SAN FRANCISCO - On Thursday, a coalition of tech companies and nonprofit groups ranging from Microsoft to ICANN, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure and Verisign announced that they've teamed up to put an end to the Conficker worm, also known as Downadup, that has infected as many as 12 million computers, Microsoft has even offered $250,000 to
MIDLAND - Midland Tomorrow and Saginaw Future Inc. Thursday launched a dynamic partnership to attract new solar business investment to the region. The Great Lakes Bay Economic Development Partnership is a marketing collaboration that will present a unified marketing message and help stimulate the region's solar industry. "The three economic development organizations have worked cooperatively
LANSING - Economic development efforts for many years focused on bringing in new business: providing the tax incentives or the site, or both, for the new plant. But two separate presentations Wednesday said that focus on jobs could be misplaced in the new economy. "Is it jobs first or quality of life first?" said Rep.
LANSING - While a bleak picture is likely to be painted in the governor's 2009-10 budget, which will include layoffs as the proposal seeks overall general fund cuts of at least $600 million, it appears there will be no cuts to revenue sharing nor to Michigan's 28 community colleges. But the state's per-pupil foundation grant
GRAND RAPIDS - The Van Andel Institute has created an alliance with the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, which will share newly appointed VAI Research Director Jeffrey Trent to speed cancer research into commercialized products. Trent, Ph.D., will succeed founding VAI Research Director George Vande Woude, Ph.D., who stays on as head of the
ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Builders and Architectural Resource is working with an Ann Arbor homeowner to create the nation's third LEED Platinum residential remodel - a unique home that features such CleanTech features as heavily insulated walls, energy efficient windows, special heating and cooling systems that together generate monthly energy bills of around $40. To
DETROIT - SciTech Development is working on a new drug delivery system that could help attack eight different types of cancer, including some of the real bad ones such as pancreatic and breast. In this TechTown channel interview, SciTech President Earle Holsapple discusses the company's R&D efforts and its attempt to raise $7 million to
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. will cut 10,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its salaried work force, this year as the auto maker struggles to cope with a steep drop in world-wide vehicle sales. The job cuts are part of the plan the company submitted to Congress in December to secure bailout funding from the
TROY - Doug Stratton, president of the Stratton Foundation, has been selected as the ConnecTech January 2009 Member of the Month. Stratton is a member of the ConnecTech Greater Detroit Chapter. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DETROIT - Next Tuesday GM and Chrysler have to go before the US Treasury to prove they can be viable and get more government money. At the same time, the French government will give Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, and French auto suppliers nearly 8 billion Euros in aid, or about $10.5 billion. They get it as