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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. Wow! by kuwan · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've probably been reading ThinkSecret since he was 13 and it's been consistently the most accurate of all the other rumor sites that I know of.

    Way to go kid!

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  2. Re:Dear Apple... by j.bellone · · Score: 0, Troll

    Cool and Hip? You mean they attempted to be a Microsoft and failed? Now they are attempting once again and they are pissed off that someone leaked information about their upcoming products. The iPod is a over-priced cash-cow; anyone could have seen ahead of time that they are going to milk it for as much as they can get out of it. It's basically their only product that competes at the top of the food chain.

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  3. Re:Dear Apple... by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you don't want people to publish your trade secrets, don't tell anyone. It's not Nick's problem, he didn't sign any NDAs. Hopefully he can afford a lawyer so the judge can fine Apple for filing a nuisance lawsuit (they are in California).

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