LANSING ? Teri Takai, director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology since February 2003, has resigned to take a job in California. She has been replaced by Kenneth Theis, who was Takai?s deputy. Theis assumes his new duties on Jan. 1. "I thank Director Takai for her five years of dedicated service to the
LANSING ? The deadline for applications for the Michigan 50 Companies To Watch recognition program has been extended from Dec. 7 to Dec. 14 to get a bigger response. Each year, Michigan 50 Companies to Watch recognizes and celebrates the contributions, innovation and energy of 50 diverse second-stage companies in Michigan. Michigan 50 Companies to
LANSING ? Michigan homeowners facing financial trouble with subprime mortgages, burdensome interest under adjustable rate mortgages or who fell behind in payments after losing their jobs would get help under a package of bills that cleared the House on Tuesday. The bills authorize the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to refinance loans at lower rates,
GRAND HAVEN ? eTool Developers has hired a new president, John Zinn who most recently served as director of marketing for Stillen. Zinn has more than 15 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket industry including retail, manufacturing, distribution, and publishing experience as well as web site, forum, and e-commerce development, implementation and management. ?eTool
DETROIT - A net 8 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the first quarter of 2008, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. Thirteen percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 5 percent
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. - Mozilla has released the third update to Firefox in a month, version 2.0.0.11, to fix a stability problem in the previous version. "We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release," a post on the Firefox developer blog said which was reported by CNET News.Com. The open-source Web
SOUTHFIELD ? Congress has given Lawrence Technological University an early Christmas present ? a $1 million appropriation that will be used to build an environmental testing chamber for vehicle components that will be used by the U.S. military. Lawrence Tech said the addition to its Center for Innovative Materials Research should be completed by next
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Symantec has found active exploit code in the wild for an unpatched Apple QuickTime vulnerability. Researcher Joji Hamada wrote in Symantec's Security Response Weblog on Saturday that the company had seen an active exploit for the vulnerability in Apple's media-streaming program that could lead to users downloading Trojan software. Hamada said the
LANSING - LINC, a Lansing IT association, has joined forces with Lancing Community College this holiday season to offer three scholarships for students interested in technology. The application deadline is December 17. This is the first time that LINC and L.C.C. have offered scholarships to members of the community in efforts to increase education of
LANSING - Third time was the charm for the House approving a Michigan Business Tax surcharge that replaces the revenues lost from repealing the service tax. The final touches were put on the latest crisis resolution when the House gave a 66-42 vote of approval to HB 5408 in emergency session Saturday afternoon following hours