New Cell Phone Snoopware Lets You Block SMS

A new software application and subscription service called TextGuard (now in beta) lets you snoop on someone else's cell phone, reading all their text messages. You install software on both the BlackBerry or Windows Mobile target phone, plus another application on your desktop. What's different about TextGuard is that you can BLOCK INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE from chatting on the target phone. So, for example, you can monitor your child's texting, and, if you don't like one of their friends, block just that one friend from being able to chat your kid. The service is free for two months. After that, it's $11.95 a month.