WASHINGTON DC - For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to pornographic or copyright-infringing Web sites, or in China, ones that dare to criticize the government. Now a U.S. House of Representatives bill is taking the unusual step of requiring Internet providers to block access
SAN FRANCISCO - T-Mobile said on Wednesday that a software glitch was to blame for a massive outage on Tuesday that left many customers unable to send or receive calls or text messages. "After investigating the cause, we have determined that a back-end system software error had generated abnormal congestion on the network," T-Mobile said
LANSING - Clark Gerstacker of Midland was reelected President of the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, the trade and lobbying arm of the Michigan Corn Growers Association. Gerstacker also serves on the executive committee. Other on that committee include: Brian Kreps of Temperance serves as Vice President Mark Kies of Allen serves as Treasurer Richard
TROY - Your company finds great marketing value in utilizing social media, but are you aware of the accompanying risks? What are you doing to protect yourself from potential liability that could arise? This half-day session on Dec. 2 at Walsh College in Troy will explore the legal implications of social networking for your organization
DETROIT - If you are a small business and do any of your banking online these days (and who doesn't), you need to be aware of a very pervasive new scam that targets small businesses in particular. The FBI recently released a warning to small business stating that if they are using ACH money transfers,
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands - A hacker in the Netherlands broke into some jailbroken iPhones and sent text messages to the owners asking them to pay to find out how to secure their phones, according to postings in a Dutch forum called Tweakers.net. One of the victims posted a screenshot from his iPhone of the
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - The Lose/Lose game warns players before they launch the application that they are likely to have files deleted. And as such was flagged this week as malware, a Trojan Symantec has dubbed OSX.Loosemaqure. How did this come about? Well CNET News.Com explained as part of his Master of Fine Arts thesis
SAN FRANCISCO - A zero-day flaw in the TLS and SSL protocols, which are commonly used to encrypt Web pages, has been made public. Security researchers Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa unveiled the TLS (Transport Layer Security) flaw on Wednesday, following the disclosure of separate, but similar, security findings. TLS and its predecessor, SSL (Secure
DETROIT ARSENAL, WARREN - An emerging military opportunity in Washington D.C. will allow the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center to set the robotic vehicle strategy for the country. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics has tapped the expertise of TARDEC's Joint Center for Robotics
DETROIT - Wayne State University aims to reach out to young men and women an overview of science and engineering careers Nov. 18 through a special program funded by the National Science Foundation. Unlimited Horizons: Exploring Science and Engineering Careers for Women and Minority Students, an ESCALATE (Engineering & Science Careers in Academia: Learning from