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Boxbe: Get Paid When Spam is Sent to You

One of the biggest annoyances on the Web is spam, and 9 out of 10 e-mails are spam. What can you do about it? Join Boxbe.
When you sign up for sites and e-mail newsletters, you are sometimes throwing your e-mail address into a database for spammers. Boxbe.com is trying to change that. With Boxbe, you [...]

On the Cutting Edge: HD on a Home Theater PC

InterVideo has released the first, legal HD-DVD and Blu-Ray player for Windows XP and Vista. InterVideo added HD movie support to WinDVD 8 on Friday the 15th via a $26 upgrade.
Home theater PC owners will need to have a Windows XP or Vista system with a dual-core 3.0+ ghz processor and video card that is [...]

The Format – “Dog Problems” Music Video

Near the top of my favorite albums in 2006 is Dog Problems by Arizona’s The Format. A few weeks ago, Nettwerk Music Group posted their video on YouTube, and it is probably one of my favorite music videos of the year too (next to Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” of course).
Some of my other favorite [...]

OPPO DV-970HD: Best Upscaling DVD Player

So, you have an HDTV and want to watch movies on it. These days, you have a few choices.

Get a Blu-Ray player. The first-generation players (Samsung BD-P1000, Panasonic DMP-BD10, Philips BDP9000, Sony BDP-S1, Pioneer BDP-HD1) is getting very mediocre reviews, but Pioneer’s player appears to be on top if you have $1500 lying around for [...]

Rollin’ the Dice

On Thursday the 14th, the Boston Red Sox announced perhaps the biggest predictor of their success over the next six years. They have signed Daisuke Matsuzaka AKA Dice-K to a six-year $52 million contract.
Once again, Red Sox nation (including me) has embraced Theo Epstein’s moves, and next year’s rotation sure looks pretty good:

Curt Schilling
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Josh [...]