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iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked

fooishbar writes "Yesterday, Apple released iTunes 4.5, which deliberately broke the 4.2 authentication scheme, which had been successfully reverse-engineered. However, crazney has been at it again, and within 24 hours of downloading iTunes 4.5, has broken the new scheme, and added more features to this library along the way. If you want to incorporate iTMS support in your program, give libopendaap a go!" Reader ScottGant submits this story about the Pepsi/iTunes promotion: "News.com has this story about Pepsi's iTunes promotion give-away. The promotion, which is slated to end this Friday, was to have given away 100 million tracks through Apple's iTunes music site. But according to Apple on Wednesday, only about 5 million free songs have been redeemed."

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  1. Re:Only five million? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I drink Diet Pepsi, so I opted for cancer instead.

  2. Re:Fantastic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. That's fascinating. I never realized the Great Wall of China ended in Japan.

  3. Re:What stopped me from downloading by ScottGant · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean you missed the big honking Pepsi logo right in the middle of the iTunes home page that said "Redeem your free song here"?

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