MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Sun Microsystems and Google announced a multiyear partnership Tuesday to help spread and develop each other's software, a deal that includes OpenOffice.org, Java and OpenSolaris from Sun, and Google's Toolbar ? a direct challenge to Microsoft?s Internet dominance. The partnership begins with a modest step: Within 30 days, the Google toolbar
LANSING - Consumer advocacy, senior citizen and small business groups gathered Tuesday to criticize the makeup of the telecommunications bills now under legislative consideration. The groups charged that the legislation would reverse marketplace progress made since the 2000 Telecommunications Act and set the stage for a land-line monopoly for the two phone company giants. The
LANSING - Though there are still differences between the House and the Senate on the rewrite of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, Rep. Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) said he expected few changes in the basic structure of the bill he has put before his committee. Nofs told Gongwer News Service that his combination of workgroups and
LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the remaining major elements of the 2005 -06 budget, while it was still daylight on the final day of the old fiscal year. "Despite continued struggles with a changing global economy, we have provided Michigan citizens with a fiscally responsible that both protects our quality of life and
NOVI ? The Detroit IT Security Summit, which used to be hosted by Digital Detroit, this year is hosted by IT Harvest, an events company that has the blessing of Digital Detroit to produce the one-day event Oct. 6 at the Sheraton Novi. Richard Stiennon, who spoke at the previous two Digital Detroit Security Summits,
DETROIT ? Wayne State has awarded seven researches some $1 million in seed funding to develop data for subsequent grant applications for federal funding. The seed funding also is meant to enhance collaborative efforts in the nanosciences. ?Wayne State has great strengths in the area of nanoscience, and I felt it was critical to build
DETROIT - NeuroNexus Technologies of Ann Arbor and the Center for Complex Systems Studies of Kalamazoo won the Pfizer Research Contract Competition Thursday at the MichBio Expo and will enter into contract negotiations with Pfizer to receive up to $30,000 in R&D funding. The awards were presented to NeuroNexus CEO Daryl Kipke and P�ter �rdi
GRAND RAPIDS ? Another day, another acquisition for The Iserv Technology Group. This time it was the customers of Dearborn Heights-based Internet Service Provider TodayLink. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition, done through ITG?s Iserv Company, is the fourteenth, with more deals pending. Iserv continues on its bold expansion to keep its position as one
DETROIT ? Negotiations are underway in the Michigan legislature to restore the nearly $30 million in Michigan Tri-Corridor Funding eliminated last week by the legislature, Michigan Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell) said Thursday at the MichBio Expo. Garcia, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, said he expects the funds to come
DETROIT ? General Motors is pouring on the coals in the development of hybrid vehicles over the last couple of years, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Thursday. GM's management has been skeptical about the utility of hybrids given the extra cost, complexity and weight that come with putting gas and electric motors in each