DETROIT - 1984 was a good year, and so it's of little surprise that episode 84 of our weekly live broadcast was a blast. With our guests from Falling Down Beer Company, RhinoCoders and Startup Weekend Pontiac in-studio with us, we had a wide variety of topics to handle - to the point where it
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan talks about the Energy Choice controversy in the Michigan Legislature, and a discussion of the story in Michipreneur.Com about 15 entrepreneurial companies in Detroit developing disruptive technologies. To listen, click on MITechNews.Com
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan talks about a big cybersecurity conference coming up at Walsh College were Brigadier General Michael A. Stone, assistant adjutant general - Army, Michigan National Guard, will be the keynote April 15 at the first Walsh College Center for Cybersecurity Leadership conference. He also talks about discounts available for
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK recently launched a new video series designed to provide critical information and education to business owners. The SPARK-Ed series' first installment, launched in time to support startups going through its Entrepreneur Boot Camp program, is a four-part look at what entrepreneurs need to know about starting a business. Featuring
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's administration is proposing a three-step, more stringent process for utilities looking to build new plants, Valerie Brader, advisor to Snyder, told the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee on Wednesday. Brader, in a presentation to the committee, said Snyder is proposing a three-step process that would first involve a statewide analysis
WASHINGTON DC - Defense Secretary Ash Carter Thursday unveiled the Defense Department's second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD's cyber forces and to strengthen its cyber defenses and its posture on cyber deterrence. Carter discussed the new strategy - an update to the original strategy released in 2011 - before an audience at
DETROIT - Researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine have developed a novel screening tool that can differentiate between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis antigens. It could lead to earlier reliable diagnosis and treatment of both diseases, and may aid in the development or evaluation of a tuberculosis vaccine. The non-invasive technique is now pending
BIRMINGHAM - Back before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, before military thinkers and policymakers became obsessed with counterinsurgency, the idea of the day was the Revolution in Military Affairs, or RMA. RMA, a doctrine that emphasized modern information, technology and communications, was sparked by Soviet analysis of the West's move towards more reliance on
WASHINGTON DC - The Millennials - those born between 1980 and 1999 - have an "overwhelmingly positive opinion" of Edward Snowden, who in 2013 leaked reams of classified documents about spying programs conducted by the US National Security Agency, a new study from the American Civil Liberties Union contends. This generational change could help usher
SOUTHFIELD - Every year, on the fourth Thursday of April, thousands of technology professionals take a break from connecting data to the cloud or learning the next hot programming language to mentor young girls. The local Cisco Southfield office partnered with Focus Hope, Cisco Networking Academy, to offer a day of education around information and