SOUTHFIELD ? Two teams from Melvindale High School and another from Hamtramck High School took the top three places in the third annual Engineering SMArT Michigan Competition, sponsored by The Engineering Society of Detroit. The competition was held Tuesday at Lawrence Technological University where first place went to Precursors from Melvindale High School. Another Melvindale
LANSING - Pure Michigan and Coca-Cola are teaming up on two efforts to promote summer activities in Michigan. MyCokeRewards vacation package sweepstakes will be beefed up with the Cup Full of Savings in conjunction with Wendy?s at participating Michigan attractions. ?Coca-Cola keeps coming back to the table to work with us on new ways to
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. may split the company into two units: one that would support its mainframe business and the other to focus on applications performance management. The news came Thursday night during the computer-services company?s quarterly teleconference call after the markets had closed, the typical way Compuware reports its financials. CEO Bob Paul did
KALAMAZOO - The law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has opened an office in Kalamazoo and hired four experienced litigators and business attorneys to staff it. One of the largest law firms in the state, Warner Norcross has opened its new office in the heart of Kalamazoo?s business district at 259 E. Michigan Ave.,
REDMOND - A critical security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has gone unfixed since October 2013, according to a new report from the Zero-Day Initiative. The report, which was issued because of ZDI's policy to reveal zero-day flaws that go unfixed for more than 180 days, says that the vulnerability allows an attacker to
WASHINGTON - The House passed a bill overhauling the National Security Agency's heavily criticized telephone-surveillance program, in the first legislative move responding to revelations about the NSA's spying by former government contractor Edward Snowden nearly a year ago. Proponents said the bill marked the first substantial rollback of spy agency powers in more than 35
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LANSING - The Michigan House approved a package of bills by huge margins on Thursday allowing $194.8 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund to go toward the "Grand Bargain" designed to get Detroit out of bankruptcy and alleviate cuts to pensioners. Representatives were so supportive of the package that the chamber erupted in applause after
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google is developing a new, cutting-edge tablet as it continues to experiment with advanced vision capabilities for mobile devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company plans to produce about 4,000 of the prototype tablets beginning next month, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The device would come with
LANSING - The Cyber Civilian Corps, a group aimed at helping both the state and businesses prevent computer-aided attacks, officially launched Wednesday. The program, announced by Governor Rick Snyder in October, will begin as a rapid response team for data breaches. "We are on our way to realizing the vision of the Cyber Civilian Corps