DETROIT - Digital Detroit and its partner, the Detroit Regional Chamber, changed the name for one of the states top business and technology events to the Digital Drive Conference and set the date for October 8-9. The event, formerly called the Digital Detroit Conference, will be held at the Ford Conference and Events Center in
LANSING - Despite wide differences on several programs, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, legislative Democrats and Republican leaders of the GOP-led Legislature all say they see completion of the budget in the next month. Republican leaders in the House and Senate both have said recently that they expected wrapping up the budget by the end of the
LANSING The Senate's move to strip administrative funds from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the state's active business retention and attraction agency, was retained in a budget approved by a House subcommittee. The House Appropriations Economic Development Subcommittee agreed to cut $4 million from administration costs for MEDC, which has been under attack by many
SOUTHFIELD Bob Paul, former Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Covisint, on Friday was named President and CEO of the auto industry exchange. Bruce Swift remains chairman, but also has accepted an offer as President of Metaldyne, a Plymouth, MI-operating subsidiary. Paul, 40, is a veteran of both the automotive and technology businesses.
SOUTHFIELD Pittsburgh Steeler fullback Jerome Bettis, a native of Detroit, has donated $40,000 to help Detroit students build their own Windows XP computers with the help of Lawrence Technological University. Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation hopes the expereicne will make Detroit-area youths tech-savvy for life. The Lawrence Tech program is similar to a computer literacy
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm's call to create a new emergency reserve for school funding out of a portion of the federal money coming to Michigan as part of a $350 billion tax cut/state bailout plan is designed to prevent a phaseout of the single business tax from proceeding, the Michigan Manufacturers Association contends. Granholm
ANN ARBOR Feature-rich portable devices are getting hungry for more and more power. So, the race is on to meet the demands of energy-sapping digital multimedia through portable, powerful micro fuel cells (MFCs) that outlast rechargeable batteries. The companies that succeed have a billion-dollar market waiting for them. The problem is, there are so many
GRAND RAPIDS Heres our MLive.Com Hot technology job of the week: Robert Half Technology is seeking Internet Intranet Application Developers. Requirements: Successful candidates will have 2+ years working with Java, JSP, ASP, XML and HTML web technologies. Backend databases range from SQL Server to Oracle 9I. You will be responsible for design, development and de-bugging
TOKYO - In the car navigation market, Japan is years ahead of Europe and the United States. The reasons, according to a new report from Telematics Update, are many extremely detailed maps, voice guides, ease of use for phone number entries, and abundant Points of Interests all keep electronics gadget happy Japanese satisfied. In the
GRAND RAPIDS Quixtar, the business-to-consumer eCommerce site run by Alticor the parent company of Amway set a single-day sales record on March 31 of $10.5 million. The record setting day bested the companys previous record of $8.3 million on Oct. 31, 2002. Products across the board are selling well, but health related products are selling