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Blackouts create boom for backup power supplies
California's electricity crunch has created a mini-boom for retailers selling one niche tech product: the uninterruptible power supply. The units, which range in cost from less than $100 to tens of thousands of dollars, keep computers and other tech gear running even when the electricity goes out.
California's electricity crunch has created a mini-boom for retailers selling one niche tech product: the uninterruptible power supply.
The units, which range in cost from less than $100 to tens of thousands of dollars, keep computers and other tech gear running even when the electricity goes out. Interest in such products has exploded in California with the recent power shortages and this week's rolling blackouts. Full story to follow. --Ian Fried, Special to ZDNet