Twitter dispute raises social media policy questions 

The tweeps were in an uproar, but @Kelly208 and @falcontavern patched things up with a talk on the phone.
The clamor on Twitter finally died down when @Kelly208, or Kelly Green in real life, tweeted: “Corey @falcontavern and I just had a levelheaded convo. Think we both learned a lesson or 2 from this. No need [...]

Broadband lag in rural areas impacts Idaho crop growers 

Idaho’s crop producers are relying on the Internet as they compete in a global market, but all aren’t competing with equal Internet access.

 
Wheat producers are increasingly turning to Internet-based solutions to market their crop,  Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson said.

 
“The faster the connection, the better. On a day like today (Aug. [...]

Boise incubator opening delayed 

The opening of the city of Boise’s business incubator for alternative energy startups is more than a month behind schedule, but more than two dozen companies have already applied to move in.
The incubator, known as the Greenhouse, should be ready for tenants by the end of August, city officials say. It will be operated by [...]

Kendrick area gets rural broadband funding

TDS Telecom received a grant enabling subsidiary Potlatch Telephone Co. to provide Digital Subscriber Line broadband service in its rural territory in north central Idaho, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Aug. 4.
The grant was among 126 new projects comprising a second round of USDA broadband funding through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of [...]

Micron’s Numonyx to sell joint venture stake

Chip maker Micron Technology Inc., which earlier this year bought memory chip maker Numonyx BV for $1.2 billion, said Wednesday that Numonyx has agreed to sell its minority stake in a joint venture with Hynix Semiconductor Inc. for $422.9 million.
Micron said in a regulatory filing that Hynix has agreed to buy Numonyx’s roughly 19.3 percent [...]

Fire burns at Boise’s Micron campus

A fire burned through the heating and cooling system in a building on the Micron Technology Inc. campus near Boise, sending billows of black smoke into the sky.
The blaze at the semiconductor and solar-panel maker was reported July 2, just after 7 a.m.
It took firefighters from Boise about a half an hour to put out [...]

INL plans installation of ‘cool roofs’

Following a recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy about the future implementation of cool roof technology on DOE facilities, Idaho National Laboratory has already taken steps toward making it a reality.
“We decided even before the memo came out to be proactive about it,” Chris Ischay, INL’s sustainability program manager said.
The memo Ischay is [...]

MotivePower sells ultra-low emission locomotive to Calif. repair facility

Wabtec Corp. has sold an ultra-low emission locomotive manufactured by Boise-based subsidiary MotivePower Inc. to a railcar repair facility in Colton, Calif., July 19.
GATX Corp., the buyer of the 1,400-horsepower locomotive, said the new MotivePower MP14B model is expected to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide by at least 80 percent and particulate matter by at [...]

ON Semiconductor to buy Japan firm

Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor Corp. announced plans July 15 to acquire Sanyo Electric Co.’s semiconductor business in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $366 million, according to the Arizona Republic.
It would be ON’s eighth and second-largest acquisition since the former Motorola Inc. unit was recapitalized as a standalone business in 1999. The largest deal was the $915 [...]

New security screening process at BOI

Starting July 17, passengers traveling through Boise Airport will be going through a different kind of security screening process.
Three optical body scanners have been installed in the screening area, and through the use of advanced imaging technology, can safely scan passengers for both metallic and non-metallic threats.
Those threats may include items like weapons or explosives [...]