NOVI ? Billionaire Indian entrepreneur Bharat Desai, chairman of Syntel, is the featured speaker Aug. 23 hosted by TiE Detroit. Desai will discuss his experiences about entrepreneurship at different stages and get a golden opportunity to chat with him. Also showcased will be students of TYE class of 2012 and 2013. Because there is a
BEIJING - A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed. The group, known as APT1, was caught by a research project that provides the most significant proof yet that the Chinese are
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit has become the latest technology group in Michigan to partner with the new co-branded eNewsletter published by MITechNews.Com and WJR 760 AM's Internet Advisor. The engineering group will post ads in the Weekly Tech News Update while MITechNews.Com and WJR?s Internet Advisor will do the same in EDS?s
TRAVERSE CITY ? BASF, the international chemical company, won the inaugural Altair Enlighten Award competition for the development of its thermoplastic composite front seat pan (by GM Opel, BASF). The award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research, is the automotive industry's first award program created specifically to acknowledge innovations in vehicle light-weighting.
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not just your phone calls and Internet activity you need to be concerned about these days from the NSA. Hackers could be gunning for your toilet, too. Security company Trustwave issued a warning this week about potential bathroom breaches of luxury Satis smart toilets from Lixil. The toilets can be controlled
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund approved $2.1 million in Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program incentives to three companies that will invest $10.8 million in expansion projects that will create 183 jobs. ?From biotechnology to manufacturing to the renovation of a landmark building in Detroit, these projects demonstrate our reinvention strategy in action,
LAS VEGAS - You may hate parallel parking, but you're going to hate it even more when somebody commandeers control of your car with you in it - a scary scenario painted at the 21st annual Defcon hacker conference. "Car hacking is definitely coming," said Zoz, of Cannytophic Design, who presented on how to hack
GRAND RAPIDS ? Grand Rapids GiveCamp is now accepting applications from West Michigan non-profit organizations to gain free technology services during a weekend-long event this November. The application deadline is October 1. Through Grand Rapids GiveCamp, non-profit organizations with specific technology needs are matched with local technology professionals who volunteer their time over the course
TRAVERSE CITY - Chrysler Group will invest $52 million in two Michigan plants and hire 298 more workers to build much more fuel ?efficient engines 2.0-liter Tigershark engine for use in vehicles like the new Dodge Dart. The Trenton North assembly plant will receive $11.5 million to add an assembly line for the four-cylinder Tigershark
LANSING - The chances of getting a proposal on the November ballot to voters to raise $1.2 billion for roads appear bleak, but there are some signs of subtle progress on an issue that has seen little attention with all the focus on Medicaid expansion. To meet the deadline for the November ballot, the Michigan