EAST LANSING - RateMyStudentRental.Com, a web site for students to critique their rentals and landlords, was the runner up in the New Business Idea category of the 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest contest. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
EAST LANSING - Lambert Technologies, which has developed a coating that lets engineers and designers see where the weak points are in parts under stress, was the runner up in the Emerging Business category for the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 has named Randall (Randy) Frank Chief Technology Officer, a role in which he will help set and manage the overall direction of advanced technology plans for Internet2, including the identification and development of emerging technologies in areas like high-performance hybrid networking, end-to-end performance, network security, and middleware. As CTO, Frank will
LANSING - Income tax collections in Michigan and most states have plummeted by 26 percent over the last year due to the severity of the recession, a study by the Nelson Rockefeller Institute of Government in New York said. Michigan's tax returns were even worse than the national average, falling by 34.4 percent from April
LANSING - Michigan Senate leaders plan to put the House-passed versions of legislation that could allow the North American International Auto Show to remain at Cobo Center into a conference committee, perhaps as early as Tuesday. But after a series of conference calls on Monday on the House versions of SB 587 and HB 4998
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Butzel Long attorneys will host an Employee Free Choice Act Briefing from 8:30 a.m. to Noon on June 26 at Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office located at Stoneridge West, 41000 Woodward Avenue. The program is designed for senior managers, senior human resource executives, and in-house counsel. The half-day seminar is entitled, �??Employee
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer wants to make it clear that student entrepreneurs can pursue their inventions on campus without concern that the University will later try to claim ownership. That's why the office is making several changes to its Technology Transfer Policy. The most significant change clarifies the
ANN ARBOR - ERT Systems, which makes automated tracking systems for first responders, has released P.A.R. Version 4, an enhanced version of its emergency resource tracking and scene management software. "Version 4 adds a number of new features which greatly improve ease-of-use and overall scene management," said Dennis Carmichael, President of ERT Systems. "They include
TROY - The Automation Alley Technology Committee is hosting a panel discussion on July 14 that will take a look at how the United States can use technology to stem the rising cost of healthcare. Each of the panel's four speakers will discuss what is being done in the areas of integration, security and standards,
SAN FRANCISCO - Parents have yet another reason for a long, hard talk with their kids. More than half of teens admit to using the Internet to cheat, a new poll shows, while 35 percent say they've used their cell phones. The results were released Thursday by Common Sense Media, which commissioned research firm Benenson