SOUTHFIELD ? Congress has given Lawrence Technological University an early Christmas present ? a $1 million appropriation that will be used to build an environmental testing chamber for vehicle components that will be used by the U.S. military. Lawrence Tech said the addition to its Center for Innovative Materials Research should be completed by next
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Symantec has found active exploit code in the wild for an unpatched Apple QuickTime vulnerability. Researcher Joji Hamada wrote in Symantec's Security Response Weblog on Saturday that the company had seen an active exploit for the vulnerability in Apple's media-streaming program that could lead to users downloading Trojan software. Hamada said the
LANSING - LINC, a Lansing IT association, has joined forces with Lancing Community College this holiday season to offer three scholarships for students interested in technology. The application deadline is December 17. This is the first time that LINC and L.C.C. have offered scholarships to members of the community in efforts to increase education of
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. - Mozilla has released the third update to Firefox in a month, version 2.0.0.11, to fix a stability problem in the previous version. "We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release," a post on the Firefox developer blog said which was reported by CNET News.Com. The open-source Web
DETROIT ? Shigehito Onimura has joined Butzel Long as an attorney practicing in the firm?s Detroit office. Onimura is a skilled English-Japanese bilingual attorney with diverse and substantial experience in corporate legal matters. Onimura has experience counseling on multi-cultural labor law issues. He recently returned from a two-week visit to Japan to provide counsel to
SASKATOON, Canada - One in five organizations will settle a claim in a civil action to avoid the cost of recovering and searching through email, iTracks, a research company, found in a North American survey of 90 professionals who were directly involved with the legal discovery process from Nov. 7 - 23. "Counsel is going
LANSING - Third time was the charm for the House approving a Michigan Business Tax surcharge that replaces the revenues lost from repealing the service tax. The final touches were put on the latest crisis resolution when the House gave a 66-42 vote of approval to HB 5408 in emergency session Saturday afternoon following hours
GRAND RAPIDS - Creative Byline, which uses proprietary software to match up people who write books and publishers who buy them, has appointed Keith Brophy, President of NuSoft Solutions, to its Board of Directors. Brophy heads up Client Services & Solutions for NuSoft Solutions, a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and one of the leading Microsoft
HOWELL ? Howell Public School District is protecting students and faculty from Internet-based attacks using Secure Computing's Webwasher products, a web gateway appliance that enables the district to filter all web site access, scan all inbound and outboard interactions and reduce and minimize administrative costs. "Webwasher makes it possible for us to protect our students
TROY - Walsh College undergraduate and graduate students can apply for a U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The deadline is Feb. 18. Individuals must be admitted to the Walsh master of science in information assurance program or another graduate program and specialize in information assurance. Potential funding may be