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.

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Dear Apple

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Apple,
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.

with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.

double standard

[Anonymous Coward]

The double-standard is getting really tiresome.
If MS did this to a fan site, they'd get torn a new one for it. Apple does it, and it's "OK cuz it's trade secrets".

Whatever happened to "fair is fair" and "what's good for the goose is good for the gander"?

!News: Apple fanboys brook no criticism

[Anonymous Coward]

It's amazing how Apple has trained its fanboys to come to its defense at every juncture, irrespective of the egregiousness of its conduct.

Talk about double standards - the situation with Apple is probably the worst case that I've seen.

If this had been Microsoft, those same drooling fanboys would be baying for Redmond blood.

Can Apple really do no wrong?

Re:Hope He Got Some Money

[Anonymous Coward]

Here is the breakdown of Nick's Compensation

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

[falcon5768]

what a Troll comment if I ever saw one. You could always look at it in the oposing view though 1) new shineys are NEVER cheaper than the ones that came out 2 months previous.

2) If you felt that what you bought would suit you perfectly fine in what your doing, then why would you care something new came out... something new ALWAYS comes out.

This is the #1 reason I didnt buy a 802.11n router when I had the chance this week, and got a g instead, why would I spend more money on a standard thats not approved yet, when a g suits my needs perfectly fine.