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ThinkSecret smackdown: Steve Jobs' and Apple's Vladimir Putin moment

ThinkSecret smackdown: Steve Jobs' and Apple's Vladimir Putin momentDo you think Steve Jobs cares if you are offended?[i]As a member of the media, I am deeply offended.[/i]You can be as deeply offended as you like but as long as you keep buying Apple products, Steve Jobs won't think twice about...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., ThinkSecret, Vladimir Putin, Apple Products

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent

ThinkSecret and Apple have settled a long running lawsuit with a terse statement. The upshot: ThinkSecret protects its sources good. The bad news is that ThinkSecret shuts down. Here's the statement: December 20, 2007 - PRESS RELEASE: Apple and Think Secret have settled their...

Tags: Lawsuit, Settlement, Apple Inc., News, ThinkSecret, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Apple WebObjects going open source?

ThinkSecret writes that WebObjects, the Apple database software that is at the heart of its internal networks and the iTunes Music Store, will go open source next year.ThinkSecret thinks this cements the software's role and future at Apple.Maybe. Let's assume a moment the story is accurate. (I have not been...

Tags: open source, Apple Computer Inc.

Blog posts 2006-08-26

Apple iTunes movie rentals - coming soon!

The ThinkSecret website has an insider tip that Apple will soon be announcing movie rental services in iTunes. Writes ThinkSecret: "With three weeks until Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, Think Secret has learned exclusively that CEO Steve Jobs will use his keynote address to announce the debut...

Tags: movie, Apple iTunes

Blog posts 2006-07-18

Shining examples of how mainstream media doesn't 'get it'

Shining examples of how mainstream media doesn't 'get it'There's nothing to 'get'"But the credibility of the blogosphere was poo-poo'd and no one knew or had the guts to say that newspapers as we know them are dead because of how technologies like RSS make it possible for us to build...

Tags: Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, ThinkSecret, RSS, Sony Betamax, media, blog, blogger

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

Mac mini to go Intel in January

ThinkSecret is reporting that Apple will announce an Intel-based Mac mini in January — presumably at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. According to the story, which I confirmed with another source, the new Mac mini will pack a bunch of new features not found in the original.In addition to being...

Tags: Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2005-11-29

Additional Resources

News to know: Red Hat's new CEO; RIM; FTC on privacy; Best PC components

Notable headlines: Red Hat names new Whitehurst CEO; Szulik stays chairman. A message from Matthew. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08. Without competition from AMD, Intel starts to put the brakes on releases Podcast: A look back at 2007 ...

Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Red Hat Inc., PC, Privacy, RIM BlackBerry, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Handhelds, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-21

ThinkSecret smackdown: Steve Jobs' and Apple's Vladimir Putin moment

Well, it's safe to say now that Apple has driven tipster site ThinkSecret out of business, none of you will be sending leads to that site anymore. Background: Apple gets so way beyond touchy when rumors or news of forthcoming products, platforms, policies,...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Time Magazine, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent

Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedentBad Apple?This article should be called "Tales From the Darkside". The irony is the legion of devotees that will help make excuses for the boorish behavior of the anal "control freak" with the fruity name. Not much healthy about THAT fruit!!First amendment is not...

Tags: irony, NDA, First Amendment, Apple Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suit

Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suitApple be Friend With MPAA?The new business model of Crooked Corporate America: Sue your own consumers/Fans. How can company such as Apple can retain any kind of credibility after such a gross act of Bullying? If i where a Apple user i whould...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Steve Jobs, Think Secret

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

News to Know: Adobe Apollo; Ray Ozzie; HP control freaks

Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves. Microsoft still trying to answer Googles wake-up call. Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group. Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit.Mitch Ratcliffe: The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience.Gallery: Five years...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-02-28

It's (almost) Showtime

Apple's invitations to their 12 September 2006 press event (the un-keynote) feature a large Apple logo bathed in Hollywood-style search lights with copy reading "It's Showtime" across the bottom. A thinly veiled reference to the movie download service that the company appears to ready to announce in six days....

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., movie

Blog posts 2006-09-06

With patent and trademark, Apple phone appears inevitable

I must apologize. The other day when, after practically the entire music business knuckled under to Steve Jobs, I rattled off the kingdoms that Apple's proprietary digital rights management DRM technology known as FairPlay gives or will be giving Jobs the keys to (starting with music and...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., telephone

Blog posts 2006-05-05

MChat 1.3u (Mac)

MChat is easy to use chat application which doesn't need much bandwidth cause of the protocol it's based on. MChat is also open source and based on thinksecret chat and open mac so if you have something to add to it you are welcome to do so. The source code...

Tags: Source Code, Apple Macintosh, Kiwi Fruitware, MChat, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-04-23

The last thing Apple needs is a video iPod

The last thing Apple needs is a video iPodThere will be no video iPod!This is pure speculation.If we knew what the announcement was, would there be a point to it?Honestly, I believe that it might wind up being something like an entry into a new market. Barring video in...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Processors, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple video iPod, Apple PowerBook

Discussion threads 2005-10-06

Apple planning a laptop with a camera latch?

Apple planning a laptop with a camera latch?Just Great!Just great! Now I have to get dressed everytime I turn on my laptop?Patent ?>> camera in the housing that secures the lid to the base.This design has been there in many PDA's for years; right ? Now how is this...

Tags: Notebooks, patent, camera, laptop computer, Apple Inc., lid

Discussion threads 2005-09-19

Waiting for Steve's other shoe

Apple's PR folks have been busy lately seeding articles about how wonderful the new Intel-based Macs will be - complete with developer leaks and unnamed sources whispering excitedly about how fast the new development machines boot and how well they run Windows on the side - although thinksecret's picture of...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc.

Blog posts 2005-08-02

The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: Transitive

The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: TransitiveThat being said...I will be sure to buy the last generation of a a top of the PPC (G5) Power Mac. By the time I need another one (read 3-5 years) I think most applications will be recompiled with a "Universal Binary".My circa 2001...

Tags: Processors, Desktops, CPU Test, Apple Inc., Memory Test, Think Secret, Apple Intel Macintosh, Intel Corp., ROSETTA

Discussion threads 2005-06-08

Apple gets tech support in court

Apple gets tech support in courtWhat????Intel and BSA stated in their joint brief:[i]"There is no public interest in having such trade secrets stolen and plastered on the Internet for competitors and others to see."[/i]That's laughable - where's their proof? I'm betting there is incontrovertible evidence of exactly the opposite....

Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., trade secret

Discussion threads 2005-04-28

Apple ruling: Think different?

Apple ruling: Think different?The days of a free presshave been detroyed by many actions/reports by the free press. Free press does not mean free reign as happens too many times. Irresponsonible journalism runs rampant and the press does little to keep each other in check. With that said, I don't...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, trade secret

Discussion threads 2005-03-14