Twitter Spam bots are hot to trot: http://gentai.com/revenge1

Ok so I was curious why I all of the sudden got people joining my list. each one I look at just to see who these people are have only one twitter message saying this from two different accounts:

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and this one also

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and once you click that link it takes you to this website and see what they want you to do:

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These people are trying to get you to click on there links and [ad#ad2-left-1]get you give them email accounts.  This has been socially engineered to look like it is real.  I gave them a 10 min email account to see what they sent me.  It was a link to there porn site.  Wanting me to give them my credit card or checking account information and to join there site.  I don’t think so, not this old dog.   Anyways if you get this spam from a user you might just want to block these people.  Some of these people have followers.  Hmm I don’t know about these people.  I guess they want you to send an email to other people to spam them also.  How nice of them to social engineer this scheme so you can make your friends and family mad at you and probably not even talk to you.   So that is why it is good not to auto-follow people when they subscribe to your twitter account.   Some people have that set.  Some people just don’t learn. I am sure some people will like this site for other reasons but please don’t spam people with this little site. Please don’t put people on that list.

Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, how to get it:

It’s been leaked and some things to consider when installing this is you need to have a lot of space.[ad#tmi-right-1-1] So how do you get this elusive beta:

  • Rapidshare – Although I don’t know if this is the recent version it looks like it.  The problem with downloading these files are they are really big and it will take some time for you to download each and everypart.   You only can do 200 megs of download every 6 hours so it will take time.
  • Torrents site like Isohunt – The only way you can get it is through website search and downloading the torrent file.   I don’t know how reliable it is.  I don’t think it is safe on all of these but I want people to see it and see if it works for you.

These are the only two that I could come up with the might work for people.   If someone knows of any others let me know.  Be warned downloading files from unknown sources might [ad#tmi-left-1]let you get a virus.  It is always dangerous to download files from unkown sources so if you want to download it and put it on a virtual system that would be the best option.   I supply people with the tools I don’t link to anything that is illegal.     This is provided as is and you go to these sites on your own without any help from me.

The Build of the beta build should be 7000 and is should end on 7/2/2009 or at least that is what one screenshot looks like online.  It’s been leaked and should be looked closely at all the possible outcomes of this new OS.   If Microsoft is going to release it would be soon because they usually only give you 6 months to use the OS.  They usually only do it for each beta build, so it might be made available as soon as January 2, 2009.  That’s the look on the build!!

Panatech PX-500 PCMCIA Sprint EVDO BroadBand Card

[ad#tmi-right-1-1]The Pantech PX-500 wireless mobile broadband card for Sprint gives you data communication access for your PC laptop anywhere you roam on the Sprint network at faster speeds than ever before. EV-DO rev A compatibility gives you download speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps and beefy upload speeds of up to 1.8 Mbps. Simple to use, the Pantech PX-500 wireless mobile broadband card lets you surf the Internet, send and receive email and text messages, and connect to corporate networks from just about anywhere.

Technical Specs:

  • Dimensions – 4.57 in x 2.13 in x 0.51 in
  • Weight – 1.8 oz
  • Data Download Speed – EV-DO rev A (Up to 3.1 Mbps Down/1.8 Mbps Up), EV-DO rev 0 (2.4 Mbps Down/153 Kbps Up), 1xRTT
  • Download Protocol – CDMA 850, 1900
  • Compatible Carrier – Sprint PCS
  • Network Compatibility – CDMA 850, 1900
  • 3G Data Speeds – Yes

Compatibility Features

  • Device Supports Data Plans – Yes
  • Available For Purchase Without Service Plan – Yes

Saw this card and did a little digging.  I looks like the newest updated software and drivers for this card can also make it Vista and Linux compatible.   Although with any card you will use up more battery life but it is a small price to pay to check email and surf the web. Also if you have an newer laptop or am about to upgrade I’d suggest Getting a Sierra Wireless Compass 597 USB Modem from Sprint! This is good for anyone who wants to surf the web and not have to buy the hardware to do it with.  Both are free to buy and ship with a two year contract. If in doubt please get the USB card that way you know you know you will be able to use it.

Loic don’t depend on that “authority” site, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be!!

In my most recent post Loic was wanting to be able to search by authority and be able to find information that is really high on “authority”. I will guess he is happy with “Twitority” because now you can search base on the so called “Authority”.

[ad#tmi-right-1-1]I say this will not show the really juicy stories out there. You see, most really good juicy stories might not be picked up by twitter for a few to a couple hours. If you want to find the really good stuff on twitter you won’t find it with authority but by the people who might not have any or little authority.

So if you think Authority is all that and more, I say it’s nothing to “write home about”. I just worry people will see this and start flocking to this system. Once people start searching by authority that will get people to want to be higher on this so called authority idea. So what will happen, people will want to get more authority and possibly buy Authority. This is a far far possible outcome of having this so called authority.

[ad#cricket-1]I don’t think it will happen once people see how flawed it is and see it. They will flocked to something else, you see that all the time on twitter. I will wait judgment on this new site and see how it goes but I don’t think it will work. One thing I wonder is the how this site will keep going with it just been created so rashly and without much thought. There has to be a revenue stream coming from somewhere? Could of been Loic who made the VC happen? I’ll let you decide for yourself although I think it points to him.

I think Scoble is thinking the same thing?  Could of been something to make even more controversy or could it been just happen stance?  What say you Robert?

It’s AT&T fault, the I-phone does not work!

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According to AT&T, a power failure in Bloomfield, Michigan is the culprit, and techs are working around the clock to get everything back up in the Midwest. We’re told rebooting phones may help — it didn’t do anything for us, but it might be worth a shot.
[via Engadget]

It looks like if you have an I-phone you won’t be getting any service for a while.  You might just have to reboot your phone to fix the problem.  I do not know if this will fix the problem with most people but I thought it was worth a shot to tell people this problem.  I am sure they will have this fix sooner or later but at what cost will this do for you?