WASHINGTON DC - A federal judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI's warrantless requests for confidential user data, despite the search company's arguments that the secret demands are illegal. CNET has learned that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco rejected Google's request to modify or throw out 19 so-called National
MACKINAC ISLAND - A program begun at the first Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference that Governor Rick Snyder attended as chief executive got a major boost Thursday at a press conference that included Snyder. Executives for both DTE Energy and CMS Energy announced that their companies would spend $1 billion each over the next
LANSING - The Michigan Legislature would determine which projects get a slice of the $115 million in priority road funding in the 2013-14 Department of Transportation budget under the conference committee version of the budget approved Tuesday. The budget in SB 184 , and contained within the HB 4328 omnibus bill, follows the recent budget
TROY ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology?s annual membership meeting will be held at Altair Engineering on June 4. Denise Roberts will talk about the Art of Networking. Sponsored by: Altair Engineering, 1820 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083 To register, click on MCWT.Org
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed at a California conference that Apple has sold more than 13 million Apple TV devices - half of those set-top box devices were sold last year. He also hinted Apple may soon offer a wearable computer. But when pressed for specifics about Apple's vision for the device,
DETROIT ? Wayne State University will host NewME Accelerator PopUp Demo Day on May 31 at 7p.m. In partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs, NewME PopUps bring together entrepreneurs working on innovative technology products for an in-depth, high-intensity weekend of collaboration and production. The three-night event on May 29-31 features one-on-one coaching from NewME experts, a
MACKINAC ISLAND - Any discussion of selling art from the Detroit Institute of Arts is premature, but the art "could be in play," if Detroit finds itself in a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Treasurer Andy Dillon told reporters here. But the spokesperson for Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said the discussion that began a week ago
MACKINAC ISLAND - Better educating Michigan children and welcoming immigrants are among the keys to improving the state's economy, Governor Rick Snyder and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said in opening the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference. The conference is organized around three "pillars" of discussion: cultural change, education and the 21st Century global
LANSING ? The Michigan House Tax Policy Committee reported legislation Wednesday that would discontinue the charging of the sales and use tax on the value of a trade-in when buying a motor vehicle or watercraft. The legislation (HB 4234 , SB 89 and SB 90 ) was reported unanimously by the committee after hearing testimony
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers' name had surfaced as a possible choice for President Barack Obama to name as FBI director, but Obama went in a different direction, announcing Wednesday his nomination of James Comey, a former top official in the U.S. Department of Justice, for the post. Rogers (R-Brighton) had the support