LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made only two policy-based vetoes in signing the omnibus budget bills Tuesday, and he left in provisions that would arguably prevent spending on a new bridge to Canada. Snyder and legislative leaders praised the budget for being largely completed by June 1 and for including both contributions to the state's
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday issued a new executive order (Executive Order 2012-9) that abolishes the Michigan Economic Growth Authority and the Michigan Next Energy Authority and transfers the functions of both to the Michigan Strategic Fund Board. "Consolidating these authorities with the Strategic Fund reflects changes to our tax code and the move
NEW YORK - The U.S. government is working to reinforce soldiers' devices against data breaches. According to The New York Times, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has given a $21 million grant to the company Invincea to protect soldiers' Android-based phones and tablets from cyber threats. "By separating untrusted apps and content
SAN JOSE ? IT security company McAfee said a survey showed a whopping 70 percent of teens aged 13 to 17 have admitted to hiding their online activities from parents. McAfee found that 43 percent of the surveyed teens access simulated violence on the Web, while 32 percent view nude content or pornography. Interestingly, parents
DETROIT ? A million dollars in cash awards are up for grabs in the 2012 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, one of North America's largest business competitions. The winner gets $500,000 alone, runner-up wins $150,000 plus there are business in-kind awards to later stage, entrepreneurial businesses that have the potential to have an immediate and positive
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of loans of up to $6.8 million for five growing Michigan companies through the Michigan Business Growth Fund Loan Participation Program. ?The Loan Participation Program will allow these companies to move forward and continue to grow, which in turn brings jobs and
WASHINGTON D.C. - According to several sources who spoke with the Washington Post, Flame helped "prepare the battlefield" for other cyberattacks, including Stuxnet. The Washington Post reports, citing sources, that Flame was the brainchild of the U.S. National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Israel's military. The focus of the malware was to surreptitiously
ROYAL OAK ? Attend the June 28 Check Point GAiA Technical Brief Webinar on June 28 and receive up to four tickets to the Detroit Tigers game on July 6. The webinar is presented by Sequris Group. Quantities are limited. Check Point GAiA Technical Brief will be roughly 30-40 minutes in duration, leaving 10-15 minutes
GRAND RAPIDS - Tetra Discovery Partners LLC has been awarded a five-year $10 million cooperative agreement by the National Institutes of Health to support Tetra's efforts to develop a new drug to treat mild cognitive impairment associated, which often precedes and accompanies Alzheimer's disease. Tetra?s award includes up to $1.5 million in direct funding and
BOSTON - 2012 will see the PC market refreshed by Windows 8, and the arrival of commercial ultrabooks. But will that likely translate into improved PC shipment numbers? IDC says no, forecasting worldwide PC market growth of 5 percent, but growth in mature markets to be under 2 percent. In addition to rising consumer saturation