Microsoft's president and chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, will be the keynote speaker for the Utah Technology Council's eighth annual Hall of Fame celebration, set for Oct. 27.
Ballmer joined the company in 1980. He was promoted to president in 1998 and named CEO in 2000.
The Hall of Fame event will feature the induction of Jim Kajiya and Dinesh Patel. Kajiya, an Academy Award winner, is a computer graphics hardware and software designer as well as developer of programming languages. Patel has founded or co-founded three biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and been an investor in numerous others.
The black-tie event costs $250 for UTC members and $400 for nonmembers. Details are available by contacting Mark Lehnhof at 801-568-3500 or mark@utahtechcouncil.org.
Consumer confidence
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
5th iPhone app
Clayton Ward, a 10th-grader from West Jordan,has created five apps for the Apple operating systems.
poorer people charitable
A 2009 study showed the poor give a higher percentage of their income to charity than rich people.
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