LANSING ? New cable TV legislation could promise to be among the most contentious of the lame duck session as it moves forward for review by the Michigan Senate Technology and Energy Committee, which has scheduled a Wednesday meeting to discuss HR 6456. Meanwhile, Google ran a full-page advertisement in some newspapers saying the bill
FLINT - Kettering University in Flint will offer graduate-level services at Grand Rapids Community College in early 2007 to help working professionals complete their master's degrees in Management, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering. The deadline to apply is Dec. 11. The GRCC Library and Assessment Center will be a distribution point for exam proctoring and
HOLLAND ? The overall trend in West Michigan technology staffing for the first half of 2007 looks very much as it did a year ago with about one-third of employers increasing staff. The big change is very different industries now account for the new hiring plans. More than twice as many of the education/government respondents
SAN FRANCISCO - eBay was the online winner this "Black Friday," data published on Saturday showed, but overall Internet traffic growth was well below last year's even as bargain hunters tracked down sought-after toys and electronics on the Web before Cyber Monday. Overall traffic to the Nielsen/Net Ratings Holiday eShopping Index, which tracks more than
DETROIT - Remember TH!NK, the electric city car project bought by Ford then unceremoniously dumped as part of the cost-cutting? It's set to ride again next year with an all-new design and improved usability. Development work on the Norwegian runabout is due for completion soon, The Car Connection.Com reported. Ford is currently recruiting for virtually
LANSING ? If you?re a technology professional in mid Michigan looking for a job, check out the Information Technology Employer Expo Nov. 30 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing. It?s sponsored by Capital Area Michigan Works and LINC, an IT Development Association. "Get Connected" with more than 100 technology jobs at great companies that
LANSING - All 17 members of Michigan's congressional delegation have signed a letter to President Bush urging him to address issues they contend are critical to the success of the nation's auto industry ? and by extension, Michigan's economy. Praising the meeting Mr. Bush held last week with the chief executives of General Motors, Ford
BEIJING, China - The Automotive Industry Action Group and the Society of Automotive Engineers of China on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote dialogue and collaboration between the North American and Chinese automotive industries in the areas of technology, management and standards development. The agreement establishes a foundation for both associations to work
SAN FRANCISCO - Companies working with popular standards for wireless technology may have a patent infringement problem. A federal judge in Tyler, Texas, ruled last week that an Australian government agency holds the rights to patents on the underlying technology used in two Wi-Fi standards and a third proposed standard. The decision-if it survives what
RESTON, Va. - During the first 19 days of November, total online non-travel retail spending reached $6.35 billion, a 23 percent increase from 2005, while online spending during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend is expected to top $1.15 billion, comScore Networks reported Tuesday. "Online holiday retail spending is once again strong coming out of the gate,"