ANN ARBOR ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center is offering a workshop on Jan. 17 at Washtenaw Community College to explain financial statements. This free event is co-sponsored by the Washtenaw CRA Association. Attendees can talk with experts and local service providers about angel Investors and venture capitalists, crowd funding, and fiscal
REDMOND, Wa. - Windows RT can be hacked to run unsigned desktop apps, but Microsoft sees no reason to worry. As described yesterday, the hack allows someone with a certain amount of savvy to change code in the Windows RT kernel so the tablet-based OS can run desktop apps. Officially, the only desktop programs that
SAN FRANCISCO - Security flaws in Adobe Flash, Reader, and Acrobat could have been the cause of computer crashes recently. The software company announced that it sent out updates for these three programs, which are meant to patch security vulnerabilities that cause such system crashes. "These updates address a vulnerability that could cause a crash
SAN FRANCISCO - Several U.S. banks were hit with online attacks over the past few months, but it's been unclear who was responsible. Now, government officials and security researchers are saying Iran was waging these cyberattacks, according to a report by the New York Times. "There is no doubt within the U.S. government that Iran
ANN ARBOR - Four Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $156,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $3.2 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?Funding through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program provides critical
SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of thousands of websites are potentially at risk following the discovery of an extremely critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails framework that gives remote attackers the ability to execute malicious code on the underlying servers. The bug stems from the way Rails handles formatted parameters. The bug is present in
LANSING - House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said he is ready and willing to work with majority Republicans as the 2013-14 term begins, but plans to aggressively communicate House Democrats' plans for Michigan to residents. But Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) said how much Democrats participate in the development of legislation is up to House Speaker Jase
ANN ARBOR - Changing Michigan will require a change in state culture, a new study warns. Michigan also is not viewed as a great place to grow, while the near-term economic outlook is not bright as was hoped. The survey conducted Nov. 12 to Dec. 7 by Baker Strategy Group and CFI Group of Ann
LANSING - Young motorists who are still learning to drive will no longer be allowed to make phone calls while driving except in emergency situations under a bill signed Tuesday by Governor Rick Snyder. At an emotional signing ceremony, Snyder signed SB 756 (PA 592, effective March 28), known as Kelsey's Law in honor of
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday that he will offer a refined proposal on how to fill an estimated annual gap in the state's road funding needs of $1.6 billion during his State of the State address January 16. In the fall of 2011, Snyder unveiled a series of proposals designed to boost road