TROY - Josh Linkner, founder of ePrize, kicks off Automation Alley's technology speaker program called Fast Track 2006 where he'll explain how to lead your company to the next level of business. Linkner explans how to motivate your team, manage through adversity, and build a culture of excellence. Rich Sheridan of Menlo Innovations will list
SAN FRANCISCO - Corel bills its WordPerfect Office software as "the world's leading alternative to Microsoft Office." But when it comes to U.S. retail sales, Corel lost the No. 2 spot in 2005 to a somewhat unlikely competitor: Apple Computer's iWork. According to market researcher NPD, Apple grabbed 2.7 percent unit share, while Corel had
LANSING - Michigan legislative Republicans are looking to push priority on a dusty 2005 bill that would delete the Michigan Broadband Development Authority, saying that they are fed up with the authority?s lack of financial self-sufficiency. While irritation over the program has been apparent from different parties since the authority's creation under former Gov. John
SOUTHFIELD ? The Center for Innovative Materials Research at Lawrence Technological University has received nearly $2.2 million in federal funds from the Departments of Transportation and Defense to develop carbon fiber composites for the military and bridge repair. Some $1 million earmarked from the DOD was allocated to CIMR for the research, development and testing
DETROIT ? Dickinson Wright has recruited three more intellectual property attorneys from Howard & Howard, plus one from Reising, Ethington, Barnes and Kissel, to join its rapidly growing IP team. Joining Dickinson Wright are Jon Shackelford, John Seurynck, Raymond Meiers, and John Wright. In the last five weeks, Dickinson Wright has expanded its Intellectual Property
LANSING - As many as 35,000 small businesses in Michigan could see their Single Business Tax alternative tax cut under legislation that passed the Michigan Senate Thursday. For that to happen, however, Gov. Jennifer Granholm would have to sign SB 597, but the administration has signaled it opposes the tax cut. By passing the bill
SOUTHFIELD - Up to $20,000 in scholarships and stipends for laptops are available for female senior high school and college candidates pursuing technology education courtesy the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation. The deadline for completing applications for the funds is February 28th. ?Gender disparity in the high technology industry is a documented fact,
LOS ANGELES - An inventor who was involved in two auto accidents has written software that sends an alert sound from his cell-phone when the driver gets within 300 feet of an approaching traffic signal. The Linux-based software-only solution can be downloaded directly onto a GPS-enabled cell-phone by the cellular service provider, who will and
DETROIT - Saying Michigan's Single Business Tax, or any separate specific tax for business, would make the state anti-competitive, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce is calling for the state to eliminate the tax now. Raising revenues from businesses should be based on annual license fee assessed on the basis of the businesses' sales, the
DETROIT? The law firm of Dickinson Wright has created an Intellectual Property Academy to recruit and train recent law school grads, engineers and scientists to become patent attorneys. The Academy will be run by Harold (Hal) Milton, Jr., a patent attorney with more than 40 years of experience in patent preparation, prosecution and licensing. Milton