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"Microsoft's new iPhone"? BIG Newspaper mistake!

news.com.au — If you look at the first paragraph in this link, the story goes: "HACKERS have unlocked Microsoft's new iPhone, allowing it to be used by any network." All I have to say is, good game.

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  • dustedotnet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+252Just in case they decide to be smart and edit it out:

    http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3315/teenagerunlocksmicrosofey7.png
  • emmanuelsotelo, on 10/10/2007, -17/+42Here is a screenshot in case they correct their error:
    http://i16.tinypic.com/5xpz5fs.jpg
    • Azimuth1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+70I didn't know anyone actually used Safari in Windows.
      • sjug, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Just for the screenshots, notice the Quick Launch toolbar.
        • bkemper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8How does the Quick Launch bar prove that this person (or people in general) use Safari only when they want a screen shot?
        • Mitchbones, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1still not using Opera or Firefox.
      • z00k, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2http://www.apple.com/safari/
      • Jholder112233, on 10/10/2007, -5/+17http://digg.com/apple/Safari_Browser_The_Ultimate_Porn_Browser

        Question solved =]
      • sctwp09, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4*woosh* He knows that. It's that Safari for Windows is so pathetic, that "who actually uses it"
      • shunpike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6i use it - in fact i am using it now, but only becuase Vista and FireFox arn't agreeing 4 me at the moment and i can't be arsed to download Opera.
        • Chicken001, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4UBUNTU.
        • IEatHamburgers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I have the same damn problem! And it used to work just fine, so I'm thinking it's probably a screwup at Mozilla and not Microsoft. Can't wait for an update that fixes it.

          You might want to try starting Firefox before starting *anything* else when you boot up. It's usually more likely to load.
      • diggimator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Safari 3.0 was horribly not ready for a release. Safari 3.0.3 is much more decent. Both are beta releases.
    • hadak, on 10/10/2007, -8/+28Using IE(6/7) for Windows is worse than Safari.
    • Chicken001, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4Buried for Safari.
  • sybesis, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9mehehe too funny
    • mglmouser, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Or paid for. I can't imagine anyone would make that mistake with all the pompous fanfare there's been since the launch. It's about as uninformed as anyone could be.
      • lacronicus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1paid for? you probably say "M$" too. talk about uninformed. its not as if this is the first time something like this has happened. didn't something similar happen on amazon?
  • ncaauwe, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12Ha! I made sure to print the page to a PDF myself to show in case it's fixed.
  • deridder149, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4Thats what you get when you read a tabloid like the Sun...
    • bunnybash, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4not sure if you know that the Herald Sun is not really a tabloid, it is a respected newspaper from Melbourne in Australia...
      • mascot4hire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5correction: it's a non respected newspaper from Melbourne in Australia
      • voyvf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3if it was respected before, it's not anymore. :D
      • deridder149, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1A tabloid is a newspaper that is a page half the size of a broadsheet. The term refers to the size of the thing. The Herald Sun *IS* a tabloid, you can't deny that.
  • dustedotnet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Wait, what?! IT'S DOWN ALREADY?!

    gg news.com.au
  • 10goto10, on 10/10/2007, -5/+78I heard it's gonna get its ass kicked by Yahoo's GPhone
    • frostieDude, on 10/10/2007, -16/+7I prefer the Samsung RAZR.
      • z00k, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4I bet you do.
        • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14and dont forget gaming on that nintendo playstation portable
          while arguing over its superiority over the sony ds
  • Jedeye459, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Perhaps they will get it correct with Apple's table top computer.
    • technoredneck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35Apple's Surface table-top computer ain't got nothin' on RedHat's Xbox 360.
      • chingy1788, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Sony Wii, and the Nintendo Playstation 3
        I'm viewing this on my Dell MacBook Pro

        I spose i shouldn't talk...
        I once said "...Pearl Harbour in Australia..."
        that was year 9
    • GreenAlien, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3You mean "Apple's fat ass table" ?
  • aiya, on 10/10/2007, -18/+3i was reading the paper this morning and saw it. heres a scan of it
    http://imagestore.ugbox.net/image/lol_c0253c89efd4105a102b99b1acaf.jpg
    • keeganspeck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow, first time I've seen the first comment of a double post dugg down, and the second dugg up. Weird. Social anomalies ftw!
  • aiya, on 10/10/2007, -6/+39i was reading the paper this morning and saw it. heres a scan of it
    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107/aiya_au/microsoftiphone.jpg
    • timro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3They still have actual *paper* newspapers? I thought paper was so 20th century.
  • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -7/+51That's one ugly ass dude
    • blogbubba, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Why do you think he has the time to hack a phone.......well DUH!
  • Ramble, on 10/10/2007, -11/+128Man that kid is ugly.
    • randf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i've always wondered about the phrase, "he looked like he just ***** himself". Now I understand what that must look like.
  • HunterTV, on 10/10/2007, -0/+105Damn, could they have picked a more unflattering picture of that kid.
    Photographer: "Okay, great. Now, just for fun, look deranged as possible... *cilck*... Perfect. Thanks."
    Reporter: "You're going to use that last shot aren't you, just to be a dick."
    Photographer: "Yep."
  • Trention, on 10/10/2007, -9/+75OMG a mistake in a newspaper! OMFG FTW!
    • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Indeed. Why the ***** is this here? It says Apple all over it, but makes a single mistake.
    • DrMickhead, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11When newspapers so prestigious as the Herald Sun are making incredibly minor research errors, you know the whole system is crashing down.
    • teh_techie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4OMFG FTW? WTF... IMHO
  • Xionbox, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18Ah! They took the article off: 404, page not found! lol
  • disciple83, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2the page is already missing at 9:53am CST
  • kombat1337, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0gg?
  • MrSarcasm, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Must've been written by a FOSS zealot...
  • elsenormalo, on 10/10/2007, -13/+0that is one ugly ass dude, his nose is messed up. Even my gf thinks he's ugly, next time, wear a paperbag
    • Sairynn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The relative skill of any hacker is certainly determined by the quality of his appearance.
    • mydigga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9and her standards are clearly low?
    • knightboat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14"my gf"

