ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest in January announced its Phase 1 winners in both the New Business and Emerging Company categories during the ACE 2008 expo. To find out which companies won, and how your start up can sign up for the Phase II stage of the business-plan writing contest, which starts Feb.
SOUTHFIELD - A new Storm Worm virus is attacking this time spoofing the theme of love, just in time for Valentine's Day. Emails with links to a bait website hosting the malware have been sent in bulk numbers for the past weeks, warns MicroWorld Technologies. The subject lines are mushy - Eternity of Your Love?,
ANN ARBOR ? ProQuest, owned by Cambridge Information Group, has acquired RefWorks LLC, a leading provider of web-based research management, writing and collaboration services for the academic and research communities. No dollar value was announced. Cambridge Information Group has had an ownership position in RefWorks since May 2001. Complete ownership will enable ProQuest to integrate
WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded $476,000 to the University of Michigan to develop a damage resilient flight planning and guidance system and adaptive flight controls to make future commercial jetliners safer. These awards will foster closer collaboration with and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers
ANN ARBOR - Research spending by the University of Michigan cracked the $800 million plateau in fiscal year 2007, the first time that has happened. The announcement was made by Stephen Forrest, U-M Vice President for Research at the January Regents meeting. The federal government provided 72.4 percent of the $823 million total. Investments by
CUPERTINO, Ca. While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at Macworld, the iconic device still made waves. Apple has sold more than 4 million iPhones since launch, according to leader Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote, as reported by CNET News.Com. But what's more interesting is what the people who bought it are doing with
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company's hybrid fuel-powered fleet is increasing rapidly, riding a wave of consumer demand for GreenTech and environmentally friendly cars and trucks. Nancy Gioia, Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility and Hybrid Programs, talks about Ford's future alternative energy plans in this special edition of News Maker interview from the North American International
FLINT - Russell J. Ebeid, president of the Guardian Glass Group, has donated $500,000 to seed a $1 Million endowment to provide scholarships for students of Arab-American descents attending Kettering University. The fund, a partnership with the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Detroit, will total more than $1 million within 25
ROYAL OAK ? Intelligent Connections will host four lunch and learn presentations in February ? three in Michigan and one in Ohio ? that will show attendees how they can discover, monitor and protect sensitive web data using Websense Content Protection Suite. Websense Intelligent Content Protection is based on best-in-class products and hosted solutions that
LANSING - Proponents of changing Michigan law to permit all types of stem cell research are now attempting to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Mark Burton, who was legislative counsel for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (now Michigan Association for Justice) before opening up his own consulting firm this year, is heading