Here is a bizarre situation for you to consider. A recently passed law requires Texas computer-repair technicians to obtain a private-investigator license, according to a story posted by a Dallas-Fort Worth CW affiliate. To procure the said license, technicians must receive a criminal justice degree or participate in a three-year apprenticeship. Those shops that refuse to participate will be forced to shut down. Violators of the new law can be fined $4,000 and receive up to a year in jail, penalties also apply to customers who seek out their services. Some of the area's larger companies already employee technicians with PI licenses, a fact, which generally doesn't apply to small computer repair shops.

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