FLINT - Kettering University will spend about $500,000 to update three labs in its Electrical and Computer Engineering Department to improve space and power capacity for students and faculty. ECE Department Head Mark Wicks said the 3,500 square-foot-project will provide a whole new set of capabilities for the department. Officials expect the labs will open
NEW YORK ? As Thanksgiving weekend approaches, online shoppers will have a multitude of options for finding the best price on holiday gifts, from comparison shopping sites which have become a staple for the online deal sleuth, to a new collection of web sites that provide leaked information on upcoming Black Friday sales. According to
BETHESDA, MD ? Online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as Windows to media players and software programs, according to a study released Tuesday by the SANS Institute. Among the software programs under attack are antivirus software. Attackers are changing their targets after Internet service providers and operating systems designers such
DETROIT ? Anyone with used computers, screens, CPUs, fax machines and copiers can drop them off at Goodwill Industries of Great Detroit on Dec. 3 to help Goodwill pay for its programs and services. This is a free service of RECONNECT Michigan, a partnership program of Goodwill Michigan and Dell Inc. for consumers to reuse
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Monday, as she vetoed two tax bills, that the Michigan legislature created a situation that allowed the high tech jobs development portion of the $3 billion economic stimulus plan to move forward, but she demanded the legislature immediately take action to enact the tax cut agreement announced earlier this
LANSING ? IT consultant Dewpoint announced it has acquired Strategic Advantage Corporation, which the Dewpoint executives said would further develop the company?s public sector practice. Barbara Dawson, Strategic Advantage Corporation president, joins Dewpoint as director of its public-sector practice. Her experience includes numerous large-scale technology installations and strategic planning projects for several divisions within the
GRAND RAPIDS - A new variant of the Sober worm made the network rounds Tuesday, attempting to entice people into clicking on attachments purporting to be threats from the FBI or videos clips of Paris Hilton, the hotel heiress and her reality TV co-star Nicole Richie. Antivirus companies said the worm gained some traction over
DETROIT ? A Delphi spin out, funded by NASA, Automation Alley and the Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor, will try to commercialize a new welding technology that could make stronger and lighter frames for autos, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, bicycles, and wheelchairs. Delphi Technologies? SpaceForm will commercialize Delphi?s Deformation Resistance Welding technology to the mobile space-frame market. SpaceForm
SOUTHFIELD ? The former Computer Associates now rebranded CA has rolled out its latest product suite, an Identity Manager to help companies manage IT uses more securely. CA Identity Manager taps the expertise of CA?s recent acquisition of Netegrity to unify identity management from the web to the mainframe unifying and simplifying the administration of
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