“Microsoft’s Seadragon graphics viewing application has come under fire for allegedly distributing pornography to unsuspecting iPhone users, presumably those unfamiliar with the way the internet works these days,” Bill Ray reports for The Register.
“Seadragon is a powerful graphics viewer for the iPhone, distributed free by Microsoft Live Labs, and includes an array of example graphics including maps from the library of congress and the Orion Nebular. But it also connects to Microsoft’s Photosynth service – which is where the problems lie,” Ray reports.
Photosynth is “an open service that allows anyone to upload anything – though content of an adult nature will be swiftly removed by Microsoft as there are no content filters or age restrictions in place, and that’s what happened in this case,” Ray reports. “Microsoft acted swiftly to remove the content concerned…”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Well, that’s one way to, umm… stimulate downloads.
Things that make you go, hummm…
Wonder if Photosynth has a photo of “Monkey Boy” Balmer squirting his Zune? Any takers??
Sudden motion sensor for realistic sounds?
Tilt left = “ooooohhh”
Tilt right = “aaaaaaaahh”
There used to be such great porn games for the early Mac’s, now nothing.
Either too scared to distribute or too scared to install because of malware.
Once upon a time people made great software with no garbage…
RE :: MacDailyNews Take: Well, that’s one way to, umm… stimulate downloads.
I believe the software was downloading very well since day 1…
Only recently did this come about….
Give credit where it is due please… Respect.
Wow… Problems with software developed by Microsoft???
Unheard of!
Microsoft IS porn.☢
MS removes the pron?? Darn! And I was gonna go download it, too!! Oh well.
where is the porn haha
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Porn porn,
Chicken and Porn… Oh, that’s Corn corn, Chicken and Corn.
By the way, what’s the Orion Nebular?
Kinda ironic for a company named Small and Flaccid.
I never knew Microsoft made an application for the iPhone? That’s good of them.
Wow, Microsoft can’t even develop a decent porn app.
who needs seadragon. plenty of iphone friendly sites you can access from safari.
if u cant take the heat, get off the web.
Normal human beings look at pornography. Get over, Puritan descendants.
OMG. I guess Safari should also be removed from the iPhone, because I can surf to pages with naked people in them.
If so… it’s the last gasps of a dying company that has long ago, lost its way and never could create much in the fist place… but it was for a time a dame good copy cat and thats not say a whole lot!
The world as a whole will be a lot better off without M$$$$ looking over our shoulders and thats a good thing!
…if Microsoft were to ultimately vanish from the scene, would anyone, other than their former employees, really miss them?…
No.
Granted, it’ll be tough for MS employees for a short while. But, the money that keeps MS alive today, quickly and absolutely NEEDS to move on to upstarts — that will bring ‘innovation’ and ‘competition’ to the tech industry.
MS can’t change. Nor does it want to. It’s the proverbial bully that everyone in town wants dead — other than MS toadies. It can’t see the vast amount of damage that it does. And, it will only continue till it’s bitter end.
FWIW, I will NEVER buy or even steal any MS products. Seems like a feeble way of punishing them, to be sure. But, try to look at it as — not rewarding them for UNACCEPTABLE behavior.
Long live the tech industry — without Microsoft.