ANN ARBOR - If you're an entrepreneur, you'll want to listen to this special News Maker interview with Diane Durance, executive director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest. She talks about the Fall 2008 contest, with cash prizes available. She also provides details about what you'll need to go for the cash,
ANN ARBOR - Sure, the United States economy is struggling, but the end to the "growth recession" may be in sight, say University of Michigan economists. In their annual summer forecast of the U.S. economy, Saul Hymans, U-M professer emeritus of economics and colleagues Joan Crary, Stanley Sedo and Janet Wolfe say that three factors
WASHINGTON DC - Frustrated with political deadlock, solar energy companies fear a big setback if Congress fails to renew a key federal tax credit set to expire at the end of the year. The provision would extend a 30 percent break of up to $2,000 to homeowners. Businesses would qualify for the same percentage, without
WASHINGTON DC - Frustrated with political deadlock, solar energy companies fear a big setback if Congress fails to renew a key federal tax credit set to expire at the end of the year. The provision would extend a 30 percent break of up to $2,000 to homeowners. Businesses would qualify for the same percentage, without
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G's reception issues, confirming that the iPhone OS 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems. A company representative told the Associated Press overnight (thanks, Macworld) that the latest update "improved communication with 3G networks," after weeks of silence regarding the reception issues reported by
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Voltage Security continues to ramp up its channel program and recruit partners. Since launching the Entourage Partner Program in November 2007, Voltage has recruited 27 partners, and its most recent version of SecureMail Server was designed to make it easier for those partners to install it. As a provider of encryption
REDMOND, Wa. - For many, privacy on the Web is a concern. And for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, privacy is a feature. In a meeting with reporters, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company's browser will come with a private browsing mode. And Long Zheng of
ASPEN, Colo.- Recording industry and motion picture lobbyists are renewing their push to convince broadband providers to monitor customers and detect copyright infringements, claiming the concept is working abroad and should be adopted in the United States. A representative of the recording industry said this week that her companies would prefer to enter into voluntary
DALLAS - American Airlines passengers will now have Wi-Fi access on some flights. The airline said that it has finally launched its in-flight Internet access service via Wi-Fi on 15 of its 767-200 airplanes. The service, called Gogo, will be offered on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles,
LANSING - Michigan residents are a tiny bit more optimistic about the future of business conditions in the next year, but they have never been so gloomy about their own current state, a new survey shows. The latest results from the State of the State Survey, conducted by the Institute for Public Policy and Social