Police seize Gizmodo's computers over iPhone prototype

[Francis]

What is most important here is the loss or posted device information of the not yet released iPhone by Apple. This could well jeopardize or give competitors the advantage to build in these same devices into new phones about to be released ahead of Apple..

Police broke into a blogger's home in search of photographs of a prototype Apple iPhone and other material, launching a felony investigation, gadget site Gizmodo and prosecutors said on Monday.

Trumpeted as a major scoop, Gizmodo's bloggers said they returned the device to Apple after an official request came from Cupertino, but not before taking it apart and reporting on the device's details.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100427/tc_nm/us_apple_iphone_2;_ylt=A0S00aavFtdLSSAA4gH0SpZ4

 

[retro]

Perhaps Apple should've been slightly more careful with a prototype they didn't want falling into the wrong hands. It's ridiculous that a journalist is being subjected to this... what's next, raiding homes to find "unnamed sources" in articles?

 

[edgray]

Apple are turning into everything their infamous 1984 commercial was against - a bullying corporate tyranny.