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Apple Crushes News Leak Website

Think Secret published unreleased corporate info, inside scoops

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2007 4:02 PM CST
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(Newser) – After seven years publishing sneak previews on all things Apple, website Think Secret has been run out of the water by its biggest target. While die-hard Apple-pickers flocked to the site for breaking news on updates and upcoming software, Apple found the site a nuisance, and launched a lawsuit in 2005 targetting it for leaking trade secrets, DailyTech reports.

Refusing to cave into the suit, Think Secret publisher Nick Ciarelli held fast and didn't out any of his sources. DailyTech slags Apple's move as of a piece with other recent heavy-handedness, which includes disabling iPhones that customers unlocked and suing Mac knock-offs, and notes the irony in shutting down a major source of pro bono publicity.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, in this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo.. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, in this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo.. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)   (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Apple Inc. shows the updated iMac computer. Apple Inc. updated its iMac computers Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007 with a slimmer design, faster chips and glossy screens. (AP Photo/Apple Inc.)
This photo provided by Apple Inc. shows the updated iMac computer. Apple Inc. updated its iMac computers Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007 with a slimmer design, faster chips and glossy screens. (AP Photo/Apple Inc.)   (Associated Press)
An unidentified person holds up the Apple iPhone for photographers, London, Sept. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/PA, Cathal McNaughton)
An unidentified person holds up the Apple iPhone for photographers, London, Sept. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/PA, Cathal McNaughton)   (Associated Press)
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