DETROIT - While they don't have a sexy name for it - Stolen Vehicle Slowdown - what OnStar does have is the future eradication of an entire subset of social misbehavior. Vehicle theft in our country is so rampant that it is celebrated by popular video games like Grand Theft Auto. But that dark side
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft will now allow users of Windows XP to download Internet Explorer 7 without having to gain Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is part of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative. It is intended to help prevent the distribution and use of unauthorized versions of Windows. Previously, to download Internet Explorer
LANSING - A report announced on Monday ranks insurance plans by how accessible they make prescription drugs will allow patients to compare prescription coverage plans offered by different insurance companies, force plans to compete, and ease the racial and socio-economic disparity in health care coverage. The report, which can be found at Grand Rapids African
WASHINGTON DC - Under mounting pressure from their Republican colleagues, the Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel have finally scheduled a vote on a bill that would extend by four years a soon-to-expire federal ban on Internet access taxes. The House Judiciary Committee has placed a bill known as the Internet Tax Freedom
DEARBORN - If you missed the first day of SecureWorld, there is still time to attend tomorrow. If you did attend today, make sure not to miss the exciting events happening on Day 2. Don't miss the Conference breakfast keynote featuring Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security
LANSING - House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) said Friday he is not resigned to the idea the newly minted services tax needs to be changed, but after a week of it being flogged by business groups, he's open to altering it if the voters signed off on a 1 percentage point increase in the
ANN ARBOR - Many companies that say they are reducing greenhouse gases are actually increasing emissions, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. "The problem is not that companies are lying but rather that they are taking advantage of lax and inconsistent reporting rules," said Thomas Lyon, professor of business
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. employment rebounded last month on robust public education and other service-sector hiring, and August payrolls were revised sharply higher, providing further evidence that while the U.S. economy may slow somewhat because of the housing crunch, a recession is not in sight. The figures, which included an acceleration in wage growth, will
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown is launching on Oct. 5 a professional mixer monthly program to introduce the technology and life sciences incubator's entrepreneurs to the community. The program runs from 4-6 pm at Java Exchange, located in TechOne Building at 440 Burroughts on the WSU campus. For more information about TechTown, the Wayne
LANSING ? Michigan legislation designed to help residents find and purchase health insurance through a state-created exchange is on its way to the House after the Senate unanimously approved the bills. The package of the three bills - SB 278 , SB 280 and SB 283 - would create Michigan Health Ensure Affordable and Reliable