RSS Feeds
Software
iTunes 8 Release Candidate Is a Fake
Posted by Matt Buchanan at 2:54 AM on September 9, 2008
The dude who claimed he downloaded an iTunes 8 release candidate from a mysterious button on Apple's iTunes site has decided to release it to the world after all. And it's a whole bunch of fake crap—it's a password-protected archive with a Zune setup file. Don't download it, this guy sucks and will burn in gadget hell. [RapidShare - Thanks Johannes!]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
There are currently no AU comments for this post.
Jon B.
Posted 3:33 AM 9/9/08
@Stang70Fastback: exactly. :D
Jon B.
Stang70Fastback
Posted 3:32 AM 9/9/08
@BasicBlack: No, it's like rushing down to Wal-Mart to be the first one to try the new shopping carts that have cool sound-activated visualizers on all sides to amuse you while you shop.
Stang70Fastback
Rickster
Posted 3:30 AM 9/9/08
I said in my previous post that it was fake. It's obvious
Rickster
VakeroRokero
Posted 3:29 AM 9/9/08
He's just getting point credits in the thousands so he can download tons of porn movies.
What a loser.
VakeroRokero
Jon B.
Posted 3:29 AM 9/9/08
@braddanick: Yeah dude, its all good. I think Apple's site is smart enough to tell which OS you are using, so it gives you the appropriate download :D
Jon B.
braddanick
Posted 3:26 AM 9/9/08
And there's the answer.
Thought so!
braddanick
stonefry
Posted 3:25 AM 9/9/08
@yourfaceisjon: "and apple's website is smart enough..."
Sorry, what? I stopped reading.
stonefry
braddanick
Posted 3:24 AM 9/9/08
@yourfaceisjon: Yeah I thought so too, but if you look at the pic up top it kinda makes you wonder. I guess we can only wait 'til someone installs it!
braddanick
BasicBlack
Posted 3:22 AM 9/9/08
Is it me, or is this like rushing down to Wal-Mart so you can be the first one to try out the new shopping carts?
BasicBlack
yourfaceisjon
Posted 3:22 AM 9/9/08
@braddanick: maybe because the person who clicked it was on windows and apple's website is smart enough to know which to give you?
yourfaceisjon
jlindenbaum
Posted 3:21 AM 9/9/08
Yeah my bad... Shouldn't have sent the tip until I finished downloading it. Sorry :(
jlindenbaum
braddanick
Posted 3:18 AM 9/9/08
@Jon B.: That's what I'm saying. Why would the link hit up the windows version?
Sounds a little dodge to me.
As I said, I find it strange that they'd give out the Windows version first, even by accident.
braddanick
tanya.peacock
Posted 3:17 AM 9/9/08
@jpturner: Does this surprise anyone?
tanya.peacock
Jon B.
Posted 3:16 AM 9/9/08
@jpturner: Ah, in that case, I'll take neither, kthxbai :D
Jon B.
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 3:15 AM 9/9/08
Oh come on. It's Apple beta software. Like the iPhone.
OMG! Ponies!
Jon B.
Posted 3:15 AM 9/9/08
@braddanick: are you confused?
APPLE didn't offically give out anything
APPLE accidentally leaked the link out for a few seconds.
SOME GUY had a Windows computer (see picture) and wanted the Windows version
APPLE removed the download
SOME GUY hosts the download
Apple would never release anything on Windows before mac.
Jon B.
jpturner
Posted 3:14 AM 9/9/08
Don't bother is an Obama .doc file and Zune setup for PC.
Remove the story guys!
jpturner
nomayo
Posted 3:13 AM 9/9/08
Apple seems to be embracing the Microsoft method of just leaking their shit to the net and letting people participate unknowingly in the first super-secret public beta.
nomayo
braddanick
Posted 3:12 AM 9/9/08
Ah gad damn it!!
Windows version... hmmm...
"Hey baby... I've got somethin cool for your PC."
[boom]
I find it odd they'd give out the Windows version before the Mac version.
braddanick
se.chrome
Posted 3:12 AM 9/9/08
downloading at work, will let you know if it has the T virus.
se.chrome
Jon B.
Posted 3:10 AM 9/9/08
eww its .exe?
I'll wait for .dmg
kthxbai
Jon B.
navvywavvy
Posted 3:08 AM 9/9/08
He's also got a copy of Windows 7 Available here: [rapidshare.com]
navvywavvy
hewhoroams
Posted 3:06 AM 9/9/08
I'll toss it up on my virtual machine after it finishes downloading
hewhoroams
linoleumknife
Posted 3:04 AM 9/9/08
Wait, this is Windows? Lame.
linoleumknife
Phenostar
Posted 3:04 AM 9/9/08
@ar7983: Kinda like letting the guy in the windowless van sell your kids candy.
Ya just don't do it man.
Phenostar
point1432
Posted 3:03 AM 9/9/08
Downloading just in case it disappears. Still waiting for someone else to respond before I unzip it.
point1432
TimurY
Posted 3:03 AM 9/9/08
Mac or PC version? :D
TimurY
ferrdidly
Posted 3:03 AM 9/9/08
lol @ ar7983
ferrdidly
ar7983
Posted 3:03 AM 9/9/08
@Fallom: Makes sense. I stopped the download. I can wait a day.
ar7983
From-My-Cube
Posted 3:02 AM 9/9/08
Ill download it on the company laptop...sounds like the right thing to do
From-My-Cube
GiantEnemyCrab
Posted 3:01 AM 9/9/08
hopefully NOD32 will protect me.
