Comments on: Engadget Shanks Apple http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:14:58 -0500 hourly 1 By: vietnam http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-231440 vietnam Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:08 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-231440 4 bilion more exactly 4 bilion more exactly

]]> By: John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-225127 John Biggs Thu, 17 May 2007 12:24:46 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-225127 We all have to watch out for this sort of thing, from the gizmo gorillas to us little folks. I think the real story is the market moving nature of the post, something that only Bloomberg and Reuters could do, historically. We all have to watch out for this sort of thing, from the gizmo gorillas to us little folks. I think the real story is the market moving nature of the post, something that only Bloomberg and Reuters could do, historically.

]]> By: Nathaniel Borenstein http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-225122 Nathaniel Borenstein Thu, 17 May 2007 12:13:15 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-225122 You're oversimplifying a bit when you write, "just because it says @apple.com at the end of the email doesn’t mean..." They had other evidence beyond that. My understanding from the other news stories is that the email actually did originate from within the Apple network. This is technically a lot harder to do than just forging a header, and surely made the Apple employees more likely to fall for the hoax. (Engadget got its information from an Apple employee passing on what he thought was internal Apple email.) Bottom line: Your advice about not trusting the claimed email address is excellent advice, of course. But in this case, there was more falsified evidence beyond just that. You’re oversimplifying a bit when you write, “just because it says @apple.com at the end of the email doesn’t mean…” They had other evidence beyond that. My understanding from the other news stories is that the email actually did originate from within the Apple network. This is technically a lot harder to do than just forging a header, and surely made the Apple employees more likely to fall for the hoax. (Engadget got its information from an Apple employee passing on what he thought was internal Apple email.)

Bottom line: Your advice about not trusting the claimed email address is excellent advice, of course. But in this case, there was more falsified evidence beyond just that.

]]> By: Kirby http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-224826 Kirby Thu, 17 May 2007 04:39:00 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-224826 Nice plug, annie! Nice plug, annie!

]]> By: annie http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-224632 annie Thu, 17 May 2007 00:43:42 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-224632 Yikes. I see a case study in the effects of social media right around the corner. And I hope someone wants to present it at http://www.blogphiladelphia.net/! Yikes. I see a case study in the effects of social media right around the corner. And I hope someone wants to present it at http://www.blogphiladelphia.net/!

]]> By: kasei http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-224550 kasei Wed, 16 May 2007 22:24:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/16/engadget-shanks-apple/#comment-224550 Wow! I am sure someone is going to need a good lawyer after this. I'd be willing to bet someone lost millions because of this. If that were me, I would be PISSED! Wow! I am sure someone is going to need a good lawyer after this. I’d be willing to bet someone lost millions because of this. If that were me, I would be PISSED!

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