LOS ANGELES - Sony Corp., hoping to steal some of Amazon.com Inc.'s thunder in the electronic-book market, unveiled a wireless reader that could be the strongest competitor to Amazon's Kindle this holiday season. Priced at $399, the Sony Reader Daily Edition is $100 more expensive than the entry-level Kindle, but one-ups the market leader with
BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Amazon announced on Wednesday two new security features for its Amazon Web Services aimed at luring new enterprise business. The big news is a feature called Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, or Amazon VPC, which enables businesses to connect to Amazon's flexible AWS resources using an industry-standard virtual private network connection. Amazon also
LANSING - Two alternative energy companies want to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory in southeast Michigan and convert it into a renewable energy park that could employ at least 2,800 workers within five years. The $725 million project involves Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif., which are
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economic recovery gathered steam in July, according to better-than-expected reports issued Wednesday on manufacturing and the housing market. The two segments of the economy that were among the weakest during the depths of the recession - new-home sales and durable-goods orders - both registered big gains last month to bolster the
SPRING LAKE - TGW-ERMANCO, which provides integrated logistics solutions, announced Wednesday that John Clark has joined as Director of Marketing. Clark will be responsible for all external communication. "John is a great addition to our team," said President Larry Strayhorn. "His 15 years' experience in Marketing and Corporate Communication in the automated material handling industry,
EAST LANSING - GiftZip.Com, started by MSU MBA Sam Hogg, is adding another Spartan to its staff, the first at the executive level. John Gwillim, an MSU Finance alum who has been working in Boston, will be joining GiftZip.Com as Chief Operations Officer. Gwillim joins GiftZip.com from Boston-based BNY ConvergEx, a successful 2006 Bank of
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the stable version of its Chrome browser that could have let an attacker remotely take over a person's computer. With one attack on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, malicious JavaScript on a Web site could let an attacker gain access to sensitive data or run
LANSING - A court's chief judge can set rules on the use of cell phones and other electronic gear in a courtroom, the Michigan Supreme Court has decided on a 4-3 vote, so long as the devices are not used to take pictures of jurors or witnesses. The court late Tuesday published its new version
LANSING - A $3 million federal grant to train workers for new energy technology jobs will flow through the No Worker Left Behind program, designed to help displaced workers, but the first chunk will go to those already working. The grant, expected to be approved by the Administrative Board next week, is dedicated to the
LANSING - Michigan government has again been certified that it is compliant with the Payment Card Industry's strict standards for ensuring that cardholder information is protected and secure. The PCI Data Security Standards apply to financial institutions, Internet vendors and retail merchants and detail the security measures and auditing procedures required to protect private cardholder