Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Kbeldin
South Jordan-based PC Laptops made news yesterday by announcing they will offer lifetime service & support to all owners of PC Club machines [Disclosure: a Politis Communications client]. PC Club recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and as a result left its customers high and dry.
Read the article about PC Laptops in the Daily Herald.
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by David Politis
Sometimes life just gets really crazy — as in this past week.
So . . . here (in this and the three posts to follow), is a recap of the technology-related news for Utah for February 26, 2008.
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6:15 a.m. (EST) DirectPointe Reaches Industry Milestone with 100 Percent Electronic [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2006 by admin
After a quick scour of the web for some juicy tech news, the only thing that seemed to pop up pertained to football . . .
Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, etc…
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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 27th, 2006 by admin
LANDesk said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT) for $416 million.
The agreement, which is expected to close within 60 to 75 days, provides for total consideration of $416 million, including $200 million in stock, $200 million in cash and $16 million in assumed options. The [...]
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Posted on April 27th, 2006 by admin
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., (NYSE:DLB) says it will outfit 20 of Larry H. Miller’s MEGAPLEX Theatre screens with Dolby Digital Cinema. Ten of the Dolby Digital Cinema systems will be installed in MEGAPLEX’s new multiplex, the MEGAPLEX 20 in South Jordan, which will celebrate its grand opening on May 19, 2006.
MEGAPLEX 20 plans to dedicate seven [...]
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Posted on April 25th, 2006 by Matt
The local digital television company was featured in the U.S. News & World Report on how a small company is making in-roads against satellite and cable television giants. Pretty interesting article and good for local technology companies.
Via [U.S. News & World Report]
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Posted on April 21st, 2006 by admin
West Valley City-based CirTran (OTC BB: CIRT) says it has landed a $30 million contract on it’s Ivander Holyfield-endorsed “The Real Deal” grill. CirTran is a contract manufacturer.
The Real Deal Grill is an electric indoor cooking device that has interchangeable cooking surfaces and sounds like a super-sized George Forman grill that is propped up on [...]
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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 March 31st, 2006 by Matt
OK, this isn’t solely related to Utah, but I haven’t been geeked out about something like this in a long time, so I had to post it. Plus, I’m sure we’ll all be hearing about this soon anyway. Google released a free service that allows even the most technology-inept person to design, create, and publish [...]
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