CUPERTINO - Apple announced Tuesday its long-awaited iPad Mini, a smaller, slightly redesigned version of its larger slate, comes with a 7.9-inch screen and runs Apple's iOS 6 software. The iPad Mini is 7.2mm thick, about 23 percent thinner than the fourth-generation iPad. The device weighs 0.68 pounds, making it 53 percent lighter than its
NEW YORK - United Nations report calls for Internet surveillance, saying lack of internationally agreed framework for retention of data is a problem, as are open Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and libraries. The United Nations is calling for more surveillance of Internet users, saying it would help to investigate and prosecute terrorists, CNET News.Com
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran?s secret cyber war-room is located at Hizballah?s secret internal security apparatus headquarters in the Shiite Dahya district of South Beirut, contends debkafile, an independent Internet intelligence and security news service. The hackers and cyber experts who recently attacked American banks and Saudi oil sites and which guided an Iranian stealth drone
WASHINGOTN DC - The Federal Trade Commission is offering a cash reward of $50,000 to whoever develops a solution to block robotic calling on both landlines and mobiles. In 2009, the FTC banned automatic commercial telemarketing calls, but solicitation is still a problem as advanced technology makes illegal, irritating calls more difficult to block. The
BRUSSLES, Belgium - NATO plans to hold its Cyber Coalition 2012 war games, the Kommersant business daily wrote Thursday. In line with the exercise's scenario NATO members come under cyber attacks from an aggressor, which is described as "an African country." However, some NATO officials admit that the alliance is preparing to resist potential attacks
LANSING - Though he is pleased with the recent Senate passage of the Blue Cross Blue Shield conversion legislation, Governor Rick Snyder said on Friday his next item up for grabs is a special message on energy and the environment in November. In speaking to Gongwer News Service after helping graduate 78 state troopers, he
TROY - The Walsh College Master of Science in Taxation degree was ranked seventh in the U.S. by MST alumni and fourteenth by tax professionals, according to a recent survey by JobsInTax.com, part of the TaxTalent network, the largest online support organization for tax professionals. Master of science in taxation alumni ranked Walsh College in
DETROIT - Back in 2010, a Roland Berger study was already warning that only six to eight global players in rechargeable battery business would survive through to 2017. In fact, the process of consolidation across the Li-Ion battery market is progressing even faster than expected. Over the last two years, the industry has seen a
WASHINGTON - SBA-backed loans to exporters continued to grow in the fiscal year ended Oct. 1, reaching more than $923 million, which supported $1.7 billion in small business exports. ?Giving small businesses the tools they need to export their goods and services and create jobs is an important part of our core mission,? said SBA
DETROIT ? SBA's Michigan District Office is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Small Business Awards. The Michigan Small Business Person of the Year will be in contention for the National Small Business Person of the Year award selected at the Small Business Week event in Washington D.C. Beginning now, you may submit a preliminary