| The east side of the Cascades and other remote areas with low electricity prices are drawing the attention of several Internet companies. With the national cost of electricity averaging more than 5 cents per kilowatt-hour, companies including Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have begun building their energy-guzzling data centers in lightly populated areas like eastern Washington, where electricity costs less than 3 cents per kilowatt-hour. |  |
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| Video blogs, or "vlogs," are exactly what you'd expect: online diaries filled with video clips. More than 300 vloggers converged this month at the Vloggercon conference in San Francisco with an eye toward revolutionizing video media. It's easy to dismiss vlogs, but companies have learned to respect the power of blogs. Getting a product flamed on video could be even more devastating. | |
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