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PlayerBlock Lets You Check Up On Your Date Via Cell Phone

PlayerBlock: Check ona Suitor's Dating Habits

This one is for the love lorn in our audience. PlayerBlock is a new text messaging service that aims to let you avoid the hassle of dealing with that predatory, promiscuous menace of the dating world -- the player.

For some people, the hassle of dating and weeding out the womanizing, lying, and just plain undesirable is just a bit to much. So Global SMS, the company behind PlayerBlock, is hoping to utilize the power of the social web to make the whole process as painless as possible.

For $4.99 a month, you can send and receive up to 100 text messages. You can check up on potential companions by sending in your potential suitor's cell phone number and find out what others have to say about him or her (let's be honest... it's probably a him). You can send in your own feed back as well, and let others know about your experience. Let others know if said player doesn't call don't call, or if said player is a bit too forward (if you catch our drift).

What's to stop a jilted lover from smearing some pour sap? Absolutely nothing. Is there something unsettling about the idea of people handing over another persons cell phone number to a texting service? Definitely. Couldn't you just (wo)man up and do the dating thing the old-fashioned way? Of course, and you probably should!

From CNET

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More Free Blu-ray and HD DVD Movies!

More Free Blu-ray and HD DVD Discs!

Amazon.com is sweetening the pot for anyone who's been thinking about purchasing a high-def disc player. Unfortunately, it hasn't made the decision over which format to go with any easier. As we all know, Sony's Blu-ray format is locked in a knock-down drag- out war with Toshiba's competing HD DVD format, with every week that passes bringing news of one format gaining a lead on the other. In an attempt to win over converts, both camps have recently offered five free movies with the purchase of certain players.

Now, Amazon.com is throwing three more freebies on the pile. From now until September 23, the purchase of a 60GB PS3 gets you three free Blu-ray movies on top of the five Sony is already offering. Go with one of a few select Toshiba HD DVD players instead, and Amazon gifts you three HD DVD discs on top of the five you already get from Toshiba.

As one HD DVD fan exclaimed on a messageboard, it's almost as if they're paying you to buy one of these players. But, like we said, the gettin' is only good until September 23, so consult our guide to Blu-ray and HD DVD, then hurry and make up your mind!

From i4U and Engadget

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Mo Rocca's Secret iPod Jams


What's your dirty little iPod secret? You know, the cornball song you'd be embarrassed to admit you know every single word to; the song that, though you're loathe to admit it, provides a candid peek into your very soul?

Milli Vanilli's 'Blame it on the Rain,' you say? OK, we admit we're caught a little off guard with that one. But luckily, there are others out there with similarly cheesy personal theme songs that are stored away on iPods across the globe. Armed with only his trusty microphone, Mo Rocca hits the streets in search of iPod confessions. He scores gold with the likes of Wham!, Kelly Clarkson, Heart and more.

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