Hacking MySpace

Want to become a MySpace star, but haven’t got any demos to show off? SingShot may be the answer.

Geo Visitors is a really nifty free online service that allows you to automatically plot where in the world visitors to your MySpace profile come from. It also works with any site where you can place HTML.

In this series of profiles I interview the Masters of MySpace - individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of MySpace profile customization, whether it is by developing programming techniques, coming up with amazing designs or contributing to the MySpace community.

Five months after setting up a profile, the US Marines have recruited more than 430 people throuugh MySpace.

Want to add a map to your MySpace profile? You can, thanks to one of MySpace’s would-be competitors.

A combination of record high temperatures and a stressed electricity network resulted in a number of blackouts across California over the weekend, including one that hit MySpace’s Los Angeles data center. Back up generators failed, and as a result, MySpace went down on both Saturday and Sunday night.

As if music, movies, videos and comedy weren’t enough, MySpace now wants to be a mover and shaker in the world of books, with the launch of its new book section.

I’ve had more time to have a play with MySpace’s new instant messanging client MySpaceIM.