NEW YORK ? An AT&T executive warned that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010 due to the increased capacity demands of Web 2.0 applications, such as video. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative
LANSING - A tourism promotion program would have to be established and run by the state under legislation the Michigan Senate and House passed Wednesday. HB 5865 , HB 5866 and HB 5867 , all passed unanimously by the Senate and were enrolled by the House after votes of 91-16, 88-19 and 85-22, respectively, save
WASHINGTON - A growing number of state politicians are proposing new laws to levy taxes on digital downloads, including music, video, and books, as a way to remedy budget pains. Call it the iTunes tax. Two years ago, a CNET News.com special report found that 15 states and the District of Columbia said that their
ANN ARBOR - Despite difficulties in the auto industry and the slumping housing market, Oakland County's economy will continue to improve, say University of Michigan economists. In their annual forecast of the Oakland County economy, George Fulton and Don Grimes of the U-M Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations say that Oakland will lose 4,400
LANSING - It might not have been a rolling blackout, but it certainly caught everyone's attention Thursday when the lights went out on a gaggle of lobbyists outside of the Michigan House chambers at the same time lawmakers were in the middle of voting on a package of bills dealing with renewable energy. While power
LANSING - A package of bills geared towards encouraging the growth of the alternatives fuel industry in Michigan won Senate approval Thursday. The bills - SB 1126 , SB 1128 , SB 1129 , SB 1130 and SB 1132 - essentially require the state to help the alternative fuels industry through helping executives locate sites
MINNEAPOLIS - Delta Airlines and Northwest are joining forces creating the world's biggest carrier. The boards of both companies gave the deal the go-ahead Monday afternoon. The airline will fly under the Delta name./p> Delta Airlines said the combined airline will have an enterprise value of $17.7 billion and will be based in Atlanta. The
LANSING - As the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee prepares on Wednesday to take up its rewrite to electric choice, commonly referred to as PA 141, a package of bills granting Michigan Business Tax credits to Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation based on how much energy the company uses have been tie-barred to it. In order
DETROIT ? Wall Street likes Compuware much better this week after the information-technology and business software company forecast a strong fiscal fourth quarter. Compuware forecast a larger profit and greater revenue than analysts had expected for the March quarter, and shares gained 80 cents, or 11.4 percent, to $7.79 in afternoon trading. The company expects
LANSING - Dan Lohrmann, Chief Security Officer for the State of Michigan, was named the 2008 CSO of the year by SC Magazine. The magazine sponsors the US Awards Program for outstanding achievement in information technology security. ?Dan does a fantastic job for us and for the citizens of Michigan,? said Ken Theis, Director of