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September 21, 2005
Apple Claims iTunes Fix
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
Apple has released iTunes 5.0.1, which it says fixes problems found on iTunes 5.0.
I was frankly surprised at the number and vehemence of responses to my earlier item about iTunes 5.0 The reason? Reports on the problems have gotten very little traction in the mainstream press.
George W. Bush must envy Steve Jobs in some ways. Kanye West, who famously dissed the President during a Katrina fund-raiser, actually sang at the Apple iTunes 5.0 announcement, and didn't go off-message either. This story is being carried mainly in the blogosphere, where there are currently 176 posts under iTunes 5.0 problem (although not all are on-point).
Instead, Jobs and Apple continue to be hailed as heroes in the mainstream press:
- Reviews for the Apple iPod Nano are nothing but rapturous. Even Consumer Reports, which usually hates everything (and hated the Apple-Cingular ROKR phone) said it "sizzles."
- At an Apple event in Europe, Jobs came off as a crusading consumer advocate, holding the line on price rises proposed by the recording industry, especially for hit songs. (Hit albums are usually sold at sale prices while they're hot.)
If Steve Jobs were George Bush, what mighty victories would we seem to win?
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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for over 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the "Interactive Age Daily" for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications over the years.
1. Froob on September 21, 2005 12:41 PM writes...
What do you mean? Before (and after) Katrina, the mainstream press has been nothing but positive for Bush and his neo-Facist cabal. Iraq is routinely whitewashed.
Republicans, as long as they're rabid fundie lunatics, get a free pass in the mainstream press, and everyone else gets blamed. Blame the victim, always. That's the world according to Rove. And most people only know what the news tells them.
We're so fucked.
Permalink to Comment2. John McGready on September 21, 2005 11:50 PM writes...
holy non sequitur, batman!
I thought this article was about iTunes 5.0.1
silly me.
BTW, from what I read at
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@248.kPUkaUiOSOB.0@.68b90c60
the problem may very well be Bonjour for Windows
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows_readme.html
it attempts to configure the firewall to open port 5353,
that is also used by WebRamp, which has been exploited (DOS)
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/1999/Mar/0267.html
so anyone with AV, firewall and malware scanners engaged
will probably have the software freak out and lock down the firewall
and it doesn't help that it installs an IE plugin as well....
and all that for zeroconf networking and music sharing - jeez....
Permalink to Comment3. Please Help Froob on September 24, 2005 11:04 AM writes...
Froob not only lead out with a non-sequiter, but he's in an altered state of consciousness if he thinks the mainstream press is pro-bush.
Permalink to Comment4. Rusty Shackleford on September 24, 2005 01:14 PM writes...
Plenty of friends use iTunes. None had a problem with 5. A hundred or so posts out of millions of downloads? Me thinks you're making a tempest out of a teapot. (As for the Bush bashers ... get over it.)
Permalink to Comment5. Don't Get It on September 24, 2005 02:21 PM writes...
I don't understand. Apple issues a bug fix to iTunes. Kayne West sang when they introduced the Nano. Therefore, if Steve Jobs were George Bush we would win mighty victories.
What? I mean, it's just sort of stupid logic.
Permalink to Comment6. WarrenG on September 24, 2005 02:49 PM writes...
John McGready, no offense but you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I'm not sure what lead you to equate Bonjour with WebRamp. Maybe because the WebRamp exploit happened to mention port 5353 by coincidence? Of course Bonjour came out in 2001 and that article is from 1999, so I don't see any relevance. Also, previous versions of iTunes have always configured the firewall for port 5353, otherwise music sharing would never have worked. Yes, iTunes 5 had some bugs and I'm sure Apple will fix them, but it's ridiculous when people blame Bonjour without understanding anything about.
Permalink to Comment7. Riley Aldrich on September 24, 2005 09:43 PM writes...
John McGready and Rusty Shackleford,
I also made the error of thinking this was about iTunes. Fool me once .......
Anyway, I was slow to adopt the Mac. I didn't buy a 128 until January of 1985. Didn't appriciate it unltil I upgraded to Plus configuration. - Everlasting love.
I admire Steve Jobs fir many things and buy Macs in spite of his politics BUT given a choice between George W. Bush and Steve I'd switch to Wintel. God Bless America and GWB.
128, PB 100, 12" iBook, 2- 14" iBooks, iMac, 17"PB, 15" PB, Quicksilver, 5 PeeCees and more on the way.
Permalink to Comment8. win39 on September 25, 2005 02:02 PM writes...
Let me see. Blankenhorn implies that Bush is wrongly set upon and Jobs is wrongly praised. Wrong on both points and to think it is a non sequitur to respond to a political viewpoint with a viewpoint is either stupid or just another political viewpoint. He has just expanded Apple bashing to include Democrat bashing. It is what they do.
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