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FEB 15 -
21, 2005
* Martin: Martin Schools plans draft of technology
improvement plan
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Pinckney: Grants help library
update technology
* Niles:
Research your history from home
online
* Ann Arbor:
U-M
bars spyware from its network
* Linden: Palm pilot program at elementary level
reviewed
* Linden: Library automation for Central Elementary
considered
* East Lansing: Web Tools and Free Tax Preparaion Sites Help Low-Wage
Michigan Families Increase Tax
Refunds
FEB 22 - MAR 1, 2005
* ChoicePoint
Inc.: Database theft may
affect thousands in Michigan
* Battle
Creek: Governor pitches tech
bonds
* Madison
Heights: Attention called to bad
mix of cell-phones, school buses
* Belleville: FBI probes
Ford worker
* Monroe: Ears in the digital
age
* Fenton: Students go
online to schedule
classes
* Montcalm: High tech
for lost
pets
* Oak
Park: BizNet Web sites help
company grow
*
Niles: New
life for old motherboards
* Dowagiac:
City, schools team for
fiber-optic loop
* Lansing:
Free credit reports start today
in Michigan
* Monroe:
Website invites citizens to write
to deployed military
personnel
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FEB 16,
2005
* Martin: Martin Schools plans
draft of technology improvement plan
A few hours
part-time work is not enough to keep up with Martin Public Schools'
computer difficulties. The school board voted to do something about
that at its Monday, Feb. 14, meeting.
Prompted by board member
Rob Sarro's comments, superintendent Greg Alexander has been
directed to draft a technology improvement plan.
Source:
Allegan County News, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13971639&BRD=8&PAG=461&dept_id=476333&rfi=8
FEB 16,
2005
* Pinckney: Grants help library update
technology
The Pinckney Community Public Library has received a
grant that allowed it to update some of its electronic equipment.
Source: Daily Press and Argus, http://www.hometownlife.com/Hometownlife/NewsSearch.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=86461
FEB 17, 2005
* Niles: Research
your history from home online
HeritageQuest Online is
now available to all Niles District Library patrons from their home
computer. Patrons may access it by going to the library's home
page . "HeritageQuest" is one of the choices
on the side bar, near the bottom. You will be asked to enter your
library card number.
Source: Niles Daily
Star, http://www.leaderpub.com/articles/2005/02/17/columnists/niles%20star/ndcolumn01.txt
FEB 17, 2005
* Ann Arbor: U-M bars spyware from its
network
The University of Michigan is taking
extraordinary measures to lock the door to its vast Web network -
keeping out personal computers carrying what one official calls an
"insidious" form of surveillance software, or spyware.
Source: mlive.com/The Ann Arbor News,
http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1108656642264800.xml?aanews?NEA
FEB 18, 2005
* Linden:
Palm pilot program at
elementary level reviewed
Two classrooms of Linden
Community Schools elementary students could have Palm devices to use
next year.
Source: Tri-County
Times, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13971260&BRD=2524&PAG=461&dept_id=494488&rfi=8
FEB 18, 2005
* Linden:
Library automation for
Central Elementary considered
The Linden Board of
Education will consider spending as much as $7,258 for a library
automation system for Central
Elementary.
Source: Tri-County
Times, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13971481&BRD=2524&PAG=461&dept_id=494488&rfi=8
FEB 21, 2005
* East Lansing:
Web Tools
and Free Tax Preparaion Sites Help Low-Wage Michigan Families
Increase Tax Refunds
Could your family
use an extra $1,700? That's the average Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC) for eligible households in Michigan. Some families may be
able to collect as much as $4,300! Unfortunately, the majority
of Michigan's EITC-eligible workers don't apply for the credit.
Nearly $400 million dollars were left unclaimed in 2002
alone.
Source: Courier Leader, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14001811&BRD=2188&PAG=461&dept_id=414962&rfi=8
FEB 22, 2005
* ChoicePoint Inc.: Database theft may affect thousands in
Michigan
ChoicePoint Inc.,
under fire for being duped into allowing criminals to access its
massive database of personal information, said Monday that consumers
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and three territories may
have been affected.
