Last week's Internet blackout protesting SOPA and PIPA had the world talking, and the almighty Twitterverse was undoubtedly buzzing about the dark day. As a way to gauge the Twitter community's reaction, two technologists developed a visual representation of the speed of which tweets mentioned the brief absence of some of the web's biggest sites. more ›

Netheads, we know you're suffering today as some of the Internet's biggest websites have gone dark to send a message to users and to the House Committee, the group holding a hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) today. Today's video lunch features three videos showcasing strong opinions opposing the SOPA/PIPA legislations. more ›

When millions of people in Southern California, and neighboring Arizona and Mexico, were plunged into the dark and left without power for several hours in early September, everyone wanted to know how such a massive outage could happen. When the lights came back on, it seemed to be just one worker's fault, but that employee's error doesn't explain how widespread the blackout was. more ›

A major power outage in San Diego is being attributed to a severed power line in Arizona, and currently all 1.4 million San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) customers are in the dark. more ›

Sure, Los Angeles is going through some tough times, and the city's ledgers aren't exactly overflowing in the assets column, but are we that ghetto? Or that cost-conscious, for that matter? Today's LA-centric Tweet of the day comes from Alfredo A. Hernandez (@LAnative_net), who wonders: "City Hall has had a black out most of the day. did @villaraigosa forget 2 pay the light bill or are they saving $$ & wasting my time?" Of course, with the power out, Mayor Villaraigosa and the check-signers might have to resort to cruising the web on their BlackBerries or battery-powered laptops... more ›

As firefighters get an upper hand on the Station Fire in portions of Acton, officials with the L.A. Department of Water & Power feel relieved enough to announce a decreased threat to two of their 500 KV lines. If those lines were to be cut off from the city's power grid, there was the potential of blackouts due to the mixture of hot weather with increased power consumption and reserve power plants not being able to handle that demand on energy. more ›