The idea of an Apple tablet computer has been floating around for quite a while now and we still havent see much tangible proofs its existence. Of course, there has been a lot of smaller and bigger clues that point at its existence, nonetheless, some believe that were building what could be one of the biggest speculative hoax bubble of tech history. In an attempt to obtain new evidence, Gawkers media Valley Wag, has launched yesterday the Tablet Scavenger hunt. The idea is to offer a financial incentive to whoever would provide them with proofs of the tablets existence. The prices, which would be paid only after Apples official announcement to avoid scams, vary from $10,000 for pictures to a $100,000 for letting them to play with it. After this announcement yesterday, many started to wonder about the legality of this undertaking, isnt Gawker media pushing people under NDA to break the law? Its discussable. Well, the first noticeable information this idea has brought is Apples reaction, or more precisely, its lawyers. They got in touch with Gawker today and their answer is of the outmost interesting ones. Here is an excerpt : While Apple values and appreciates vibrant public commentary about its products, we believe you and your company have crossed the line by offering a bounty for the theft of Apples trade secrets. Such an offer is illegal and Apple insists that you immediately discontinue the Scavenger Hunt. [...] The information you are willing to pay for, such as photos of a yet-to-be released product, constitutes Apple trade secrets. [...] Apple has maintained the types of information and things you are solicitinghow itll work, its size, the name, the software, as well as any possible details about the products appearance, features, and physical samplesin strict confidence. You can read Apples Lawyers full answer here. While the wording stays very vague, many believe that this would be the first official evidence of the iSlates existence.
You copy/pasted that straight from an article. Someone ban this guy, all he does is spam age old thread topics.
"- Don't copy/paste entire articles from other sites. Please always link to original source. more details" Just stop. You're so annoying.
Firstly you've been here for 3 months, secondly stop posting useless crap we either a) already know or b) don't give a crap about.
