SEATTLE - Move over, Atlanta. Seattle, Microsoft and Amazon.com's home base, is now the country's most wired city. No cities in Michigan made the list, but two in Ohio cracked the top 30. While these marquee names have long lent the Emerald City tech-y cachet, it was Seattle's increased use of broadband that powered it
TROY - February 13 is the deadline to apply at Walsh College for the U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students beginning in the fall 2009 semester. Individuals must be admitted to the Walsh Master of Science in Information Assurance program or
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels is sponsoring and hosting a half-day program in conjunction with the Angel Capital Association focused on learning about valuation and portfolio strategy Feb. 19 at Saginaw Valley State University. Tickets cost $75. �??By bringing together experienced and relatively new investors, along with entrepreneurs seeking private funding and professionals involved in
LANSING - While security advisers in Washington, D.C., grapple with the president's desire to use a Blackberry, in Michigan all four legislative caucuses are finding new ways to message by tapping into the power of technology. The explosion of technology, from Facebook and Twitter to podcasts and blogging, has made its own impression on the
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels is sponsoring and hosting a half-day program in conjunction with the Angel Capital Association focused on learning about valuation and portfolio strategy Feb. 19 at Saginaw Valley State University. Tickets cost $75. �??By bringing together experienced and relatively new investors, along with entrepreneurs seeking private funding and professionals involved in
NOVI - Red Level Networks, an Infrastructure Networking solutions provider, has hired Jennifer Swiderski as the newly created position of Marketing Manager. Swiderski will be responsible for all corporate marketing, public relations, a variety of technological campaigns, all tradeshow and event management, planning and coordination, as well as developing new business for Michigan. said David
CAMPBELL, Ca. - Barracuda Networks is predicting that the poor economy, as well as the growing use of botnets, will give spam volume a bump, sending it slightly higher than 95 percent in 2009. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the CAN-SPAM act, but it hasn't had a great impact on reducing spam, said
WASHINGTON - A secret federal appeals court has ruled that federal agencies can be authorized to conduct warrantless e-mail and telephone surveillance without violating the U.S. Constitution. In a 29-page redacted opinion released Thursday, the court ruled that presidents do not need to obtain warrants to conduct "foreign intelligence for national-security purposes"-which is effectively at
LANSING - Please make plans to attend an Infragard event next week that everyone should have interest in, though not too many really want to talk about. The event I thought it was your turn to watch the data: Issues and strategies in dealing with compromised information but if you want a quick sound bite
SAN JOSE - Finjan, which provides secure web gateway solutions, recently conducted an online survey of 200 IT and security professionals that revealed that while the total IT budgets for 2009 are likely to be reduced compared to 2008, the IT security budget outlook was more optimistic as organizations intend to dedicate a larger part