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Nicholas M. Ciarelli wasn't even old enough to shave when he started
getting under Apple Computer Inc's skin.
As a 13-year-old middleschooler, the New Woodstock, N. Y., native built
a Web site in 1998 and began publishing insider news and rumors about
Apple, using the alias Nick de-Plume.
Three years later, ThinkSecret. com was first to report that the
company would debut a G4 version of the PowerBook laptop. The product
was introduced soon thereafter, and ThinkSecret's reputation soared
among Apple's legendarily zealous fans, generating millions of page
views per month.
But after a series of letters warning the Web site to stop publishing
proprietary information, Apple decided enough was enough. When Ciarelli
scored yet another scoop in late December, predicting the arrival of a
new software package and a sub-$500 computer which rolled out this
week, the computer maker filed a lawsuit accusing him of illegally
misappropriating trade secrets.
More:
http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Business&storyid=104973
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