2004: Mac mini Leak Shuts Down Website
One of the most popular tech news websites of the early 2000s was a haven for Apple fanboys known as ThinkSecret, which was responsible for single-handedly spoiling the hell out of Steve Jobs’ keynote surprises set for 2005’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco: Apple’s first-ever Mac mini, and the company’s debut of iWork, which included the first installment of the same Pages, Numbers, and Keynote applications that millions of Mac users rely on today. The sites leaks were 100% accurate, much to Apple’s chagrin; however a week before Macworld 2005, the company’s legal team filed a lawsuit against ThinkSecret’s sole proprietor, Nick Ciarelli, which resulted some three-years later in Ciarelli agreeing to shut down ThinkSecret.
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