GRAND RAPIDS and BIRMINGHAM - MITechNews.Com, an online technology news portal, announced a media partnership with IT-Harvest, a security news portal, that will include combined news, podcasting, live events and advertising to a nationwide audience of security professionals. MITechNews.Com includes a Security section that features news, information and events listings. That news is packaged every
WARREN ? Eighty-three percent of the owners of small businesses surveyed across Michigan do not support a government-operated health care plan as a public option for insurance, a new survey reports. The survey was conducted among members of the Michigan Business and Professional Association and the Michigan Food and Beverage Association. The U.S. House bill,
ANN ARBOR - Adaptive Materials was recently awarded a $3 million contract to provide 60-watt fuel cell systems to the United States Air Force, delivering a significant number over the next 19 months. Adaptive Materials will determine the feasibility of fuel cells to power communications, surveillance and other technologies for soldiers in the field and
LANSING ? Michigan students receiving the State Competitive Scholarship and the Tuition Grant in the current fiscal year will see lesser maximum awards under action taken last week by the Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority. The authority, which is in charge of setting minimum and maximum levels of financial aid, acted after the Legislature approved
LANSING - When historians review the years 2000-09 in Michigan government, the difficulty that the state had in grappling with a nine-year recession and perpetual budget crises will stand out. But despite an overwhelming focus during the decade on budgetary matters, the state made several major policy changes, too. Here are the ten most significant
LANSING - Michigan's population has fallen below 10 million, according to U.S. Census data released last week. As of July 1, 2009, the state's population is 9,969,727, down from 10,002,486 a year earlier. It's the first time since the July 1, 2000, population estimate that the state's population fell below 10 million. This story was
LANSING - It began as a decade of exciting firsts for Michigan: setting an all-time record low unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, electing the first Michigan women to be governor and U.S. senator, breaking the 10 million barrier in population, seeing the first African-American to lead a legislative caucus and achieving the highest possible credit
MOUNTAIN VIEW - As a year winds down in which criticism of Google was perhaps never louder, the company used a quiet preholiday afternoon to post a manifesto on what it means to be "open." Jonathan Rosenberg, senior vice president of product management, originally wrote the "The meaning of open" as a memo to employees,
BURLINGAME, Calif. - A start-up called Lookout is trying to make phones safer and views itself as the "Symantec or McAfee of the mobile space." In 2010, the company will offer software that can scan phones to determine which apps are safe and which are not. "Applying PC solutions to a mobile problem just won't
LANSING - Expressing hope that 2010 will be a better year for Michigan following the historic economic travails of 2009, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the state had to continue to focus on diversifying its economy or face total collapse. A key to that diversification is building a more knowledgeable workforce and key to that, she