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Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor

Posted by Soulskill on from the stuff-just-got-real dept.

secretcurse writes "California police have served a search warrant and seized computers from Jason Chen, the Gizmodo editor who unveiled the 4th-generation iPhone to the world. Gawker Media's COO has replied claiming that the warrant was served illegally due to Mr. Chen's status as a journalist. The plot thickens..."

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  1. Turnabout is fair play by BitHive · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://i40.tinypic.com/29m55i9.png

  2. COOINAL by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gawker media's COO has replied claiming that the warrant was served illegally due to Mr. Chen's status as a journalist.

    There are two falsehoods in that statement.

  3. Re:Just give us a name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nick Denton gets filed next to the Japanese man who killed himself a while ago because he lost an Apple prototype and knew his life was ruined. Nick will likely get fired by Apple for carelessness and never work in the tech industry again.

    Tell me more, LostCluster. You clearly have a good grasp of who the key players in this story are and what exactly their roles are.

  4. Re:Journalist? by nobodyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jason Chen is to journalism what Mariah Carey is... to journalism.