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A double shot of bad news for the Wii hacking set today — not only do new Wiis appear to have a modchip-proof layer of epoxy around the DVD-ROM IC chips, Waninkoko has abandoned the Wii Backup-Loader project. The modchip news isn’t all that surprising.

Web application Oosah hosts a whopping one terabyte (that’s 1,024 gigabytes) of media online for free. In addition to hosting videos, photos, and music you upload directly to the site, Oosah also integrates with Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, and YouTube.

Sorry for any problems this may have caused your bookmarks, but I thought I should change the permalinks to something a little more fun to read in the logs… The New format is http://www.brijmin.com/wp/YEAR/MONTH/POST-OR-PAGE-NAME/ I know most of you just dont care, but a change is a change and I thought you like to know.

Ford’s Fiesta ECOnetic gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can’t afford to sell it in the U.S. If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh [...]

This is a rather interesting review. I would think that Apple will be shutting these guys down soon, so you may want to grab your EFI-X™ chips soon. Read more from gizmodo.com

Microsoft announces that Zune users will be able to access the Zune music store for free from 9,800 U.S. McDonalds, care of Wifi provider Wayport. Users can wirelessly stream and download music, tag and purchase songs directly from the built-in FM radio and access personalized music recommendations and programming.

Instead of laying off techies who directly help users, the best place to cut IT organizations is at the top. One of the great problems in IT management, is that the big bosses typically haven’t a clue what is happening, what needs to happen, and what it all should cost.

If you’ve ever bought anything online you know that there’s no such thing as a simple, one-time transaction. Once you give an online retailer your email address there’s a good chance you’ll continue to get emails letting you know about other items the company would like you to buy, coupons, or sales until the day [...]

Stop stealing, downloading, finding, borrowing, burning Adobe Photoshop. Either pony up and by Photoshop (“Elements“) for only $149 or do what I do and use the FREE stuff like Artweaver or GIMP. The learning curve to GIMP may be a little high, but it will get the job done. The better and closest alternative is [...]

First off what is DRM? Digital Rights Management restrictions hurts more than it helps. There are 4 different ways to look at DRM. 1. From the companies point of view trying to protect their investment. 2. From the consumers point of view trying to use the product. 3. From the hacker looking for something to [...]