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Mac Rumors Celebrates Eight Birthday

daryl — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:06:57 +0000

Mac Rumors celebrates it’s eighth birthday today February 24th. According to Quantcast Mac Rumors is the top-ranked Apple News site on the web.

Update: Think Secret to Shut Down Feb. 14 2008

daryl — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:42:04 +0000

Think Secret has posted on their website that today (Feb. 14th 2008) will be their final day of publication. Founded in 1998 Think Secret published reports and rumors about Apple. The website name was a play on Apples slogan one-time slogan “Think Different”. Think Secret was published by Nick dePlum.

Think Secret was sued by Apple after being unmasked by bloggers at blackvortex.net. As part of a settlement reached with Apple it was agreed that Think Secret would shut down.

RIP

Think Secret to Shut Down

daryl — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:20:01 +0000

It was announced today that the Mac rumors website Think Secret will be shutting down. The shut down was a condition of the confidential settlement between Think Secret and Apple. Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret’s publisher, said “I’m pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits.”

Three years ago Think Secret was sued by Apple for allegedly stealing trade secrets and publishing these trade secrets on the popular mac rumors website. Additionally, the lawsuit alleged that Think Secret illegally solicited Apple employees to break confidentiality agreements and provide trade secrets to be published on the Think Secret.

Think Secret was published by Nick Ciarelli under the pen name Nick dePlume. Ciarelli had published Think Secret since the age of 13.