DETROIT - Compuware Corp. may split the company into two units: one that would support its mainframe business and the other to focus on applications performance management. The news came Thursday night during the computer-services company?s quarterly teleconference call after the markets had closed, the typical way Compuware reports its financials. CEO Bob Paul did
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google is developing a new, cutting-edge tablet as it continues to experiment with advanced vision capabilities for mobile devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company plans to produce about 4,000 of the prototype tablets beginning next month, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The device would come with
LANSING - The Michigan House approved a package of bills by huge margins on Thursday allowing $194.8 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund to go toward the "Grand Bargain" designed to get Detroit out of bankruptcy and alleviate cuts to pensioners. Representatives were so supportive of the package that the chamber erupted in applause after
REDMOND - A critical security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has gone unfixed since October 2013, according to a new report from the Zero-Day Initiative. The report, which was issued because of ZDI's policy to reveal zero-day flaws that go unfixed for more than 180 days, says that the vulnerability allows an attacker to
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WASHINGTON - The House passed a bill overhauling the National Security Agency's heavily criticized telephone-surveillance program, in the first legislative move responding to revelations about the NSA's spying by former government contractor Edward Snowden nearly a year ago. Proponents said the bill marked the first substantial rollback of spy agency powers in more than 35
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state's life sciences trade organization, has seven new gold-collar jobs that range from marketing specialists, to a Pharmaceutical Formulator. Marketing and Communications Specialist Essen BioScience - Ann Arbor Essen BioScience, an established biotechnology company, is seeking a talented Marketing and Communications Specialist with a strong background in tactical marketing, graphic
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP ? AvaSure, using a $550,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant, is expanding its facility in Plainfield Township. The project will generate a total capital investment of $1.9 million and create 110 jobs. ?Michigan?s healthcare industry is growing and recognized across the country, and AvaSure?s decision to expand here underscores Michigan?s business-friendly environment
LANSING - The Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee began exploring bills Tuesday that would expand the items considered renewable fuels and would allow natural gas utilities to expand their service territories. But the bills saw objections from groups that argued, respectively, they would allow non-renewable resources to be considered renewable and would allow expansion
LANSING - The Cyber Civilian Corps, a group aimed at helping both the state and businesses prevent computer-aided attacks, officially launched Wednesday. The program, announced by Governor Rick Snyder in October, will begin as a rapid response team for data breaches. "We are on our way to realizing the vision of the Cyber Civilian Corps