Posted on May 12th, 2008 by David Politis
My Experience with Twitter this Past Saturday (5-10-08) at the Republican State Convention
This past Saturday (5-10-08) found me and 3,500 of my closest friends – ;-) — jammed into the McKay Events Center at Utah Valley State College as participants in the Republican Party’s state convention.
This was my first time to attend such an event, [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2006 by admin
Next time you head up to the Ski slopes on a UTA bus, you will be able to just “tap” your credit or debit card over some new-age device that will be able to charge you for a toll up the mountain. Essentially, you can now use credit to ride the bus.
Some company called Peppercoin [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2006 by Matt
Washington City, just north of St. George in Soutern Utah, met with officials from UTOPIA yesterday to discuss the possibilities of bringing the fiber optic network provider to their city. Interesting to read about what the network could provide, for example, transferring X-ray files via the fiber optic network versus DSL. It took nine seconds [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2006 by admin
25 years ago today, space shuttle Columbia went into orbit thanks to rocket boosters built by Utah’s own ATK Launch Systems, formerly Thiokol. In some ways, it’s a happy day to remember the amazing things that technology and science have allowed mankind to do. On another hand, it is a sad day as we lost [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2006 by admin
The Utah Attorney’s General Office has launched a new identity theft website to help you from getting your good name stolen and used for financial shame. They call it IRIS. Sounds too much like IRS. We think it should be called . . . Don’t be stupid. Guys in Zanzibar don’t have $50 million U.S. [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2006 by admin
“Rep. Chris Cannon is again opposing a bill to ban Internet gambling, contending it could lead to legalize some online gambling in Utah.” [ via KSL ]
The amusing thing is to read how certain web sites put a different spin on it.
“Utah Republican Chris Cannon an unlikely ally of online gambling”
“Cannon’s motives questioned on [...]
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Posted on April 5th, 2006 by Matt
Traffic.com, a leader in traffic technology in U.S. metropolitan cities, has partnered with the Utah Department of Transportation to use celluar technology to provides road condition and traffic updates to roadway travelers. The information will be free to drivers to provide the short-term traffic trends, and will also be used long-term by UDOT for construction [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2006 by Matt
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. signed a bill into law yesterday, which will provide $46.75 million to construct a state-of-the-art, high-tech library on the campus of Utah Valley State College. The Salt Lake Tribune writes that this could be a sign that the state college is on its way to becoming the next university in [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2006 by Matt
Despite the positive feel and optimistic potential of UTOPIA, there have been a growing number of critics (representing a competing interest in telecommunications services) that feel it is a waste of money.
However valid Mr. McCown’s feelings are about free market competition, his comparison of Wireless Beehive and UTOPIA appear to be unfocused. He talks about [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2006 by Matt
The big technology/government news of the day came from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development offering $15 million to IM Flash Technologies to expand flash memory production in Lehi; however, the office was also busy offering a Capital Investment of $19 million to continue the second phase of the West Desert High Energy Astrophysics Facilities [...]
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