SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers broke into several television stations' Emergency Alert Systems last week and broadcast that zombies were "rising from their graves" and "attacking the living." While a comical hoax, security consultancy firm IOActive warns that this type of behavior is dangerous and not that hard for hackers to do, according to Computerworld. This
ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science is once again seeking 16 academically talented students to take advantage of National Science Foundation scholarships in industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. As part of a $598,980 grant the SECS received last year to fund its OU's Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship Program, 16
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems has developed a dashboard system for key performance indicators for two franchise in The Dwyer Group of Waco, Texas. The Dwyer Group is an international enterprise and parent company for seven service-based franchise companies that provide a broad range of residential and commercial maintenance and repair services. Each franchisee can
LANSING - Speakers and attendees of the first public forum on energy policy Thursday largely agreed on the need to move toward more renewable power and energy efficiency, but were split on whether the state's current energy law was the way to get there. The goal of the seven forums planned between Thursday and April
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to increase the gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees is not likely to see any traction the Senate, but the idea of an increase in those areas in a different form is still open for debate. Snyder has proposed increasing the fuel tax to 33 cents per gallon from
DETROIT ? Compuware Corp. has developed a poison pill defense against takeover by New York hedge fund, Elliott Management that would pay senior executives big bonuses if the computer software and services company changes hands and they lose their jobs as a result. In a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commisssion, Compuware
LANSING - A majority of Michigan voters favors changing the way the state awards electoral votes in presidential elections from winner-take-all to by congressional district, but a majority then opposes the change when told that Mitt Romney would have won more electoral votes in Michigan under this system despite President Barack Obama carrying the state.
LANSING - Michigan's election systems and performance scored well in a study by Pew Charitable Trusts, which placed the state sixth in the nation when measuring categories like ease of voting, accuracy of systems and completeness of data. The study reviewed the election performance of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin scored
LANSING - The Michigan Retailers Association has come out strongly against proposals to increase the sales tax to fund road repairs, saying it would be devastating to the retail industry and the state's economic recovery. In a statement released Monday, the association said its president, James Hallan, wrote a letter to all senators, who have
LANSING - The easing of the Personal Property Tax burden will put pressure on the General Fund as a result of redirecting a portion of use tax revenues to local governments and making sure the tax changes do not cost the School Aid Fund money, according to the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency. A SFA report