Last year I was using an old Windows Mobile smart phone with an unlimited data plan. The mobile IE browser was complete garbage but it did offer one nice quark: free access to the Wall Street Journal.  Since the mobile WSJ site is so basic, I guess Rupert Murdoch decided it wasn’t worth charging for.

But what if I wanted to read the WSJ from my laptop… Visit mobile2.wsj.com, you’re instantly redirected to the main page and asked to subscribe. So here’s a little workaround:

1. Install FireFox 3
2. Install the Modify Headers  add-on
3. Restart Firefox
4. Go to Tools > Modify Headers.
5. Set the following fields
   1. Modify
   2. user-agent
   3. Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile m.n)
   4. [Leave Blank]
6. Click Save
7. Navigate to mobile2.wsj.com

Now Mr. Murdoch believes you’re using an antiquated browser and doesn’t mind you reading his content. Enjoy!