How about them apples?

Technology lovers REALLY love getting their hands on Apple products before they hit the market!

PC Mag reported April 24 on an Apple "fourth generation" iPhone leak posted on a popular technology blog called Gizmodo. Similar to the O'Grady case involving a leak of the "Asteroid" on a technology blog before its release, Apple's not happy with its secrets being published. In O'Grady, Apple sued for "trade secret misappropriation," seeking subpoenas from their Internet Service Providers and others to find the identity of the leak. Those subpoenas were quashed, the court writing that the authors of the blog obtained the information in order to write news, making it OK for the secret information to be published.

As the old saying goes: history repeats itself.

Gizmodo leaked an entire set of demonstrations, photos, and videos of a prototype phone, which it purchased for $5,000 from an unknown seller, and Apple is now suing under section 485 of California law. The law states that if stolen property is not rightfully returned to its owner and then knowingly received as stolen property is considered thievery.

According to Gizmodo, the unknown source tried to contact Apple about the phone, which they claimed was "lost in a bar" and ended up in their possession. However, it is possible that the blog can be found guilty of knowingly receiving stolen property. Gizmodo said that it has yet to be contacted by law enforcement.

Stay tuned...

--Sarah Morrison