BIRMINGHAM - We have had eleven days to absorb the implications of wide spread Chinese supported attacks against Google and thirty or so other organizations. The US Secretary of State made one of the most affirmative statements on Internet freedom yet articulated by a government. Various policy analysts have chimed in as well. Some thoughts
LANSING - As expected, Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed Thursday morning expanding the sales tax to services, reducing the sales tax rate to 5.5 percent and phasing out the Michigan Business Tax surcharge by 2012 as part of her 2010-11 fiscal year budget recommendation. "Our tax system has not kept pace with these economic changes and
BIRMINGHAM - Last month, I related communications I had with The Jester, an individual who has decided to express his outrage at Jihadist organizations by systematically taking down their web sites. A week later, we learned that engineers at Google had been engaging in their own form of cyber vigilantism by hacking into a command
LANSING - Lawmakers, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state would be banned from directly or indirectly applying for state grants and it would be a misdemeanor for candidates or their campaign staff to accept donations on state property under a two-bill ethics package passed by the House on Wednesday. The legislation
BIRMINGHAM - I had an interesting demonstration in January from a hacker who goes by the handle "The Jester" or in so-called l33t speak, th3j35t3r which is his Twitter ID. Since January 1, The Jester has been systematically wreaking havoc with several websites he associates with Al Quiada and Jihadists via a Denial of Service
AUBURN HILLS ? Netarx is hosting a technology bar open house on March 11 at its Auburn Hills headquarters to provide updates on virtualization from its strategic partners Microsoft and VCE. The event is free, but does require advance registration. Food from Lukich's Family Dining.Wine, Beer, and Soft Drinks. Giveaways and Door Prizes. WHEN: Thursday,
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration's Michigan District Office is seeking small business owners for its second round of the "Emerging 200 Initiative." Last year, 16 Detroit-based small businesses successfully completed this in-depth training program for senior executives. "We're pleased, along with our partners, to offer the second round of Emerging 200 and its
WASHINGTON DC - Peiter Zatko - a respected hacker known as "Mudge"- has been tapped to be a program manager at DARPA, where he will be in charge of funding research designed to help give the U.S. government tools needed to protect against cyberattacks, CNET has learned. Zatko will become a program manager in mid-March
MOUNTAIN VIEW - The stable version of Google Chrome for Windows has been updated with three critical security fixes and an announcement that the first payouts to crowd-sourced security researchers have been delivered. Chrome 4.0.249.89 repairs serious problems found in processing the < ruby > tag, and two integer overflows that affected the JavaScript engine
LONDON - Executives unsure of the viability of cloud computing need look no further than the criminal fraternity for a ringing endorsement of the technology, according to a security expert. Cloud computing has been enthusiastically taken up by criminals for a range of activities, Rik Ferguson, senior security adviser at security firm Trend Micro, told