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Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed

Posted by timothy on from the why-isn't-apple-paying-him-instead? dept.

Nick dePlume has a name, after all. Apple filed a lawsuit against the pseudonymous founder and editor of Think Secret, who correctly predicted two just-announced Apple products and has been the subject of several cease-and-desist letters from Apple in the past; dePlume's identity has now been revealed. Reader willibeast writes "The Harvard Crimson reports that 'Apple Computer, Inc. is suing a Harvard undergraduate who runs a popular Mac information website for disclosing details about unreleased Apple products, including two unveiled at this week's Macworld conference. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas M. Ciarelli '08, known on the internet as Nick dePlume, has run the site, thinksecret.com, since age 13.'"

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  1. Such filthy language! by Bob-o-Matic! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you type emails to your (possibly elderly Korean) mother with those fingers?

    1. Re:Such filthy language! by funtime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      My former mother-in-law was (and still is!) Korean and she never complained about my fingers.

  2. Re:I love my girlfriend... by funtime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unfortunately, you joined about six months ago and it is yet not possible to become a double-member without a sponsor, which at this point in time, you are not qualified to have.

  3. Re:"Apple Computer": A Ridiculous LIberal Myth by ncmphoto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hilarious! ...unfortunately some might take it seriously. Consider, for example: about 40% of the US population thinks that WMD *have been found* in Iraq, Saddam had something to do with 9/11... and that the current US war is generally favoured by populations in most other countries.

    Well, it also seems that 25% of Americans believe the sun revolves around the earth, so one shouldn't be surprised.