SAN FRANCISCO - A team of computer scientists has published source code that can in some circumstances bypass encryption used in Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault and be used to view the contents of supposedly secure files. A report published by CNET News.Com in February described how the contents of a computer's memory could be
ANN ARBOR - William Brinkerhoff has joined the Board of Directors at Velcura Therapeutics. Brinkerhoff was vice president of business development for Esperion Therapeutics in Ann Arbor, where he successfully negotiated multiple large potential partnering agreements prior to Esperion's acquisition by Pfizer for $1.3 billion. Velcura just completed a first-in-man clinical trial for VEL-0230, an
DETROIT - Wayne State University has been selected by the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education to receive its Award for Institutional Excellence in Communications Technology for the university's Broadcast Messaging Service. This service was developed at the direction of WSU President Irvin Reid, who called for the creation of an emergency
LANSING - Plenty has been said to date of the Reform Michigan Government Now's proposal to reduce the size of the Legislature, but how will the Senate decide who runs for two-year terms in 2010 and who runs for four-year terms in that election, as the proposal requires? What does it mean within the proposal
LANSING - Michigan's population growth has slowed significantly from the period of 2000-06, but ironically the population of young adults increased during that time period even as officials worry about the loss of young people to other states, according to a report issued Monday by the Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University. In fact,
LANSING ? Economic incentives supplied by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. for 18 projects and companies are expected to generate $231.2 million in new state investment and nearly 7000 new jobs. ?These investments are great news for communities and job-seekers throughout our state,? said Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. ?The companies that are choosing to invest
LANSING - The Michigan 2008-09 appropriations for higher education, giving universities a 1 percent increase, has been signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Also signed were the budgets for the Department of Education and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The university budget bill (SB 1099 , PA 212) appropriates $1.769 billion for operations at the
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Health System has been named to the list of the nation�??s 100 Most Wired and Most Wireless hospitals, says a new survey released this week. The study, in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, focuses on how the nation's hospitals use information technology for quality,
SAN FRANCISCO - On Thursday, Yahoo! Chairman Roy Bostock and Chief Executive Jerry Yang of Yahoo! sent a letter to shareholders calling Microsoft's actions "stupefying", and tearing into billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who has been working with Microsoft to push its proposed takeover, for his lack of knowledge of the Internet business. Yahoo!�??s annual
ANN ARBOR - New Enterprise Forum will celebrate summer fun by hosting a panel of inventive entrepreneurs who will reveal how they have capitalized upon unusual or untapped market needs to build successful businesses. The event takes place July 24 at the Holiday Inn North Campus. The participants for this event include: Bruce Fridd -