Ah, parking. How many four-letter words have been uttered, how many blood pressures have spiked upward, how many hairs have turned gray in searching for you, paying for you?

A new report says the Valley’s high-tech industry has continued to add jobs and flourish despite all the gloom and doom surrounding the overall economy.

From data communications, customer support, networking, Internet technology, engineering manufacturing, and more, workers for jobs in the high-tech arenas are in high demand.

Increasing the availability of venture capital, expanding the reach of broadband Internet access and better telling the story of Arizona’s hightech advantages are three initiatives being undertaken this year by the Governor’s Council on Innovation and Technology, its co-chairman said.

When people think of technology in health care, usually what comes to mind are rapidly advancing treatments that could one day cure diseases like diabetes and AIDS.

Hidden beneath Chandler, 45 miles of pipeline snakes underground to deliver liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to the city's growing semiconductor industry.

November 17, 2004

MONROEVILLE, Pa. - There are no belching smokestacks here. No monstrous mills churning out tons of steel. But in the labs on a sprawling, tree-lined, college-like site in this Pittsburgh suburb, steel work is most definitely being done.

As the Arizona sunshine cast it rays on the participants of the SEMI High Tech U Teacher Academy on this particular Saturday in February, teachers from across the Valley used small photovoltaic panels to light LED and incandescent light bulbs.

Mesa plans to open a business accelerator later this year to help technology start-ups become full-fledged, job-producing businesses.

Intel is "making rumblings" about bringing new technologies from Oregon to Chandler. Orbital Sciences takes possession of its 82,000-square-foot expansion next week. The city issued 56 new housing permits in the last two weeks, and several significant solar companies are eyeing property.

Scottsdale is preparing to launch an analysis of local high-tech and airpark businesses to attract new commercial investment and foster synergy among firms in those industries.

Nominations are being sought for the second Governor’s Celebration of Innovation awards, which honor the state’s top high-tech people and achievements.

July 19, 2004

The Arizona Technology Expo, billed as Arizona’s largest high-tech business show, will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Phoenix Civic Plaza in downtown Phoenix.

In 1998, Bill Weisler was graduating from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and employers were fighting over him and offering him good money.

Now it’s time to get specific.

WASHINGTON - Personal computers, cell phones and high-speed Internet are considered essential to getting by for millions of Americans who are showing early signs of addiction to the next wave of high-tech toys, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

Extra thick concrete walls, carpet-covered hallways and other soundreducing equipment will make the new Mercy Gilbert Medical Center one of the most quiet hospitals in the East Valley.

Extra thick concrete walls, carpet-covered hallways and other soundreducing equipment will make the new Mercy Gilbert Medical Center one of the most quiet hospitals in the East Valley.

A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet presents are becoming increasingly high-tech.