HAMTRAMCK - General Motors announced Tuesday the automaker will add 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to significantly expand its vehicle electrification expertise and develop hybrid and electric-powered vehicles, like the Chevrolet Volt. The announcement by GM CEO Dan Akerson coincides with preparations for delivery of the first Volt to
SAN FRANCISCO - Security research firm Sophos posted a memo about a rogue app that was spread on Facebook recently with messages like "OMG ... I can't believe this actually works! Now you really can see who viewed your profile!" The app is bogus. I've asked a Facebook representative about this before, and he told
DETROIT - The first Chevrolet Volt available for retail sale will be offered at public auction with the proceeds benefitting math and sciences education in the Detroit Public Schools. The opening bid is $50,000. "Every aspect of the Volt - from its aerodynamic shape to its battery chemistry - is a testament to the importance
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced Tuesday the research consortium will donate bandwidth on its national backbone to support the Global Environment for Network Innovations in developing its meso-scale prototype, which now spans more than a dozen US campuses. The GENI Project Office is located at Raytheon BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA. Sponsored by the National
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation announced Tuesday that it has received a $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of a safe and effective intranasal vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a highly contagious viral disease and is one of the most common causes of bronchiolitis and pneumonia. RSA
LANSING - Michigan is already at risk of losing out on some winter visitors because it is not currently funding the national "Pure Michigan" advertising campaign, and not replacing that funding before the end of the year could also mean missing out on some spring and summer visitors, tourism officials said in launching a call
LANSING - As John Nixon prepares to take over the process of writing Michigan's budget, moving from a state with one of the healthiest economies in the nation to the one that has struggled for a decade, Nixon said the state will have to ask fundamental questions of what its budget should do and what
TROY ? Tracy Lafeir has joined the Center for Computer Resources as a Service Desk Engineer. Lafeir is ITIL certified and has experience implementing and supporting VMWare View Virtual infrastructures, supporting Cisco VOIP services (including the Cisco Call Center Application IPCC), and has aided in infrastructure design and planning, as well as the offshoring initiative.
LANSING - Fiber optic Internet service provider Arialink last week completed a major network expansion, launching a direct fiber optic peering initiative at major Internet hubs in Chicago and Washington, D.C. improving communications quality and speed. Network peering is a direct fiber connection made between two networks for the purpose of routing customers? traffic privately
LIVONIA - Container and Pooling Solutions is now offering container rental solutions to Mexican markets. Since 1998, CAPS has been providing container rental and container tracking solutions for customers in the food, beverage, non-hazardous chemical, general manufacturing and automotive markets. As North America's leading provider of container management services, the company has primarily serviced customers