Court rejects Apple bid to bust blogs - Engadget: "a California appeals court decided against Apple today in the company's bid to force bloggers to turn over sources who leaked information about the Apple product codenamed 'Asteroid' way in 2004 (remember that?). This follows an earlier ruling where the trial judge sided with Apple, after which the EFF intervened and appealed the case. Apple had argued that the websites in question, PowerPage and Apple Insider, were not entitled to the same rights as traditional journalists -- and even if they were, they still didn't have the right to protect sources who leaked trade secrets. But the appeals court roundly rejected both notions as contrary to California's reporter's shield law and the state Constitution, effectively stating that it wasn't Apple's place to decide what constitutes 'legitimate journalism,' and that Apple could have investigated the leak of trade secrets themselves without drawing the websites into the mix."favourite comment about the above: "Apple now think that they're so special that we're all dying for leaked info.. Sorry to say but Apple is soooo insignificant in the PC market it's not even funny and the whole ipod craze will be a short-lived fad as mobile phones start having Gigs of memory.
They should be happy that we even bother."
Not related to the article above, but related in that it's apple related: Steve Jobs says: "Buy a new ipod every year" link.
PC World test the new black MacBook - pictured above - the comments are funny. Someone points out: (paraphrased) Why should we have to pay a premium for a black coloured laptop that looks just like a PC laptop?
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The other possibility is that this is a wild goose chase apple have wasted millions on.. because the person or whoever leaked info might have done so anonymously - M. Oh and the guardian have a lovely article which basically says apple customer support suck, because apple won't fix ipods that are more than a year old. (even though our trading standards expect well designed shiny things with electronics in them to last much longer)
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