• 06 Jan 2009 at 12:28 PM

The Dangers Of Live Feeds

By Equity Private

MacRumors.com appears to have been the victim of a bit of a security breach. Their live-updating MacWorld ticker just included the comment “Steve jobs just died,” followed by a quick retraction.
That was very naughty whichever Dealbreaker reader did that. Bad reader. No bone.

9:27 am Steve did not die.
9:27 am Retraction on Steve Jobs comment…we don’t know how that got in our feed.
9:26 am Showing a “pumpkin patch” event with no geotag. Starts typing name, and iPhoto assists using its database of locations.
9:25 am Hovering over a pin at Aspen. Click an arrow and go straight to all Aspen photos, even across multiple events.
9:24 am STEVE JOBS JUST DIED :
9:24 am Now demoing Places.
9:24 am Can also group people in sidebar…smart albums. Showing “Our Family”…automatically contains and updates all members of the family.

Macworld San Francisco 2009 Keynote Live Coverage [MacRumors]

Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    Oh, EP, I knew you were an Apple fan, but I did not know you were such a fangirl as to monitor MacWorld liveblogs.
    Given that fact, you might appreciate the following quote about the potential new Mac Mini found today on Gizmodo:
    “The current rumor is that the new incarnation of the Mac mini will look like the product of a night of steamy dripping sex between an iMac and a Time Capsule. For some reason, this idea turns me on.”
    - A Fellow Sufferer

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    Whatever, dead or alive I ain’t buyin’ none of his overpriced, overhyped crap.

  3. 3
    Posted by Equity Private | January 6, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    “Oh, EP, I knew you were an Apple fan, but I did not know you were such a fangirl as to monitor MacWorld liveblogs.”
    All for you DB readers. Who knows when an important acquisition may be announced. Or the Death of Steve Jobs(tm)?

  4. 4
    Posted by Anal_yst | January 6, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    Wonder if its related (doubtful) to the hacking of Twitter the other day?
    Loved the Fox News update: “Bill O’Rielly is gay”, among several other funny ones (good coverage on techcrunch)
    –Fellow (recently converted back to being a) Mac user

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    Microsoft employees must be on early lunch break.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    rofl
    find the latest screen capture of MacRumors live feed in courtesy of Mac-It
    http://files.macit.co.il/173584a_forum_01.png

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    The naughty hacker later added the comment SEX ME and a couple of other gems, right up to the point at which the entire feed went dead (at least from my machine here in the UK). MAcrumors seems to have gone down.
    Somebody is giggling their tiny head off somewhere…

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    I thought this was a Wall Street blog? If I cared about a faggot Mac product announcement I’d be reading an Apple blog… kthx.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    did Steve jump in front of a PC?

  10. 10
    Posted by e_anthony58 | January 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    DONNY DEUTCH IS BACK!!
    does anyone care???

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    Tech geeky stuff aside, that’s pretty funny.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | January 6, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    You’ve read the feed – now buy the shirt
    http://www.stevejobslives.com/

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