That scienceblogs review is completely devastating (Rossi prohibited all of the tests that would actually work, and just had people record the heat emitted from his plugged-in machine), and the guy has a long history of fake demonstrations and supposed roll-outs coming "very soon, really!"

His wikipedia page shows THREE successive fringe science companies promising miracle energy breakthroughs in completely separate areas of technology, contra accepted science: waste-to-oil, super-thermoelectricity, and now cold fusion. The previous companies failed to produce anything, and the first one brought criminal charges.

And you said:

Here's a news article wrapping up the main points:

But it's not a news site, it's the personal website of a cold fusion enthusiast (look at the sidebar or read the "about" section).

Also, there was a previous discussion post excited about cold fusion here with following discussion and rebuttal. You can read that to save time here.