LANSING ? Second time is the charm for 24 Michigan technology networking groups and companies that received word this week they will share in the $35 million just released from the 21st Century Jobs Fund. High profile Michigan technology networking groups unexpectedly left out of the first round included: Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest, Automation Alley,
LANSING ? The Michigan Department of Information Technology has created what it calls the Michigan Information Sharing and Analysis Center to more quickly relay security threats to local governments. The center also will provide a process for gathering and disseminating information related to those threats Ensure security incident information is shared between state and local
LANSING - Michigan small business owners who developed a new, innovative product or service that earned revenue for the first time during 2006 can earn statewide recognition by entering the Innovation Awards contest, but they must submit their entries by Nov. 15. The Innovation Awards are part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program.
SEATTLE - Microsoft is expected to announce on Tuesday that it is making its virtualization file format available for free and without a license. At an interoperability conference in Brussels, the software giant said that its Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format specification can be used by third parties without the need for them to
LANSING ? Michigan college students would get help with their tuition bills if a parent is laid off, and those parents would get state tax credits for their child's college savings plan under an educational plan announced Monday by House Republicans. Rep. Neal Nitz (R-Baroda), along with Republican candidates Ken Horn and Don Vickers, unveiled
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Nanomaterials will result in stunning product breakthroughs and even keep Moore's Law alive for another 30 years, but the "nano" term will fade away within a decade, an analyst predicted Monday. Matthew Nordan, president of nano-market researcher Lux Research, noted that nanotechnology is entering the mainstream and is already embedded in products ranging from
SOUTHFIELD- Tier 1 auto supplier Lear Corporation on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to issue $200 million of common stock in a private placement to affiliates of and funds managed by Carl C. Icahn, giving the financier a seat on Lear's board and a 16 percent equity stake. The offering
LANSING - Just four years ago, campaigns were on the cutting edge with web pages and email. By 2004, serious candidates had to add blogs to their efforts. Now in 2006, any campaign limited to just web pages, email and blogs is practically 20th Century. In four years the technologies of communication, and thus campaigning,
LANSING ? Chris Holman, Mr. Lansing business, will emcee an open house on Oct. 17 for ACD, which opens its new data center in the Metro Internet Exchange building, making it one of the biggest in mid Michigan. Also in the bill are Three Men and a Tenor and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. Michigan Gov.
LANSING - Michigan is gaining the high-skill, high-education jobs state officials have been hoping to attract, according to a study released Thursday by Public Policy Associates Incorporated. Doug Drake, a consultant with the Lansing-based public policy firm and former director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis in the Department of Management and Budget,