ANN ARBOR ? The registration deadline for the Spring cycle of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan competition and training program for entrepreneurs statewide is midnight tonight. Only the team must be entered. Business plan deadlines aren't for another month. GLEQ provides Michigan?s technology entrepreneurs training, coaching and investor feedback as part of its
NEW YORK ? An AT&T executive warned that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010 due to the increased capacity demands of Web 2.0 applications, such as video. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative
DETROIT - The March 25th InfraGard half day meeting, which focused on public health preparedness and business continuity, drew more than 50 participants and generated a very positive overall response on the speakers, topic and value of the session. Excellent feedback was also gathered for use in planning future sessions. Users are seeing increased activity
LANSING - A tourism promotion program would have to be established and run by the state under legislation the Michigan Senate and House passed Wednesday. HB 5865 , HB 5866 and HB 5867 , all passed unanimously by the Senate and were enrolled by the House after votes of 91-16, 88-19 and 85-22, respectively, save
WASHINGTON - A growing number of state politicians are proposing new laws to levy taxes on digital downloads, including music, video, and books, as a way to remedy budget pains. Call it the iTunes tax. Two years ago, a CNET News.com special report found that 15 states and the District of Columbia said that their
ANN ARBOR - Despite difficulties in the auto industry and the slumping housing market, Oakland County's economy will continue to improve, say University of Michigan economists. In their annual forecast of the Oakland County economy, George Fulton and Don Grimes of the U-M Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations say that Oakland will lose 4,400
LANSING - It might not have been a rolling blackout, but it certainly caught everyone's attention Thursday when the lights went out on a gaggle of lobbyists outside of the Michigan House chambers at the same time lawmakers were in the middle of voting on a package of bills dealing with renewable energy. While power
LANSING - A package of bills geared towards encouraging the growth of the alternatives fuel industry in Michigan won Senate approval Thursday. The bills - SB 1126 , SB 1128 , SB 1129 , SB 1130 and SB 1132 - essentially require the state to help the alternative fuels industry through helping executives locate sites
DETROIT - Franz Pischinger, Chairman of the Board, FEV Motorentechnik, and Helmut List, President and CEO of AVL, received the SAE International Leadership Citation Thursday night during the SAE 2008 World Congress in Detroit. The annual award recognizes individuals who are well-known internationally for continuous professional involvement and participation in SAE's meetings, conferences, congresses and
GRAND RAPIDS ? Data network provider US Signal has announced its newest product, Virtual Ethernet Services. US Signal Virtual Ethernet Service is a flexible way to connect customer sites over US Signal's Ethernet network. VES employs Virtual Private LAN Service technology utilizing Cisco network architecture to provide point to point and multipoint connectivity. US Signal