LONDON, England - Organizations charged with safeguarding sensitive data are not doing enough to ensure that information is cleansed from hard disks before disposal, according to communication services provider BT Group. A study of secondhand disks by BT and universities in the U.K., the U.S. and Australia found "a surprisingly large range and quantity of
LONG BEACH, Ca. - For all the technical advances in the thriving solar power industry, the large up-front costs of solar electricity in the residential market remains a stubborn barrier to wide adoption. A number of companies, from installers to panel producers, are taking different routes to try to improve the economics of purchasing rooftop
DETROIT- Wayne State University will host a conference on Oct. 5 to deal with a potentially serious public health threat not only to the United States, but to the World - The danger of a pandemic developing from the H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu. No sustained human-to-human transmission has occurred so far, but
CUPTERTINO, Ca. - Apple issued a statement Monday afternoon warning users of unlocked iPhones that the next software update it ships will probably break their phones. It's not clear how many people have unlocked their iPhone to run on networks other than AT&T's, but there has definitely been some interest among early adopters who want
ANN ARBOR ? How do you sell to real customers? The New Enterprise Forum will explore that issue at its next meeting Oct. 18 at the Holiday Inn North Campus. At this event, panelists will discuss how to customer expectations and market trends should inform product development and marketing plans. Panelists will include: ? Tom
LIVONIA ? Madonna University will break ground Oct. 2 on a 60,000 square foot building that is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council ? the first building in Livonia to be Energy and Environmental Design certified. The building also is the first stand-alone building the private university has built in the past 40 years.
LANSING ? Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) said the first task of the Michigan legislature is to enact a continuation budget to make sure the state government doesn't shut down on Oct. 1, but that budget can not be connected to a bill proposed by Democrats to increase the state income tax. Bishop?s statement
ANN ARBOR - Early registration ends October 1 for the MichBio Expo scheduled for Oct. 16-17 at the Lansing Convention Center. MichBio member and non-member rates will increase by $50 to $200 and $250, respectively. The Expo is the largest annual gathering of the life science industry in the state. It features a full program
LANSING ? Michigan House leaders blamed each other early Friday for the repeat failure to pass an income tax increase as part of the solution to the fiscal year 2007-08 budget as another marathon session ended without result at about 8 a.m. The finger pointing came shortly after the voting board was cleared on the
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