WASHINGTON DC - Just because the National Security Agency hasn't cracked the anonymizing service Tor doesn't mean that people who use the service are free from surveillance. The NSA has been able to use ad networks like Google's, and The Onion Router's own entry and exit nodes on the Internet, to follow some Tor users,
LONDON, United Kingdom - Banks have been ordered by the Financial Policy Committee to devise a way of toughening up their cyber defenses in the next six months, because of the growing threat of cyber attacks. Minutes of last month's FPC meeting involving the Bank of England revealed that the Treasury is already working on
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Expetec Technology Services has joined the Business Improvement Team, a consortium of independent consulting companies. Expetec Technology Services implements, supports and manages Information Technology and VoIP systems for small to medium sized businesses in southeast Michigan. The other member companies are Absolute Engineering & Consulting, LLC, Clear Vision Strategy LLC, Expense Reduction
DETROIT ? Sam Harrell of Ann Arbor won first place and $20,000 for his MiMaps application at the first Code Michigan development conference. MiMaps maps Michigan?s great outdoors. Users can easily find a variety of trails as well as information on nearby lodging and restaurants. The event was held at Grand Circus, a training and
GRAND RAPIDS - For researchers, chemists, engineers, industry CEOs, students, educators, entrepreneurs, and policymakers, the 2013 Michigan Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference Oct. 23-24 provides an excellent opportunity to hear and share ideas on how we can best "green up" Michigan through green chemistry and engineering. Conference attendees will learn how green chemistry and engineering
GRAND RAPIDS - Art is a brain virus, and technology is helping art to infect brains faster and more effectively than ever before. Or is it the other way around? One thing is certain, as always by design, the pace of change for art combined with technology is far ahead of our society and laws.
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan industrial economy has returned to slow growth, according to a survey done by Grand Valley State University. The monthly survey, compiled by Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at GVSU, was based on data collected during the last two weeks of
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee will take up a bill addressing the issue of cyberbullying, which Sen. Glenn Anderson said fills holes in the current anti-bullying law that even Governor Rick Snyder previously said needed to be addressed. Current law says that schools must have a policy about bullying and that the policy
TROY - Altair Thursday introduced HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel, a streamlined and high quality vertical application designed to improve wind tunnel simulation for the automotive industry. Using several of Altair?s state-of-the-art technologies from advanced meshing to high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulation, and designed with an intuitive, highly automated and streamlined workflow and user interface, HyperWorks
EAST LANSING ? Pulling all night cram sessions for multi-choice exams may become a thing of the past. The National Science Foundation has awarded Michigan State University a $5.7 million grant to develop a different approach for taking such tests in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the so-called STEM fields. The grant