LANSING - Storm On Demand, the cloud hosting arm of managed hosting provider Liquid Web, has announced its latest High Performance hosting product - Storm SSD. In Storm SSD, Storm On Demand has tweaked its Cloud Servers to include Solid State Drives and full redundancy. This innovation sees Storm On Demand increasing the power and
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Attorney General says six hackers in the United States and abroad, affiliated with LulSec, Anonymous, and Antisec, have been arrested and charged with crimes. Government agencies have arrested several members of hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on Sony Pictures and Fox's "X-Factor" reality series, charging them
SAN FRANCISCO - CNET has learned that Apple's next tablet will be called the iPad HD instead of the iPad 3. A developer who's previously provided reliable information with respect to things Apple and otherwise tells us the next iPad uses the HD moniker instead of going with "iPad 3." That matches up well with
SAN FRANCISCO - According to Richard A. Clarke's book ?Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to do about It,? North Korea, one of the least connected countries in the world, has one of the most advanced cyberwar programs. So how can this be? North Korea has four known cyber warfare units
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan is launching the Mayleben Family Venture Shaping Program through the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies to teach student teams from across U-M how to transform identified opportunities into business. The new program is being funded by a gift from Aastrom Biosciences president & CEO Tim Mayleben (a U-M
SAN JOSE, Ca. - A group of Silicon Valley technology leaders, impatient with attempts to rewrite immigration laws, is funding efforts to help undocumented youths attend college, find jobs and stay in the country despite their illegal status. The group includes Jeff Hawkins, inventor of the Palm Pilot, and the family foundations of Andrew Grove,
ANN ARBOR - Daily deal sites attract new customers and inspire loyalty with Groupon leading the way with the largest share of the market, a new study shows. While there has been some argument about the impact of daily deal offers on new business, according to the ForeSee report, daily deal offers do increase business
NOVI - ITC Transmission has selected Iron Mountain-based M.J. Electric LLC to build the first segment of the Thumb Loop high-voltage transmission line. Phase 1 of the double-circuit, 345,000-volt (345 kV) line will extend approximately 62 miles from the site of the new Bauer substation in Tuscola Township, southwestern Tuscola County, to the new Rapson
FLINT - A three-team alliance from Grand Blanc, Auburn Hills and Lansing won the 2012 Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition Saturday in Flint. Grand Blanc?s Team 2337, the Enginerds, joined with Auburn Hill?s Team 33, the Killer Bees, and Lansing?s rookie team, Star Trec, Team 4294, to take top competition honors during the district
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Federal Communications Commission wants to know what the public has to say about government officials asking carriers to disable cell service for public safety purposes. The agency's concern is a reaction to last year's cutting of service by San Francisco Bay Area subway police ahead of a protest. "Our democracy, our