Hello all, I know this isn’t a website of the week per se, but I just wanted to let everybody know that Sam and I are re-opening our computer repair and consulting and web design business as of February, 2008. You might recall that our business name used to be Etechs, but coming out of our short sabbatical, we’ve chosen a new name for the business - Techsouth. You can find out more about our Birmingham Computer repair company by clicking on this link: TechSouth.Tv.
If you need your computer repaired (with pick up and delivery included) or a website designed - call us at (205) 683-6082. Thanks!
PC World - CES 2008 Picks and Pans
For nostalgia’s sake: DevTopics | 101 Great Computer Programming Quotes
PCMag.com’s CES 2008 Photo Blog - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
This isn’t conspiracy theory… but should it be?…. New rules on licenses pit states against feds - CNN.com
Uncle Monster’s News:
Some Canadians socialists have figured out a way for music
companies to be paid for music downloads, make everybody
pay for it whether they download music or not. Gee, that’s
really fair.
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/20811929
Fastest clapper in the world, amazing. TRULY!
http://megavideo.com/?v=AWU8R9FE
AAAAAAHHHHH!!! They’re doing anything these days to get girls into tech.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/ces-2008-horrif.html
Shrimp need exercise just like any other pet. Pretty Funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY&feature=related
When I was a kid, I didn’t get caught for hacking.
I got blamed for everything I DIDN’T DO.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/tram_hack/
Download a full and high quality Christmas album before Midnight Sunday. (Features Jars of Clay, Leigh Nash, Sarah Mchlaclan, Matt Wertz and more. Of special note: Wert’s What Child is This, Nash’s The First Noel and BNL’s God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
4 Excellent Freeware programs discussed by Sam and Chase on Fox6’s Tech Check.
Google working on Wikipedia rival
: NYTimes article of the same - Wikipedia Competitor Being Tested by Google - New York Times
Snow Globe Boy Seeking World Record | Cleveland Leader
:CLICK HERE to watch him 24/7… kinda creepy I know but he asked for it.
Unreal Tournament 3 review.
PC World - Opera Seeks Tougher Remedy in Microsoft Case
NBC attorney suggest that copyright violations should be policed more vigerously than burglary, etc. Here’s the exact quote, “Our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned,” Cotton said. “If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year.”
***In other news - copying cds you own, even just for your own use is theft - and you are a thief (according to the RIAA)
Watch it Apple: Apple publishes QuickTime fix for streaming flaw | One More Thing - CNET News.com
36 Current Ebay scams
Compusa clarifies details on store closing
Medgle - A very interesting medical search engine. Allows you to enter your symptoms, and suggests a series of possible ailments.
Nintendo and Gamestop address Wii shortage. 
Updated GarageBand does custom ringtones for iPhone
Popular Mechanics 10 worst 2007 Gadgets
Cnet’s list of the same thing
5 Tech Stocking Stuffers
While we’re at it - here’s a bunch of best/worst of 2007 lists
Uncle Monster’s Section:
MS hates open source:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/10/dutch/index.php
I’ve seen it all now.
http://www.xoxide.com/usb-warming-gloves.html
A very good resource for a very bad problem.
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/index.html
The dictionary is catching up.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/12/12/tech-woot.html
