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Eric writes about the free 411 from the last episode:
1) The privacy policy on their website admits that they record every inbound phone number, whether it is has caller id blocking or not.
2) They are an advertiser-based service.
While I think that this is a decent concept, it seems to me that it is something that would take little more than a poorly contrived corporate buyout to basterdize. I’m not sure that the advantage of having semi-free directory assistance is worth the strong likelihood of voice spam down the road.
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Tech news:
Microsoft releases IE 7 beta. Microsoft took the wraps off Internet Explorer 7, releasing the new preview version of its Web browser. Still a work in progress, it is available for download from the Internet Explorer section of Microsoft’s site. Microsoft had promised to deliver a public beta by the end of March. “The big update is that it’s public,” said Margaret Cobb, group product manager for Internet Explorer at Microsoft. “All previous releases were limited.” To download the browser go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
EFF sues AT&T over wiretapping. Cory Doctorow over at BoingBoing is reporting that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has just filed a lawsuit against AT&T for helping the National Security Agency execute illegal warrant-less wiretaps against American citizens. From the article: ‘The lawsuits alleges that AT&T Corp. has opened its key telecommunications facilities and databases to direct access by the NSA and/or other government agencies, thereby disclosing to the government the contents of its customers’ communications as well as detailed communications records about millions of its customers, including the lawsuit’s class members.’”
Sony may launch online gaming service. Word is spreading like about a supposed scan from the upcoming March issue of PlayStation Magazine that seems to indicate Sony is planning to launch a “full-frontal assault” on Microsoft’s Xbox Live service. This new “PlayStation Network” is promised by a Sony insider to meet or exceed all of Live’s capabilities and incorporate both the PS3 and PSP. No further details are available.
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Test a geek: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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How To: View hidden items on MySpace.
MySpace is quickly becoming THE place for people to gather and hang out. It’s becoming a revolution with younger people where web design is #1 and having the coolest page is just as important as any other style going. Some people on myspace edit their profiles so that you can’t view their comments and friends lists, but it’s not completely impossible to see them. This is how you can view them.
For profiles where you can’t see the comments or friends sections you need to look at the address bar. Each profile has a number at the end. You need to write down or remember that number at the end of the profile name. This number is the code for the myspace profile.
This number can then be put into the various addresses for the comments page and friends pages:
For comments:
http://comments.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.HomeComments&friendID=ProfileCode
eg:
http://comments.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.HomeComments&friendID=10023809
For blogs:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=ProfileCode
eg:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=10023809
and for friends lists:
http://home7.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends&friendID=ProfileCode
eg:
http://home7.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends&friendID=10023809
Paste this back into the address bar and you’ll be on your way to seeing the hidden goodies.
Thanks to atariby on Digg where I found this.
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Ask A Geek: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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Hack: View GMail and MySpace from locked-down computers.
Sometimes we surf the internet when we’re not supposed to. Sometimes we’re not doing anything bad but just want to check our e-mail or see if something interesting is going on at particular websites. While this is great, to clamp down on such internet surfing, companies and schools have blocked access to certain websites so that your requests are denied. This works well but there are ways to bypass this. Mainly, you can use a proxy to get the page.
A proxy, for those who don’t know, is a go-between for your browser. You speak to the website and that website actually makes the page request. The reason this will bypass most lock-downs is that the proxy’s request is identified as that webpage and not as gmail. This simple process will get around many security safeguards. On Digg.com I came accross one, www.Vtunnel.com, that allows you to log in to myspace, gmail, and a variety of other websites for free. Most free proxies block “form post”, but this one does not.
I tried vtunnel.com and it does work very well. From a locked-down environment I was able to get into my GMail, surf MySpace and get anywhere that other proxies wouldn’t go. Best of all vtunnel is free. Definitly check it out at vtunnel.com
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The geek’s view: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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