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Cyberattack Against Sony Unprecedented In Scope

WASHINGTON DC - Few companies could have prevented the cyberattack that devastated Sony Pictures, the FBI said during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on cybersecurity and the finance industry. "[T]he malware that was used would have gotten past 90 percent of the Net defenses that are out there today in private industry and [would have

By |2014-12-12T00:00:00-05:00December 12th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

ardentCause Selected To Support Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund

DETROIT - ardentCause L3C, a Southeast Michigan woman-founded and woman-led technology company, was recently selected to provide data and analysis in support of ongoing, crucial evaluation services for the new Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund. Programs are ramping up to provide more extensive services to young children and their families from birth until

By |2014-12-12T00:00:00-05:00December 12th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

U.S. House Approves Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

LANSING - The more conservative of the two chambers of Congress has approved legislation authorizing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which provides funds for various conservation and cleanup projects around the Great Lakes. The program has already seen some $1.6 billion in federal funds since 2010, but U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak), a co-sponsor

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Suniva Looking To Hire 75 Factory Workers In Saginaw By Mid January

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP ? Suniva has announced it will recruit another 75 people by mid-January to work at its factory near Saginaw, formerly a Sears Warehouse, joining about 30 people who already are building high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. Suniva has partnered with Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works! Qualified candidates will take the

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Internet Advisor Podcast: Online Shopping, Website Design Competition, North Korea Behind Sony Attack, MITechNews.Com Headlines

DETROIT ? Internet Advisor Podcast: How To Shop Instantly On Instagram, Shop Locally On Etsy, High School Winners of Michigan Council of Women in Technology website competition, North Korea?s elite Bureau 121 Hacker Unit Behind Sony Attack, MITechNews.Com headlines. To listen, Click on InternetAdvisor.net

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Internet Advisor|

Michigan Legislative Conference Committee Planned For Road Funding

LANSING ? Michigan House and Senate leaders have decided to put legislation that would increase funding for roads into a House-Senate conference committee in hopes a compromise can be found using that legislative mechanism. The decision came after a Tuesday meeting of the Legislative Quadrant and Governor Rick Snyder. Spokespersons for House Speaker Jase Bolger

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|