Anyone used a program that monitors a page (i.e. toms hardware) and lets you know when the page changes, (i.e.a new article is released) and lets you know probably via email?

Isn't this the whole point of using RSS feeds?

as far as I know you can only get those on pages which are compatible with rss feeds tho... Lets say this page isnt

there's a website that does this for you, and emails you when the page changes... um.. i searched my history but couldn't find it.

Tell the chucklef*** to add a RSS feed to the site.

not an option

http://delicious.com/tag/monitoring+change

probably better:
http://delicious.com/tag/website+monitor+change

yeah it was this one: http://www.changedetection.com/

This might help:

OutPosted v2.0 'Web Site Monitoring and Delivery Software'
http://www.xequte.com/other/index.html#outposted

We all have a list of web sites that are important to us; sites for the software we use, news sites, blogs, etc. While some of these sites change frequently, others remain static for weeks at a time. Visiting all of these sites just to see what's new would take ages, so OutPosted does all of the work for you. Give OutPosted a list of your favorite sites and whenever changes are detected the site is e-mailed to you. Unlike similar software, OutPosted does not send a link to the site, or a lame "Notification of Change" message, but the actual web page, fully formatted, as an email message. Free!