EAST LANSING - Lack of broadband access is hurting northern Michigan communities by stunting rural development and job growth, and affecting emergency services, contends a report issued Monday by Michigan State University. "New broadband information, communication, telecommunication systems and services are vital means to assure that the full spectrum of information available to consumers around
PONTIAC - NetCom continues to grow, this time by buying GigaTrans, a provider of wireless broadband service. Terms were not announced Monday. In a press release issued Monday, NetCom CEO Frank Scaramuzzino said the acquisition will enhance NetComs offerings through its Michtel Communications and MetroCell communications subsidiaries, and provide a launch pad for next generation
DETROIT As gas prices leapt over a new hurdle on Monday - average price of a gallon of unleaded gas above $2 - Ford President Nick Scheele said it was still too early to say what kind of impact surging gas prices will have on sales of new vehicle. Scheele said the monthly sales totals
ANN ARBOR The University of Michigan continues to build on its already prestigious Life Sciences R&D efforts by announcing Friday two new centers at its Life Sciences Institute The Center for Chemical Genomics and The Center for Structural Biology. The announcement were made Friday at the LSTs Grand Opening Convocation. Our recruiting is going well
LANSING Up to 10 Michigan communities will split $200,000 from state and private funding sources to develop comprehensive plans to encourage downtown development part of Gov. Jennifer Granholms Cool Cities initiative. The funds come from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority and the Michigan Municipal League. It
LANSING - New business startups, including those involved in technology, could afford more workers and reinvest in their companies under legislation that passed the Michigan Senate Thursday giving fledgling enterprises a break in their state Single Business Tax bill. "New business growth will fuel Michigan's economic recovery and startups need all the help we can
FLINT - Kettering University will receive from Delphi $100,000 over the next four years for its fuel cell development efforts and help develop a curriculum train a workforce for this alternative energy industry that will play a major role in Michigans future. As part of the deal, Jean Botti, chief technologist for Delphis Dynamics &
TORONTO Canadian Internet users are more likely to use search engines and search more often than their American counterparts. Findings from comScore also show Google.Com is the top search engine in both countries, but slightly more popular in Canada. "With more than 60 percent of home users accessing the Web through a broadband connection, it
KALAMAZOO - The Irving S. Gilmore Foundation has awarded a $1-million grant to Kalamazoo Valley Community College to locate its Center for New Media in the expanded W. S. Dewing Building in downtown Kalamazoo. When the $9.6-million project is completed by the end of July and the building goes into service for the fall semester,
WASHINGTON DC - New regulations proposed on Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mean that automakers will be all but required to equip new vehicles with side-curtain airbags by 2009, auto technology that could save some 700 lives each year. The agency will set new side-impact crash standards that have separate standards