By Vic DaSilva
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews


Bugmenot.com is a service that helps you bypass registration for websites like the nytimes.com. A lot of individuals are not crazy about the idea of personally identifying themselves in order to simply read the news. I know what many of you are thinking, just sign up and make up the info. Yes, you could do that, as long as you use the same fake info all the time. This is where the service comes in handy. When you find that great article that requires registration you go over to bugmenot.com. Enter the URL and click SHOW LOGINS. The site returns a username and password, copy, head back to that great article and paste. Enjoy. If the username/password does not work head back to bugmenot and click DIDN’T WORK and it will generate a new username/password. I tried it on a couple of sites and it worked like a charm. The username/password accounts listed on bugmenot are added by users of the service. The site has been around for about two years but it has been getting some “buzz” lately thanks to this interesting piece from the NY Times

STOP BUGGING ME If newspaper marketers think they are receiving reliable user information via those annoying site registrations, they should run their Web addresses through bugmenot.com, which offers quick user names and passwords to people who click on a link only to be confronted by a mandatory registration page. Some examples of usernames: thisisannoying; iwantnews; thisisjustsilly; whydoyoudothis. DAN MITCHELL

Talk about biting the hand that feeds it! Source:Download Squad