CUPERTINO, Ca. - A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X, the latest vulnerability in the Month of Kernel Bugs campaign. The proof-of-concept code exploits a security hole in the way Apple Computer's operating system handles disk image files, the researcher wrote Monday on a blog devoted to
DETROIT ? Last Thursday's Fundraising Auction held Nov. 16 by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation raised $33,126, more than three times the amount raised at last year's charity silent auction. The beneficiaries will be young women pursuing technology careers. Those women could win scholarships worth up to $20,000 over four years, or
LANSING - Michigan legislators should add further competition and customer protection provisions to the cable franchise bill passed last week by the Michigan House, a Google official said Monday, to ensure residents have unfettered access to YouTube, the video Internet service recently acquired by the California-based search engine, which is building its Midwest headquarters in
LANSING - In just over two weeks a proposal on a replacement tax for the Michigan Single Business Tax is due according to a de facto if not de jure deadline from the joint Select Committee on Economic Growth, but it is unlikely that such a report will come on December 1. Senate Majority Leader
ANN ARBOR ? As if Michigan hasn't had enough bad news lately, more came Friday from the University of Michigan. Michigan has endured six straight years of job losses and the next two years will see even more - the longest stretch of employment loss in the state since the Great Depression. Since mid-2000 to
ANN ARBOR - Despite solid growth the past three years, America's economy will be subdued through 2008, University of Michigan economists predicted Thursday. Moderate job gains, rising interest rates and the continuing slump in housing starts and vehicle sales will account for a somewhat restrained economy over the next two years, they said. "The economy
GRAND RAPIDS - Kent County would get additional tools to promote the west Michigan region and lure national and regional conventions under HB 6606 approved by the House Commerce Committee. The bill permits Kent County, with the support of hotels and motels, to levy a tax of up to 2 percent to support promotional activities.
AUBURN HILLS ? gedas, the former IT subsidiary of Volkswagen, is now officially called T-Systems after its sale to T-Systems in April. The focus for T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom brand, will remain the same ? providing Information and Communications Technology services for global auto suppliers and major manufacturers. The integration of gedas with its eleven
DETROIT - Cingular Wireless is planning to launch a mobile-phone banking service that allows users to check account balances, transfer money and pay bills on their cell phones the same way they do now on their computers. The new mobile service is set to be available on Cingular handsets early next year as part of
LANSING ? Michigan Democrats chose Rep. Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) on Tuesday to lead their majority in the House during the 2007-2008 term. Republicans re-elected House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi), this time to head their caucus in their minority position next session. Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-Detroit) was also elected majority floor leader while Rep. Michael