GiantEnemyCrab
Fallom
Posted 3:00 AM 9/9/08
@ar7983: Because it's an archived file of unreleased software posted by an anonymous guy on Rapidshare.
Fallom
discounteggroll
Posted 3:00 AM 9/9/08
1-2-3
NOT IT!
discounteggroll
ar7983
Posted 2:59 AM 9/9/08
What's the worst that could happen? Why the caution? Because it may not be the final release?
ar7983
YourTechSupport
Posted 3:56 AM 9/9/08
I can only assume Gadget Hell involves any iPod product and a Mac without an internet connection to activate it.
Seriously, enough time and the most stalwart hellion will be all Gollum. Like "My preciousssss."
Oh wait, that's any iPod owner already. (Me included)
YourTechSupport
tptcat
Posted 3:55 AM 9/9/08
Why would Gizmodo even support this fool in the first place (before it was found out this was fake) and even post the RS link? You guys need a little better decision making when it comes to "stories" like this.
tptcat
craig_16
Posted 3:45 AM 9/9/08
Gadget hell? Is that where all of the naughty calculators go?
For anyone who gets this reference to a BBC program, you are fsckin awesome.
craig_16
atomoverride
Posted 3:44 AM 9/9/08
What a dick, i hope he dies in a boat fire.
atomoverride
midwestkel
Posted 4:30 AM 9/9/08
I have been meaning to download Zune! Thats how I get all my software, people tell me its Adobe Photoshop then it turn out its antivirus and spyware remover software, I am like I have been meaning to get that type of software!
I dont know why my desktop is telling me that it is infected I rand the stuff sooooo many times! :p
midwestkel
atheos
Posted 4:29 AM 9/9/08
Some frustrated Zune fanboy? Yes, "lmao" would be the best abbreviation to describe my feelings :)
atheos
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 4:28 AM 9/9/08
@GeekyNerdGuy: At least it doesn't try to install Safari for Windows.
OMG! Ponies!
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 4:13 AM 9/9/08
Zune setup. lmao!!!
GeekyNerdGuy
timwayne
Posted 4:13 AM 9/9/08
report it here: [www.google.com]
If enough people report it, the site will carry a big red warning in Firefox. Not sure about the other browsers though.
timwayne
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 4:08 AM 9/9/08
@craig_16: Calculators don't go to hell because they never die.
OMG! Ponies!
ddragos
Posted 4:36 AM 9/9/08
retard
ddragos
madog
Posted 5:19 AM 9/9/08
@YourTechSupport:yes, your right. Because every iPod and mac needs to be activated online before one can use it....
Oh wait, that's not right because NO mac ever has ever needed to be online in order to function. You must be thinking "windows" activation. You know, like, every single copy needs to be activated by calling microsoft or going...... Online.
Every iPod? No, only the iPhone (maybe touch?) has ever needed to be activated in order to use.
This is why you fail.
madog
cowpop
Posted 5:17 AM 9/9/08
Ouch, way to break an Apple fanboy's heart lol. But on a serious note, it was completely uncalled for lol.
cowpop
cjones27
Posted 5:15 AM 9/9/08
@OMG! Ponies!: +1. Smug, sneaky fuckers.
cjones27
mcjake
Posted 5:14 AM 9/9/08
Wow, what a douche!
mcjake
phoomp
Posted 5:04 AM 9/9/08
@BasicBlack:
It's not just you. I'll never understand the burning desire to get software the moment it comes out, or earlier if possible.
phoomp
mhlaxp
Posted 5:02 AM 9/9/08
I think it's a pretty good joke; funny watching you all get your knickers in a twist and declaring he'll burn in gadget hell for fooling you.
You all should have been tipped off when the installer was smaller than than 100MB anyway. He should have had it at half a gig for added realism.
mhlaxp
phoomp
Posted 5:01 AM 9/9/08
@nomayo:
Apple's already been doing this for years, they just usually call it 1.0 and bill the faithful for the honor of beta-testing.
phoomp
NIN10DO_FANBOI
Posted 3:43 AM 9/9/08
I doubt these leaks are legit - Apple's legal team would have chew'd them up and spit them out by now....
NIN10DO_FANBOI
Jon B.
Posted 5:57 AM 9/9/08
Yay for live SMS text updates while I'm taking classes at college tomorrow. :D
Jon B.
Faslane66
Posted 5:46 AM 9/9/08
FAKe, and Apple would never (obviously) release a windows version first....tomorrow.
Faslane66
Nickbee
Posted 6:49 AM 9/9/08
Guys - did you miss the REAL link on engadget?
It's mirror here:
[rapidshare.com]
Nickbee
Kymeira
Posted 8:00 AM 9/9/08
Sad when Giz turned into a ravenous Mac fanboi.
Kymeira
madog
Posted 8:44 AM 9/9/08
@Kymeira: Sad when someone has nothing more intelligent to say other than resorting to a childhood derivative of the spelling of "fanboy".
madog
Kymeira
Posted 10:05 AM 9/9/08
@madog: Obviously I hit quite the soft spot.
Also, your post lacks just as much intelligent. It's just as much flame minus one misspelled word (which was misspelled on purpose — I'm assuming someone of your intelligence picked up on it).
Kymeira
twomilesfromhome
Posted 3:08 AM 9/9/08
I'm downloading it now on my work laptop. I'm only doing it so we have an answer :P
And I'm crazy.
twomilesfromhome