Think Secret Shutting Down

A number of readers are sending in the news that the Mac rumors site Think Secret will be shutting down, as part of the (secret) settlement of a lawsuit Apple filed in 2005. Apple had claimed that the blog, published since 1998 by college student Nick Ciarelli, had revealed Apple's trade secrets. The only other detail of the settlement that has been revealed is that Think Secret was not forced to reveal any sources.

Comments

Re:Monkey off his back?

[Rob T Firefly]

I wonder if he's "pleased" in the sense that he has a "big fat Apple check" to "deposit."

TAG PARENT censorship

[aussie_a]

Wouldn't that be censorship?

Re:Monkey off his back?

[gnasher719]

I wonder if he's "pleased" in the sense that he has a "big fat Apple check" to "deposit." Maybe in an alternative universe, but not in the one where Steve Jobs runs Apple.

I hear what finally nailed him....

[explosivejared]

was when he got a hold of anti-reality distortion field unit. I hear got a look at Jobs' real face. All I can say is... he's lucky he's not dead. Count your blessings and move on man.

He's been in college since 1998?

[radiotone]

Wow. That beats my record.

Re:Monkey off his back?

[MrPerfekt]

Priorities certainly can change over 8 years, don't you think?

Re:nice tags...not

[catxk]

Not robots, Oompa-Loompas!

Re:Oh, the horror!

[Poltras]

I'm torn between moderating you +1 troll or -1 insightful. Then again, I'll just reply shamelessly.

Re:Hope He Got Some Money

[Anonymous Coward]

This kind of reminds me of Prince going after his fans. Nothing good ever comes of it.

Re:nice tags...not

[geminidomino]

I'm not sure what else you expect Apple to do to prevent it, maybe replace all their employees with robots? No way, then they'll all be chronically depressed. Just look at the iRobot in the Hitchhiker's Guide movie.

In other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

He's very pleased to announce the launch of his new blog: "Think Vista"

Re:Hope He Got Some Money-INFORMED==BAD!!

[pushing-robot]

What reporter is going to cover the launch of a new Apple product that everyone knew about before hand?

Yeah, Apple really shot themselves in the foot over the whole iPhone thing. If they'd kept it a secret till launch it might have at least received some news coverage.