      Buried as inaccurate.
    • ElectricDoodie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Even you girlfriend thinks he is ugly? Does that mean she will go out with anyone, and doesn't think anyone is ugly? Might as well have said, "My girlfriend goes out with ME, and she still thinks he is ugly!"
    • trance, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1" . . . wear a paper bag."

      I think it's mean and pointless to attack people and it makes the world a darker place. How do you feel about yourself after making a comment like that? Any better?
  • joshuaer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Mistakes happen i can understand that but did any one look over the article at all before sending it to print, that is an easy mistake to catch.
    • antdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I didn't see the error until I read the title. :)
  • Pensador, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Priceless.
  • neofactor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22I think the News is just so use to say "Hacked" and "Microsoft" in the same sentence that it was just reflex. Way to go Fact-Checkers! At least "bad" news for apple... is spun to be a Microsoft flaw. Apple PR really know how to spin stuff!
  • Sidzilla, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Just goes to show you that there is no difference between Apple, Microsoft, Google, HP, etc. to 90% of the world. Large tech companies are large tech companies. They don't care about the massive Apple vs Microsoft debate that rages on in most internet sites. Should we educate them, or just tell them that we are here to put the magic smoke back in their computers?
  • VenturerX, on 10/10/2007, -13/+0I bet that Microsoft Paid that newspaper company to "accidently" write that. Hate it when business do "Viral Marketing"!
  • FrameShift, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Down at 8.00 AM West Coast Time.
  • chrysb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Is this newspaper considered a major newspaper in Australia? Otherwise, who cares.
    • mascot4hire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1yes one of the big two here in melbourne but still considered pretty *****.
      • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"in melbourne" Jesus that's like saying the Sheffield Advertiser is a major UK newspaper because it's one of the big two in Sheffield. He meant national.
        • acceleration, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes, but when a country has only two main cities, I think that qualifies the main newspapers froms those cities as "major newspapers".

          BTW, the Herald Sun is not a national newspaper, being only distirbuted in Melbourne - the only national paper is The Australian.
  • lagj, on 10/10/2007, -18/+5HAHAHAHAH Its funny because the iPhone is made by apple not microsoft. ZOMG! Some1s getting fired. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Now Digg me up for that marvellous comment.
  • juicebag, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8He is a HACKER ON STEROIDS!
  • ChickenFlu, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0they took it DOWN!
  • 30h193ool28t21, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0REMOVED
  • camix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Veeery Nice!! I didn't know Borat had a little brother.
  • fxu1989, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Somebody is gonna get their ass kicked to the curb.

    Poor guy won't work as a journalist ever again :P
  • ddaug4uf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3typos, misspellings and omitted words are understandable, but if this guy had done any research at all before writing this piece, surely Apple would have been on his mind instead of Microsoft.
    • Retrokid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2...unless he was of course, as can easily be the case with newspaper writers, up against the deadline and up at 3:00 AM won his 12th cup of coffee for the day trying to finish it...
      ...some people on Digg think they have all the answers, and never make mistakes of their own...
  • Smokersroom, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3This is utter, ***** bollocks. OOOOOH A TYPO! I can't believe that people bothered to scan this *****. Dugg down.
    • Polly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Another crime against Apple! A crime against Apple is a crime against digg! ***** REVOLT!
    • fareed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's not a typo. A typo would be "Aple's new iPhone".
  • dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir!
    • Macgyrl64, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0*applause*

      Now I wonder how many others know where this came from?
      • Sethwm2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1... This is the first thing that came into my mind when I saw this..... Creepy...
  • ixalus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Bloody quick... i'd imagine the editor is sweating through his testicles at the moment...
  • Vich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The photo caption still says apple, which makes the error all the more peculiar.
  • skinturtle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Goes to show you..the people who write this stuff really know nothing about the stuff they write about.
  • phntm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10it has 'iPhone' in the title, it's on diggs frontpage, where's the mistake?
  • DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4minor mistake. whoop de do.
  • twon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1...and later on Fox News...
  • maxiscool, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1lol, n00bs.
  • lostngone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Ellen Fleiss?
  • SirBotchness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the guy in the picutre doesn't look to proud of what he's done, but does fit the profile of someone who would have done it.
  • toetagger, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Why does he look like someone farted?
  • LeeVal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Why dosen't he smile
    • geeshock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because people don't use proper grammar :(
  • DarkSamus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0shouldn't it be microsoft's phoni?
  • Wilddigi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0ijustine's iPhone
  • b0j3, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1You people just don't understand.
    THEY KNOW.
    Microsoft is buying Apple - that's it.
    • DarkDx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0OMG I'm killing myselfs if that happens OMG

      -Apple Fanboy
  • oscotto, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Is it just me, or does it look like that kid got hit with the ugly stick?
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