PC Decrapifier

Have you purchased a new Windows computer lately? Wonder how they can keep making the prices lower and lower? Its not all about Manufacturing rates of return; some of the price of a PC is subsidized by software manufacturers such as Symantec, Corel, Mcafee and others paying the manufacturers to install "trial" versions of their software on PCs. these programs are usually crippled or time-limited, and many have equal or better competitors that are cheaper or free.

Asus Eee PC 701 - $199 Laptop

Shock-proof (due to solid state drives), WiFi, built-in camera, and more. Looks highly portable - light (2 lbs) and small (7" wide). Here is a link to a flash video on their web site.

Photo-Sharing Sites

Wal-Mart - upload and share your photos for friends and family to order prints for pickup at their local store.

Bedford Camera & Video - Upload and share your photos here, and the site has photography tips as well. Easy to get started and a well-designed site for uploading photos. They have free membership plans as well as paid plans (depends on storage size).

iPhone Coming June 29th

The television ads are great. Only at AT&T.

7-Zip, the FREE File Compression Utility

I've used 7-Zip for a few years, and it is good and free. It can handle zip files, as well as rar, sit, and other file formats. Its own .7z format is rated as one of the best compression formats, which makes it even better.

MyEasyTv

Watch TV online with MyEasyTv.com.

Todays guest: Al Whitson, City of Fort Smith Director of Technology

Today we will visit with Al Whitson about the city's technology and their new web site, fortsmithar.gov.

The City Wire - Our Community, Online

I've been working on The City Wire. It is public, but in "beta", so you may probably will find broken things.

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