MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google may see its Chrome operating system as more secure than traditional alternatives, but one security researcher believes the cloud-based OS is vulnerable, according to a Reuters story. WhiteHat Security researcher Matt Johansen said he found a flaw in a Chrome OS application that he was able to exploit to gain control
LANSING - The State of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and AT&T launched the MI Camping and Recreation Locator mobile app just in time for the busiest camping season of the year. The app locates and provides helpful details about where people can camp, boat, hike and swim. Some of the features include: * List
LANSING - The 30 percent of Michigan households with access to high-speed Internet but don't use it are an untapped source of economic development, especially in rural communities, according to a Public Service Commission report on broadband planning released at a press event Thursday. "To us, that highlights something of a low-hanging-fruit opportunity," said Brian
LANSING - Historic and controversial changes to Michigan teacher tenure cleared the Legislature on Thursday night as it wrapped up a dizzying first six months of the term with a final round of major action on items like the health insurance claims tax, pig hunting and bad driver fees. With the conclusion of voting in
LANSING - It will still take concurrence from the Michigan Senate, but the House on Thursday signed off on a change to public employee health care cost sharing that would provide the options of both a hard dollar cap and 80/20 split. But the chamber failed to win the two-thirds support required on SJR C
LANSING - After a two-month battle, the Michigan Senate finally put together the support needed to the proposed 1 percent health insurance claims tax that is essential to providing the funding to support the spending allocated for Medicaid. Democrats still seemed reticent to support the proposal after putting up almost no support for a companion
LANSING - A group of current and former Michigan union workers announced Thursday an effort to push the Legislature to enact a right-to-work law in the state, saying it would help unions as well as business. And even though Governor Rick Snyder has said repeatedly that he was not pushing for a right-to-work law, saying
TROY - MartinJay Digital, an online agency, said Tuesday that it had acquired the intellectual assets ? including patent rights, source code and associated domain names ? of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Social Blaze, a developer of analytics technologies and social media management applications. Financial terms of the deal, which closed June 14, were not disclosed.
TROY ? Stage 2 Innovations Fund, which made a big splash last month announcing it had $100 million to invest in Michigan second-stage companies, now says it's willing to take a look at companies that don't have patented technologies ? a requirement when the fund was launched. The company is co-founded by former Chrysler CEO
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech has increased its data center operations staff by 33 percent and added new partner certifications to their operations team in 2011. Their team now consists of Microsoft, VMware, Dell & Cisco certified professionals. ?As our product lines and client base have continued to grow, we have made proactive strides to