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54 Semifinalists Named By $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Contest

DETROIT ? After an intense review process by the judge?s panel, 54 semifinalists have been selected to compete for more than $1 million in cash and in-kind prizes in the fifth annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Businesses from as far as the United Kingdom, India and throughout the United States, applied this year?s competition. Applications

By |2014-09-17T00:00:00-04:00September 17th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

MSU Environmental Engineering Professor Named Fulbright Scholar

EAST LANSING - Volodymyr Tarabara, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan State University, has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will conduct research on water quality control in the Republic of Georgia. The highly coveted Fulbright grants are issued by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

By |2014-09-17T00:00:00-04:00September 17th, 2014|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Same Malware Used To Hack Target Compromised Home Depot

SAN FRANCISCO - The same malware that hacked the accounts of Target customers late last year may have compromised credit card information at Home Depot. In his Krebs on Security blog published late Sunday, security researcher Brian Krebs cited "sources close to the investigation" who told him that two different variants of the same malicious

By |2014-09-11T00:00:00-04:00September 11th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Data-Leakage Problems Found In Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, OoVoo, Voxer

SAN FRANCISCO - By sniffing out the details of network communications, University of New Haven researchers have uncovered a host of data-leakage problems in Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, OoVoo, Voxer and several other Android apps. The problems include storing images and videos in unencrypted form on Web sites, storing chat logs in plaintext on the device,

By |2014-09-11T00:00:00-04:00September 11th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|