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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 (Coverage: June 7-20, 2005) |
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HEADLINES
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JUN 7-13, 2005
* Associated Press: Wi-Fi tools a boost, but consider waiting for the updated network
* Lansing: Experts suggest safe ways to vent anger against your computer
* Oakland: Wireless Oakland tryout planned at Arts, Beats and Eats
* Willow Run: Students recognized for achievements
* Ann Arbor: Google may build site in Ann Arbor
* Marquette: Free Computer Training Programs Now Offered UP-wide
* Ferndale: Ferndale company sells computer security
* Oakland: The boss is watching
JUN 14-20, 2005
* Detroit: HEATHER NEWMAN: Wireless Net users listen up: You're exposed
* Linden: Technology for new middle school to be reviewed
* Oakland: Communication difficulties may stop firms from locating in state
* Traverse City: Granholm's plan is bad business
* Village of Oxford: S$38K computer contract awarded to husband of village prez
* Ann Arbor: YHS students receive Altarum Scholarships
* St. Ignace: Hotspots Internet Ribbon Cutting June 18
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: Grants will help turn research into products
* Grand Rapids: Internet service provider plugs into growth
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JUN 7, 2005
* Associated Press: Wi-Fi tools a boost, but consider waiting for the updated network
With a fast Internet connection and wireless access point at home, I can take a notebook PC and surf the Web in our closets, bathrooms and garage. But the signal fades where I want it most -- in the living room.
Source: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/wifi7e_20050607.htm
JUN 7, 2005
* Lansing: Experts suggest safe ways to vent anger against your computer
Kent Norman did something most people would like to do with their workplace irritations. After work one day, he torched the source of his angst: a computer mouse. The darn thing's ball kept freezing, making it hard to keep the cursor on target.
Source: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050607/NEWS03/506070315/1004/ARCHIVES
JUN 8, 2005
* Oakland: Wireless Oakland tryout planned at Arts, Beats and Eats
An Oakland County “tech cloud” tryout will be part of this year’s Arts, Beats and Eats four-day festival in Pontiac over Labor Day weekend. At his February State of the County address, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson proposed Wireless Oakland — a new program that would blanket the area with wireless Internet service.
Source: C&G News, http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2005/june/8/appearsinmultiplepapers/wireless.html
JUN 9, 2005
* Willow Run: Students recognized for achievements
Approximately 300 students from Willow Run, Lincoln Consolidated, Ypsilanti, Saline and Whitmore Lake schools were honored when the Regional Career Technical Center held its annual awards ceremonies at Willow Run Middle School's auditorium. Two ceremonies were held, in order to honor both morning and afternoon sessions of the programs.
Source: The Ypsilanti Courier, http://www.ypsilanticourier.com/stories/060905/loc_20050609006.shtml
JUN 10, 2005
* Ann Arbor: Google may build site in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor may become home to a new technology center for up to 1,000 employees from Google Inc., the Internet search engine giant that was recently hired to digitize the University of Michigan's 19 libraries.
Source: Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0506/13/B01-211059.htm
JUN 10, 2005
* Marquette: Free Computer Training Programs Now Offered UP-wide
All regions of the Upper Peninsula will now be able to benefit from a highly successful initiative designed to employ local, tech-savvy youth. The programs are designed to teach senior citizens, special interest groups and other members of the public about the advantages and uses of computers and broadband Internet technologies.
Source: UGLETI, http://204.38.55.91/ugleti/youthcorps.htm
JUN 12, 2005
* Ferndale: Ferndale company sells computer security
Small businesses can find themselves in big trouble if a hacker or a virus gets into their computers. But many of the nation's smaller firms don't have nearly enough security measures in place to ward off potentially catastrophic attacks.
Source: Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0506/13/B07-212372.htm
JUN 12, 2005
* Oakland: The boss is watching
Big Brother is watching. He might be reading your e-mail, monitoring your Web browsing and maybe even tracking your physical movements. If he wants to, he'll prohibit you from smoking, tell you which political bumper stickers to put on your car and let you know if it's OK to wear shorts to your family reunion. And you'll just have to obey - or be fired.
Source: The Oakland Press, http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/061205/bus_20050612002.shtml
JUN 15, 2005
* Detroit: HEATHER NEWMAN: Wireless Net users listen up: You're exposed
We drove down the streets of Ann Arbor, tallying the sins of computer users as we went. Jim Haburne from Interlink Networks sat by my side. On his laptop, special software available for free on the Internet picked wireless computer networks out of the air. Each new network we passed generated a metallic chime.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/newman15e_20050615.htm
JUN 15, 2005
* Linden: Technology for new middle school to be reviewed
The Board of Education will consider approving technology infrastructure bids for the new middle school at its June 22 meeting.
Source: Tri-County Times, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14700547&BRD=2524&PAG=461&dept_id=494488&rfi=8
JUN 15, 2005
* Oakland: Communication difficulties may stop firms from locating in state
State Rep. Mike Nofs of Battle Creek has gotten hold of the wrong end of the telecommunications regulation issue. A Republican, he aims the party's deregulatory blunderbuss at Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who is on Nofs' side.
Source: The Oakland Press, http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/061505/opi_20050615002.shtml
JUN 15, 2005
* Traverse City: Granholm's plan is bad business
Governor Granholm has called for $2 billion in bonds to promote growth of high-tech industries in Michigan and restructuring business taxes to help manufacturers.
Source: Traverse City Record Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/jun/15forum.htm8
JUN15, 2005
* Village of Oxford: $38K computer contract awarded to husband of village prez
A three-year $38,485 computer services maintenance contract for the Village of Oxford was awarded 4-0 by council last night to the Oxford-based Next Generation Computers, Inc.
Source: The Oxford Leader, http://www.clarkstonnews.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2005-06-15&-token.story=128816.112112&-token.subpub=
JUN 16, 2005
* Ann Arbor: YHS students receive Altarum Scholarships
Three Ypsilanti High School juniors are each recipients of $1,500 scholarships from the Altarum Institute, a nonprofit research and innovation organization based in Ann Arbor. Alex Adams, John Good and Tim Liederbach, calling themselves Team Infinity, were part of the pilot program for the Altarum Science and Technology Education Program (ASTEP). The presentation of the scholarships was made at Altarum headquarters in Ann Arbor, at which time the team presented its findings.
Source: The Ypsilanti Courier, http://www.ypsilanticourier.com/stories/061605/loc_20050616004.shtml
JUN 16, 2005
* St. Ignace: Hotspots Internet Ribbon Cutting June 18
A ribbon cutting dedication for the St. Ignace Hotspots Wireless Broadband Internet Project will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce.
Source: The St. Ignace News, http://www.stignacenews.com/news/2005/0616/News/017.html
JUN 17, 2005
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: Grants will help turn research into products
Michigan's Technology Tri-Corridor -- that awkwardly named initiative that Gov. Jennifer Granholm created to develop the state's life sciences industry -- has just awarded $27 million to help some two dozen university and private-sector outfits turn their high-tech research into products.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland17e_20050617.htm
JUN 19, 2005
* Grand Rapids: Internet service provider plugs into growth
The dot-com bubble had mostly burst by the time Vic Shepherd joined Iserv Co. in 2001.
Source: The Detroit News Technology, http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0506/21/D04-219766.htm
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