What happened in the "worker bee" suit btw, Bryan? Was anyone actually named or did it just fizzle out?

This is some interesting stuff. Assuming we're talking about the "iPod flash" that lots of folks will now claim is a shoo-in for MWSF, there are two (more obvious) possible culprits, one of them being the Wall Street analyst who talked about the supposed Sigmatel deal. Here's hoping this has nothing to do with Think Secret/Macrumors/etc. though. I do enjoy my daily dose of Mac rumordom.

"Apple has quietly settled a lawsuit brought against former employee Juan Gutierrez -- more commonly known on the Internet as "worker bee." As part of the agreement with Apple, Gutierrez said he would turn over any confidential information he still had in his possession and refrain from sharing any more information he may have learned during his time with the company, according to a story on ZDNet."

http://www.macworld.com/news/2001/08/07/workerbee/

Ah well. You can't keep something that good a secret forever.

I hope to God its not the displayless iPod. I hope the leaked thing is something else.

The thing on Apple Insiders site about the block that lets you plug guitars and what not in it. I don't know what it is called because I am drunk, but I bet that is it for two reasons. 1.) It seems like the most logical Apple next step 2.) My guess is that someone at the newly aquired e-magic (is that the audio company they bought?) is the one who let it slip and Apple wants to make an example of them.

Matthew

Apple's famed R&D, its DNA, invents the flash music player. Wow what innovation. This puts Edison to shame. How creative, not. Like only the 100th flash music player on the market.

But Steve Jobs already told us no one wants one because users don't want to manage what songs are on their music player, right. Another case of RDF conning iLemmings into buying expensive iPods and low quality music from iTunes.

Do not feed the trolls please. RC neither reads nor replies to your rebuttals, so you're just wasting your time. He thrives on the conflict and argument he creates, so ignoring him will make him go away.

Manzione posted all kinds of photos of Tiger; dork even left his mac.com username left in some of them... if that isn't guilty, I don't know what is...

http://macnet2.com/Tiger/Tiger.html

Clearly, you didn't read the article. Manzione did as was requested by Apple. That probably is enough for them. Tiger is an announced product. As you read Apple's filing it is about an unannounced product. So, guess what, it's not macnet and manzione.

You need to check your facts before you go shooting your mouth off numbnuts. Go back and read it yourself. The complaint is against information leaked against an unreleased product, not an unannounced product. Tiger it not yet released.

The complaint alleges that "an unidentified individual, acting alone or in concert with others, has recently misappropriated and disseminated through Web sites confidential information about an unreleased Apple product."

"Apple has filed a civil complaint against unnamed individuals who we believe stole our trade secrets and posted detailed information about an unannounced Apple product on the Internet. Apple's DNA is innovation, and the protection of our trade secrets is crucial to our success."

states 'unannounced'.

I hope it was the iPhone! Please let it be the iPhone!!!!! me wants an iPhone!!!

i think workerbee is cool

It's not about the iPhone as Apple exec Eddy Cue has already talked about Motorola coming out with an iTunes compatible device early next year. By the way, an iPhone is not coming. The Motorola phone will simply be able, probably through a small flash card, accept up to 25 songs from your iTunes library on to the phone. You will not be able to download directly from the internet. Also, cell phones are not available without a bundled service provider contract with companies such as Nextel, Cingular, Sprint or T Mobile. Nextel and Cingular feature Moto phones so it's likely that either of those companies will introduce an iTunes compatible phone.

Sprint and Nextel will be merged.

Sorry for my ignorace, but what is iPod flash?

Currently, the storage for all variants of iPods are microdrives i.e. very small harddisks. It is rumoured that Apple will produce a new iPod that will use Compact Flash rather than microdrive. We call this new iPod, iPod flash.

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RealityCheck wrote:
Apple's famed R&D, its DNA, invents the flash music player. Wow what innovation. This puts Edison to shame. How creative, not. Like only the 100th flash music player on the market.

Personally, I'm skeptical that Apple will release a flash-based iPod, but if they do, they'll do it better than anybody. They wouldn't bother otherwise. Apple didn't invent the harddrive-based music player, either, but you'd have to admit that the iPod is innovative. You don't have to be first to be an innovator; you just have to do it better.

(On another note, if RC doesn't read replies, how is replying to him "feeding the troll"?)

Apple hasn't really invented much, they've just made it actually work. Just like Daimler and Benz invented the internal combustion vehicle, but Ford made it practical and made it actually work.

Poor little RC is so caught up in his world of Apple hatred he can't even get the basic facts straight. Nobody (except in RC fantasies) said that Apple has innovated every single computing device in the world. Heck, they didn't innovate the MP3 player, but look at the one they released. If there's a flash-based player in their future, you can bet it won't be innovative in the sense that it is a flash player, but will be innovative in that it will do what it does very well.

There isn't really much to debate about the purpose of the flash iPod. It does not have to innovate or even make a huge profit (existing models do that well enough). It will sell like mad and it will simply help to further the spread of AAC and fairplay. You can't fault Apple for making a move like that.

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Apple hasn't really invented much, they've just made it actually work. Just like Daimler and Benz invented the internal combustion vehicle, but Ford made it practical and made it actually work.

Well sorry to say, but Apple & Steve and 'the others started the revolution. without it, we weren't on this site right now. think about the: macintosh(84), appleII, newton, think different ads, powerbooks, ibooks, ipods, firewire, computering colours, imacs, G4/G5, systems, retal stores, ipod socks, ect ect ect et. Better to say, My favourite company is also one of the most coolest companies in th world. so before you say anything like that: think. think different.

peace!

btw, check www.iphone.org ..just for fun

Well, you think about this. Apple has invented little. Apple did not invent the GUI. They did not invent the personal computer. They did not invent the MP3 player, the HDD player, the mouse, the laptop, the all in one, the headphone, the sock, sliced bread, the jet engine or anything revolutionary. They just perfected it.