Source: Detroit Free Press,
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/identity22e_20050222.htm
FEB 23, 2005
* Battle Creek:
Governor pitches tech
bonds
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is confident that an
investment of $2 billion in technology research will yield
long-lasting rewards for Michigan. The real risk, she said,
isn't in the price tag, but in doing nothing.
Source:
Battle Creek Enquirer, http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050223/NEWS01/502230313/1002/NEWS17
FEB 25, 2005
* Madison
Heights: Attention called to bad mix of
cell phones, school buses
With children's lives
literally in their hands each day, school bus drivers can't afford
to be distracted, says Richard Clark. A city councilman, Clark said
he's bothered by a sight he's witnessed more than once outside his
Howard Street home in Madison Heights: Drivers operating school
buses while talking on cellular phones.
Source: Daily
Tribune, http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/022505/loc_20050225004.shtml
FEB 25, 2005
* Belleville:
FBI probes Ford
worker
Feds says Belleville man
stole computer programs and sold them on eBay. The FBI is
investigating whether a Ford
Motor Co. hourly employee stole expensive
industrial computer programs and sold pirated copies worth more than
$1 million on the online auction site eBay.
Source: Detroit News/Technology,
http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0503/01/D01-100332.htm
FEB 26, 2005
* Monroe:
Ears in
the digital age
For many county residents, police scanners that were
once alive with chatter have fallen eerily quiet, save the
occasional tones for volunteer fire
departments.
Source: Monroe Evening News
Online, http://www.monroenews.com/articles/2005/02/26/news/news03.txt
FEB 28, 2005
* Fenton:
Students
go online to schedule classes
Students at Fenton High School are going high tech.
Tenth- and 11th-grade students attended orientations on Tuesday and
learned how to electronically choose their classes for the upcoming
year.
Source: Tri-County Times, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14050229&BRD=2524&PAG=461&dept_id=494488&rfi=8
FEB 28, 2005
* Montcalm:
High tech
for lost pets
Pet technology has come a long
way since leashes and shock collars. Now, for less than $100, pet owners can implant
not only their furry friends but also those with scales or feathers,
with radio frequency identification microchips. The chips have the
potential to turn a heart-wrenching tragedy into a digital game of
hide and seek.
Source: The Daily
News, http://www.thedailynews.cc/articles/2005/02/28/news/news01.txt
MAR 1, 2005
* Oak Park: BizNet Web sites help company
grow
Oak Park company
forecasts doubling of its revenue after most dot-coms crashed,
burned. Business owner Kevin Krason has ridden the waves of
entrepreneurial uncertainty. But these days, the president of
11-year-old Biznet Internet Solutions is enjoying smooth seas.
Source: Detroit News/Technology,
http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0503/01/B02-103790.htm
MAR 1, 2005
* Niles: New life for old
motherboards
In this
electronic age, our society is inundated with "technology
waste." Items like televisions, cell phones, copy machines,
and, of course, out-dated computers that have become obsolete, are
the latest version of "litter." Two area organizations have
found a way to recycle those leftover items and have scheduled an
Electronics Recycling Event which will be available to the
public.
Source: Niles Daily Star,
http://www.leaderpub.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/niles_star/ndnews1.txt
MAR 1, 2005
* Dowagiac: City, schools team for fiber-optic
loop
Dowagiac Board of
Education, meeting at Central Middle School, and City Council,
meeting at City Hall, Monday night approved a joint ownership
agreement for a fiber optic network throughout the
community.
Source: Dowagiac Daily News,
http://www.leaderpub.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/dowagiac_news/dnnews3.txt
MAR 1, 2005
* Lansing: Free credit report starts today in
Michigan
Michigan consumers
are getting a new weapon to track their credit history and ward off
the growing threat of identity theft.
Source: Lansing
State Journal/Business, http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050301/NEWS03/503010334/1001/NEWS01
MAR 1, 2005
* Monroe: Website invites citizens to write to deployed miliary
personnel
Ann Johnson gets emotional when she reads letters from
soldiers who expressed their feelings of
isolation.
Source: Monroe Evening News Online,
http://www.monroenews.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/news03.txt |
