SAN FRANCISCO - Demand for portable MP3 players is booming and expected to hit record levels in the next four years, according to an IDC report published on Thursday. Led by devices such as the Apple iPod, the analyst firm predicts, shipments of MP3 music players will surge to nearly 124 million units in 2009.
TROY ? Five companies have been selected to participate in the Automation Alley trade mission to Central and Eastern Europe from Oct. 16-26. Previous trade missions have generated $23 million in new business for Southeast Michigan. Participating companies include: Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority (Detroit); freight transportation and distribution hub for U.S. Midwest and Southwest Ontario
DETROIT ? An exhibit of 2005 da Vinci award winners will be on display at The New Detroit Science Center Oct. 22-28. The awards recognize the most innovative developments and research in adaptive and assistive technology that embrace the Universal Design Principle. Each year, nominations are sought worldwide and subsequently judged. The winners and their
LANSING - The Senate unanimously passed a major rewrite of Michigan's telecommunications law on Tuesday, effectively eliminating state regulation on most phone rate decisions but also creating new controls on cellular phones.But the 38-0 approval of SB 754 doesn't mean there isn't some interference on the line. The bill passed with some parliamentary maneuvering to
LANSING - Bills that would allow the state to securitize $1 billion of its tobacco settlement monies to encourage investment in Michigan technology start ups cleared the Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, after the panel stripped $60 million the House had earmarked for one company's wireless technology. The package likely will be acted on
PITTSBURGH ? US-CERT released an alert Tuesday advising Microsoft has released updates that address critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media technologies that could allow an attacker to take control of your computer or cause it to crash. The systems affected include Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Media Technologies (DirectX). To
ANN ARBOR - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been awarded the University of Michigan College of Engineering's prestigious Goff Smith Prize, and he will deliver the annual lecture of the same name at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Rackham Auditorium. Gates, who will kick off a three-day national college tour with his appearance at U-M, will
ANN ARBOR ? Michael Finney, former manager of the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, has been named president and CEO of SPARK and the Washtenaw Development Council. Finney is currently president and chief executive officer of Greater Rochester Enterprise, a public/private economic development arm of the greater Rochester area in New York. Prior to accepting the
DETROIT ? Ford Motor Company, The Boeing Company and Northwestern University announced they are creating an alliance to collaborate on nanotechnology research for cars and airplanes. The first manifestation of this alliance is the $30 Million Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, dedicated last week at Northwestern?s north Chicago campus. Ford provided a $10 million
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google has fixed a security flaw on its Web site that opened the door to phishing scams, account hijacks and other attacks, security researchers said Monday. The flaw, known as a cross-site scripting vulnerability, existed on the Web site for Google's AdWords advertising program and a customer training site, according to