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Think Secret rumour site shut down by Apple: Inquisitive fanboys will have to go elsewhere
It seems that Apple has finally got its own way in the long-running battle with rumour site Think Secret, well known for publishing allegedly leaked stories from the vehemently secretive technology company.
Think Secret got enough of its rumours right to make it fairly obvious that it was getting inside information, and of course that angered Apple.
Site publisher Nick Ciarelli stuck to his principles, and loyalty to his sources, and thus his site paid the ultimate price: closure.
P2P site, OiNK, shut down by pigs, sorry, police
Oink! Oink! One of the largest sources of illegally-downloaded music, OiNK, has been closed down by the pigs, sorry, British and Dutch police. Oink! Ok, I’ll stop now…
Interpol shut it down in the early hours of this morning, after a chap in Middlesbrough was arrested today on counts of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copywright law, after leaking 60 massive pre-release albums this year to the members-only site. Due to the popularity of the P2P site, us casual…