WASHINGTON ? Pfizer has been told by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pull its painfiller Bextra off the U.S. market and include the strongest safety warning on another high revenue drug, Celebrex. Sales of the two drugs topped $5.20 billion last year. Pfizer said it disagrees with the FDA's position on Bextra but
SOUTHFIELD ? GLIMASoutheast and Microsoft Corporation are joining forces for the inaugural GLIMASoutheast Sunrise Seminar April 28 at the Microsoft office in the Southfield Town Center. Microsoft Technology Specialist Manager Keith Hurwitz is the featured speaker and will discuss how businesses can integrate processes and technologies that will create highly effective and highly responsive systems
SEATTLE ? Flaws have been discovered in Microsoft?s Internet Explorer and Outlook programs that could let hackers install backdoor Trojans without a person?s knowledge, contends research company eEye Digital Security. The vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution with no actions from the computer user, said Ben Nagy, an eEye senior security engineer. "If a user
GRAND RAPIDS ? Mary Sue Hoffman is one of four Technology Business Consultants on staff at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center whose job is to help small technology businesses grow. Hoffman became the first TBC at the MI-SBTDC in August 2001. She specializes in intellectual property protection, model contracts and agreements, and
ADA ? Ron Choura of the Michigan Public Service Commission will discuss the state of telecommunications in Michigan at the April 21 meeting of the West Michigan Telecommunications Association. Choura is the supervisor of Service Quality for the Telecommunications Division of the Michigan Public Service Commission. He is also a professor at Michigan State University
GRAND RAPIDS ? The SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications, has awarded $552,500 in SBC Excelerator technology grants to 32 nonprofit organizations in Michigan, roughly 10 percent of the $5 million awarded by SBC in its 13-state region. ?These nonprofit organizations make a profound difference in our communities and in the lives of
ANN ARBOR ? The Spring Cycle of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business plan competition has been so successful, contest officials now are seeking more volunteer coaches. ?Things are kicking up a notch,?? said GLEQ Executive Director Art DeMonte. ?We?ve noticed there?s a whole influx of new business plans being submitted. We?ve had one hundred
WASHINGTON ? A new survey shows 29 percent of US adults who own MP3 players like Apple Computer?s iPod say they have downloaded programs from the Internet ? which means more than 6 million people are listening to a new form of communication that only emerged last year. The Pew Internet and American Life Project
SAN FRANCISCO ? An April Fool?s Day worm that disguised itself as email from computer vendors is now attempting to trick MSN Messenger users into opening its malicious files, which can be used to steal passwords. The Chod.B worm spreads through e-mail that supposedly comes from Microsoft and security companies Symantec and Trend Micro. When
TROY ? Small and mid-sized foreign companies and international government entities that want to explore developing business relations in Southeast Michigan now have an ally in the new Automation Alley International Business Center. The AAIBC will provide free support, from arranging meetings with government officials, regional economic development agencies, attorneys and CPAs, to coordinating pre-arranged