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Macrumors Live Keynote Feed Hacked

News Type: Event — Tue Jan 6, 2009 12:42 PM EST
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Man, hackers suck. Some 12-year-old managed to get into the live feed that Macrumors.com had up from the Macworld Keynote this afternoon. Anyone reading the feed saw a bit of information about iPhoto and then suddenly "OMG STEVE JOBS JUST DIED!"

The next few posts seemed uneasy:

9:30 amOh, wait, sorry, Steve did die. Our condolences.
9:30 amPrecision editor, advanced drag & drop, maps (2D and 3D) in your movies.
9:30 amHTTP://M.ATTHEW.NET
9:30 amWhat's in iMovie '09?
9:29 amSEX ME
9:28 amiMovie '09
9:28 amThat's iPhoto '09.
9:28 amPlaces can show a map with all photos taken in the specific area.
9:27 amSteve did not die.
9:27 amRetraction on Steve Jobs comment...we don't know how that got in our feed.
9:26 amShowing a "pumpkin patch" event with no geotag. Starts typing name, and iPhoto assists using its database of locations.
9:25 amHovering over a pin at Aspen. Click an arrow and go straight to all Aspen photos, even across multiple events.

It just went downhill from there. The feed was closed, then macrumors.com went down but the feed reopened and iff you go to the feed right now then you'll find it overrun. That sucks.

For anyone whose news was just disrupted, Ars Technica is running their own live feed.

... oh yeah, and Apple iPhoto now has facial recognition. Also, for the record, Steve Jobs is still alive to the best of my knowledge.

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{"commentId":4687528,"authorDomain":"brianford"}
Brian Ford

On the other hand, it was probably the most interesting thing to come out of the Keynote.

:)

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Reply#1 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:32 PM EST
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Purple Party

No kidding. I'm sorry I kept checking engadget and tuaw though the iTunes annoucement was interesting. Oh well I could have wasted my time working.

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#1.1 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:40 PM EST
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Jeremy E. Malheim

Yeah, that was kind of a snore.

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    #1.2 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:45 PM EST
    {"commentId":4688235,"authorDomain":"darkside"}
    Mykola Bilokonsky

    Well on the plus side, iPhoto now knows what you look like. That's all I need is for my MacBook to be...watching me. 0_o

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    #1.3 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 3:08 PM EST
    {"commentId":4688934,"authorDomain":"spiffie"}
    spiffie

    I could trade you my PowerBook sans iSight for your MacBook.  Deal?

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    #1.4 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 3:43 PM EST
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    Mykola Bilokonsky

    I briefly considered it then decided to simply gauge out my iSight with my Leatherman.   Problem solved!

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    #1.5 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 10:46 PM EST
    {"commentId":4695300,"authorDomain":"spiffie"}
    spiffie

    Damn it.

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    #1.6 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:46 PM EST
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