The
LANSING - Though there are still differences between the House and the Senate on the rewrite of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, Rep. Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) said he expected few changes in the basic structure of the bill he has put before his committee. Nofs told Gongwer News Service that his combination of workgroups and
LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the remaining major elements of the 2005 -06 budget, while it was still daylight on the final day of the old fiscal year. "Despite continued struggles with a changing global economy, we have provided Michigan citizens with a fiscally responsible that both protects our quality of life and
NOVI ? The Detroit IT Security Summit, which used to be hosted by Digital Detroit, this year is hosted by IT Harvest, an events company that has the blessing of Digital Detroit to produce the one-day event Oct. 6 at the Sheraton Novi. Richard Stiennon, who spoke at the previous two Digital Detroit Security Summits,
DETROIT ? Negotiations are underway in the Michigan legislature to restore the nearly $30 million in Michigan Tri-Corridor Funding eliminated last week by the legislature, Michigan Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell) said Thursday at the MichBio Expo. Garcia, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, said he expects the funds to come
DETROIT ? General Motors is pouring on the coals in the development of hybrid vehicles over the last couple of years, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Thursday. GM's management has been skeptical about the utility of hybrids given the extra cost, complexity and weight that come with putting gas and electric motors in each