February 2008

Micron deal to outsource chip manufacturing

Eddie reported on an alleged deal with Micron and one of their competitors.  I went to check out the article to see if this spelled bad news for Boise or not.

And it actually looks like not.

Micron, Nanya Tech agree tech license, chip JV: sources | Deals | Mergers & Acquisitions | Reuters

Innovation Idaho report and map available

 

Many of you may remember the research that Virginia Tech professor Dr.

Ellick sick? Or sick and tired?

When I heard that Butch had named a former tech executive to be the head of the Department of Commerce I was optimistic. Maybe Butch wasn't the Luddite technophobe I thought he was.

Well today from New West comes a report that Elick has "gone on leave".

We can't keep the people we want or get rid of the ones we don't want

From all unofficial, unsubstantiated and off the record reports I have been able to drudge up (I swear you'd think we were living in a communist state), Ellick's gone, not coming back and it wasn't pretty.

How many Idaho Legislatures have broadband?

From our friends at New West

Bill Underway to Develop Idaho Broadband Network

There has been some dispute over the past couple of years regarding how many people in Idaho lack high-speed Internet access.

I want to know how many Idaho Legislatures actually have Broadband?  

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