PORTLAND, OR. - SecureWorld Expo is promoting and contributing to a Security podcasting channel, published by MITechNews.Com, that will explore cyber security issues with national experts and reach a national audience. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
TROY - February 13 is the deadline to apply at Walsh College for the U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students beginning in the fall 2009 semester. Individuals must be admitted to the Walsh Master of Science in Information Assurance program or
LANSING - While security advisers in Washington, D.C., grapple with the president's desire to use a Blackberry, in Michigan all four legislative caucuses are finding new ways to message by tapping into the power of technology. The explosion of technology, from Facebook and Twitter to podcasts and blogging, has made its own impression on the
LANSING - Crashing into statistical territory not seen in better than two decades, Michigan's unemployment rate hit 10.6 percent in December, statistics released by the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth showed Wednesday. The increase means that at the end of 2008 an estimated 519,000 workers were out of a job. And the news
ANN ARBOR - The MPowered Career Fair is right around the corner. If your technology or life science company is looking for super-smart, full- or part-time student-power - you'll find it at the University of Michigan on Feb. 11. This event is designed specifically for small businesses to connect with U-M students for both full-time
ANN ARBOR - Learn how to take control of your destiny at the Association of Women in Computing Ann Arbor Chapter Entrepreneurship Roundtable Dinner Meeting on Jan. 28. The purpose of the roundtable is to spark ideas for entrepreneurship as an alternative to employment and provide an opportunity for a lively discussion on aspects to
WARREN - As part of the Secret Service's security plan a U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center robotics team assisted with the 56th Presidential Inauguration by providing training and operators for bomb-detecting robots. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated the Inaugural as a National Special Security Event. When an event is
LANSING - Michigan's 15 public universities will continue efforts to train Michigan residents and provide them employment in Michigan, but they need more state funding to keep up those efforts, the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan said in an editorial Tuesday. Thomas Hass, president of Grand Valley State University and chair of the Presidents
TROY - Automation Alley is once again proud to host the Global Trade Mission with the Macomb Intermediate School District and Oakland Schools. The two-day event is an innovative business simulation program that prepares Southeast Michigan high school students for work in the global economy. With collaboration from business, education, and government, the GTM stands
WARRENDALE, Pa. - Developing alternative energy sources for the future is essential. One promising solution may be the fuel cell. SAE International's A World in Motion program will introduce on Jan. 21 this new activity at a GM/SAE press conference set for Education Day at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Dan Hancock,