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Always provocative, sometimes right, often wrong, Think Secret was our scandalous favorite rumors site and now it is gone. According to the Settlement page listed at their site, Apple and Think Secret have ended their lawsuit and Nick Ciarelli has shut down the site.
Goodbye Think Secret, we'll miss you.
Thanks everyone who sent this in.
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brian said 1:46AM on 12-20-2007
is this still because of the rumored "asteroid" audio interface? it was never even released
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Wes Garner said 1:53AM on 12-20-2007
personally i think that's bs to shutdown think secret! poor guy has prob just been forced to shutdown and play nice
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Doug said 2:09AM on 12-20-2007
cheap shot to say "often wrong." Obviously this guy struck a nerve or he would not have been subjected to the wrath of apple legal.
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WiLLGT09 said 2:33AM on 12-20-2007
time to re-launch thinksecret2.com and host it from Sweden. Yarrrr! ;)
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Greg G said 2:53AM on 12-20-2007
Maybe this should be filed under mean Apple.
People like to peak at the Apple goodies before Papa Steve puts them under the tree.
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Quix said 2:56AM on 12-20-2007
Oh well, we'll always have MacOSRumors.
Bwa ha ha ha!
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Nate Orloff said 3:09AM on 12-20-2007
I'm with WiLLGT09 except it shall be called knowsecret.com.
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JohnPQ said 4:38AM on 12-20-2007
I hope AppleInsider and Macrumors are next! It's time to shed this slim from the Mac community. They really serve no purpose other than drumming up rumors to line their coffers with advertising money. New MaBook coming? New iMac? New iPod? Mac mini EOL? 3G iPhone coming? Yada...yada...yada. Enough already! You don't know iCrap!
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Steve said 4:52AM on 12-20-2007
And what's worse is they are often right or very close which ruins the thrill of what follows when Steve says "and one more thing".
Drew said 6:05AM on 12-20-2007
Look now, no one is forcing you to read 'em. I like to glance at them every now and then, if just for a good laugh. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they should be shut down.
That's like saying "THERE SHOULD BE NO PR0N ON TEH INTERWEBS!" Some people like it, some don't, but it takes all kinds of people to make this world.
(That was a really bad analogy. Oops :P)
ian said 7:14AM on 12-20-2007
Yeah, because that story about Apple was really wrong. I mean, that's how Apple could sue - for printing stuff which was factually inaccurate. No, wait...
SubGenius said 11:00AM on 12-20-2007
@ian
The reason ThinkSecret was sued was because not only did they received stolen property or misappropriated information, they published it online.
Matt said 4:57AM on 12-20-2007
I have not been reading this blog (regularly) for very long, but this is the second time I've seen you take a "cheap shot" as Doug said. (video recording hack for iphone also - that actually didn't surprise me because i had heard that you had written off the possibility before because you couldn't do it). QUIT HATIN'.
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churrasco said 7:22AM on 12-20-2007
what's apple winning with this?
rumor sites are free publicity and hype builders
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CrazyDave said 11:46AM on 12-22-2007
It causes more harm then good when the rumor sites are wrong. It undoubtedly has cost over the years millions in dollars in stock flucuation.
I don't blame Apple, it's a thorn in your side when some cretin that works for you divulges information because they are people of little character.
Put in perspective and taking the pros and cons into consideration I say good ridance to bad garbarge.
artifex said 7:32AM on 12-20-2007
I'll miss your site, Nick.
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Emil said 8:05AM on 12-20-2007
Good for him. I hope they made it worth his while.
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GThor said 8:14AM on 12-20-2007
And how stupid is Apple by forcing this through, killing their most ardent fans? This company is more and more acting like Microsoft. A new Evil Empire. Call them the Evil Twins from now on...! The suits and lawyers has taken over.
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Charlie said 8:53AM on 12-20-2007
I am a Lawyer. I am also a big Apple fan (since '84!...), and a professor.
I deeply regret this agreement (as very far as we know it's terms) for it produces the strong feeling of killed liberty, no matter how polite Mr. dePlume has to state it. I understand him, anyhow, for individual survival sometimes requires a community sacrifice. Even so, such understanding of him does not take away the deep sorrow ... which, pirates as we deeply are, makes us encourage that new site ...
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nyleharris said 9:05AM on 12-20-2007
sounds like apple's problem is not an external problem, but an internal one. Unless Ciarelli works in Cupertino, Apple should find employees who can seriously keep their word on not divulging "secret" info. I dig the suspense of apple not giving word of new products, keeps the fanboys excited about a potential new anything..but on the other hand, those kind of sites save a lot of people (like me) from buying apple products a bit too early.. which i suppose is the problem here
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