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Obama Commits $1.2. Billion In Energy R&D

WASHINGTON DC - Seeking to boost the U.S. clean-energy industry, President Obama on Monday announced $1.2 billion for science research at national labs and a proposal to extend a business tax credit for investments in research and development. At an event at the White House, Obama told researchers and green-technology business people that their work

By |2009-03-23T00:00:00-04:00March 23rd, 2009|Archive, Events/Announcements|

People Are Still The Biggest Security Vulnerability

MILFORD, Mass. - ESG Research recently conducted a project focused on confidential data security that will be published soon. However, here are some interesting advance results that support this venerable security dictum that people are the biggest security vulnerability. ESG asked 308 North American and European security professionals from large organizations (i.e. 1,000 employees or

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

U.K. To Monitor, Store All Social-Network Traffic?

LONDON - The U.K. government is considering the mass surveillance and retention of all user communications on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo. Vernon Coaker the U.K. Home Office security minister, on Monday said the EU Data Retention Directive, under which Internet service providers must store communications data for 12 months, does not go

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Midwest Technology Leaders 2009 Coming Up At The Speed of Change

TROY - Technology executives will have an opportunity to explore emerging technology and most topical issues in IT at the 5th Annual Midwest Technology Leaders 2009 held at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit on June 3. This technology symposium features influential local and national speakers, networking opportunities and an examination of regional and global

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

InfraGard Update: March 2009

DETROIT - For those readers who are already InfraGard members, you will be receiving (or have already received) an email 'Save the Date' for an exciting event coming up in April. The event is a very hush-hush one that you will be glad you put some time aside for. So please do as the email

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Protecting Yourself, Your Business, And Your Customers In Cyber Space

TROY - Automation Alley's Technology Committee and Walsh College are co hosting the Great Lakes Cyber Security Conference: Protecting Yourself, Your Business and Your Customer, on May 12th at Walsh College's Troy campus. This one-day conference includes nationally-recognized information security experts Tom Peltier, Justin Peltier, and Richard Stiennon, who will address the growing need for

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Microsoft Launches Internet Explorer 8

LAS VEGAS - Aiming to better compete against a growing list of rivals, Microsoft on Thursday launched Internet Explorer 8, the latest version of its Web browser. IE 8, as the browser is known, was first shown a year ago and has been in testing for months, CNET News.Com. The new browser adds security improvements,

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Avira Builds Better Free Security In AntiVir 9

TETTNANG, Germany - Avira AntiVir started making waves a few years ago, scoring high on well-respected third-party antivirus detection and removal tests. Released today exclusively on Download.com, AntiVir 9 doesn't appear to have changed much--but that's only because the interface sports the slightest of what's new. A refreshed banner logo tops the list of UI

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|