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Spanning over 100,000 acres and offering a 781.5-megawatt capacity, it also gives Texas Gov. Rick Perry a chance to argue against cap-and-trade legislation. Read this blog post by Candace Lombardi on Green Tech.

Energy information displays, which are the 'face of the smart grid,' will be installed in tens of millions of homes to help consumers save electricity, projects Pike Research. Read this blog post by Martin LaMonica on Green Tech. There are already a number of home energy monitoring devices which can cost anywhere from less than $100 to a few hundred dollars. But the field is getting crowded with a number of providers from very different fields. The smart-grid stimulus program is expected to result in over one million homes getting these displays for free from utilities.

The intersection of broadband and energy can lead to efficiency and technology innovation. What's needed is wider access, standards, and right regulations, say execs and officials at an FCC hearing. Read this blog post by Martin LaMonica on Green Tech.

With more renewable energy projects trying to come online, the country grapples with the balance between local land use and a national push for clean energy. Read this blog post by Martin LaMonica on Green Tech.

At Harvard, Microsoft Chief Research Officer Craig Mundie argues that computer science is on the brink of breakthroughs that can crack daunting energy and environmental problems. Read this blog post by Martin LaMonica on Green Tech.

I don't know what this article is about because I didn't read it. Just kidding I did. It is about how society has lost interest in reading books and novels and became interested in blogs and tweets. Because the internet has brought us those things we seem to have trouble focusing on a novel.

Electronic Arts shuts Pandemic Studios facility, bought in 2007 as part of an $860 million deal. Shutdown follows announced cost cuts and layoffs for struggling EA. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Gaming and Culture.

This site is a funny one to show the reader ways in which English just does not make sense. We have all theses rules but all of them can be broken. There are more rules in English than in most other languages but most of them have limits, exceptions or can be broken.Why can't English just follow the rules like other languages do? I have personally seen how other languages follow their rules and to me, it just seems much easier. If there are rules, they should always be rules and not just be there but not followed. This is why it is so hard for people with a different native language to learn the English language.

Polish is the hardest language to learn. English kids are fluent at their language by the age of 12. Polish kids are fluent by the age of 16.

This article is about selling products. In a way, this can relate to advertising also. The article talks about asking open ended questions to a customer. In advertising, keeping an ad open ended and leaving room or a space for the reader to fill in with their imagination may cause them to become more interested. It also talks about solving a problem. In the ad, give the customer or convince the customer that they will get something that they desire. This article may be about selling, but it is very easy to realize that when you are advertising anything, you are trying to sell it whether you gain monetarily from it or not.

I picked slashdot.org because...well...slashdot is for NERDS! GEEKS!!! Someone who might be in the Computer Information Technology learning community! LIKE ME! On a more serious note though, I picked slashdot because it involves people like the CIT learning community. We are nerds/geeks we know it, and love it. Slashdot is composed of authors that are IT gurus and love to talk about as what there title says, 'news that matters' which is straight and to the point.\n\nLike any good nerd we like to put in our two cents. Slashdot added a message board to reply to any post the authors make. The articles composed by Slashdot will always involve technology in someway. Whether it's a post on the internet's birthday or a post about how red hat enterprise linux 5.4 has been released. Slashdot has posts to the point for people like "us". Its not filled with clutter or garbage about stupid news about Jon and Kate + 43000, its news that MATTERS. Simple as that.\n

This article talks about a new plug-in that Goole has just come out with that allows you to take the best out of your favorite web browser and use it in IE. Not the most useful tool ever created but still one that keeps life interesting.

This site shows up all the unique uses for Twitter. The guy is this article calls out the copyright infringement. So there are many more uses for Twitter than just for our English class.

Interesting story that has been brought up recently involving Twitter and a group of students being caught with it. It brings up an interesting question as to how far involved a school will go in the interest of the students and technology being integrated in a school experience. Definately worth a look.

Hey guy/gal reading Gizmodo instead of working: We're hiring a tech writer in NYC. You need some experience, but more importantly you should be able to write like mad and know and love/hate/understand technology. I'm posting again because...

This article shows a graphical description of how the technology of data storage has developed over time. The statistical facts in this article are mind boggling. When comparing music storage, the first-generation ipod (4 inches tall) held 117 hours of music, which equates to 159 12-inch records or 117 cassette tapes. Hulu, a website gaining its popularity for being able to watch tv-shows streamed for free, holds the same data as 259 VHS tapes. On youtube, there is approximately 20 hours of video content uploaded every hour, which is the same as 343 tapes uploaded every hour. These digital storage technologies are improving the way people live their lives. What is in store for us in the future of this technology?