LANSING - A bill that would eliminate the state's film incentive program cleared the House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday, and the chair said it will be voted on the by full chamber soon. HB 4122 was sent to the House floor on an 8-3 party-line vote with Rep. Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) and Rep.
LANSING - The final budget structure for the new Department of Talent and Economic Development is not quite in place yet, but it will include few funding increase requests, Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Steve Arwood, director of the new department, told the House Appropriations General Government Subcommittee on Wednesday. Arwood said the budget as
SAN FRANCISCO - A newly discovered encryption flaw known as FREAK attack left users of Apple's Safari and Google's Android browsers vulnerable to hackers for more than a decade, researchers told the Washington Post. Users of the browsers were vulnerable to having their electronic communications intercepted when visiting any of hundreds of thousands of websites,
BARCELONA - Tom Wheeler, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, Wednesday defended his agency's move to regulate the Internet, ensuring that broadband players would be unaffected by his light touch approach to the rules. "This is no more regulating the Internet than the First Amendment regulates free speech in our country," Wheeler said in
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state?s life sciences trade association, has posted five new jobs in its data bank, including located in Michigan. Research Scientist Xoran Technologies LLC - Ann Arbor Position will design and develop computed tomography (CT) scanners based on new flat-panel detectors, while insuring superior image quality. Provide technical research, review and
DETROIT - The Varnum law firm will open its sixth office and second in Southeast Michigan in the Federal Reserve Building in downtown Detroit. The office space is currently undergoing build out and is expected to open in the second quarter of 2015. For the past nine years, Varnum has served clients in the Metro
DETROIT - To help app designers and developers put out the best product possible, Mobile Monday Detroit, is presenting a panel of Michigan-based experts who will provide information on creating useful and intuitive user experiences, ensuring security of user data, and overcoming the design challenges of the multi-platform and multi-device environment. Speakers will include: Jodi
ANN ARBOR - MichBio is offering its first program in conjunction with the Global Business Club of Mid-Michigan on March 31, focusing on the opportunities and unique considerations for exporting medical devices around the globe. This event will cover an overview of the medical device industry, different approaches to market entry, and regulatory and supply
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech has been named one of the leading providers of hosting and cloud services for the second consecutive year in CRN's annual Hosting 100 list. It is part of the magazine's MSP 500 ratings of the industry's most innovative companies. The annual list recognizes the leading businesses that are helping IT
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the fourth quarter of 2014, worldwide server shipments increased 4.8 percent year over year, while revenue grew 2.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner, Inc. In all of 2014, worldwide server shipments grew 2.2 percent, and server revenue increased 0.8 percent. "There were several factors that produced