May 17, 2007
Users are hounding Engadget today, after the tech news site apparently reported a delay in Apples iPhone and the Leopard OS that turned not to be true.
An e-mail sent to all Apple employees this morning said a press release was forthcoming indicating that iPhone and Leopard would be delayed, which Engadget caught wind of and based its first report on. An hour and a half later, Engadget reports, Apple employees received another e-mail:
You may have received what appeared to be a Bullet*News from Apple. This communication is fake and did not come from Apple. Apple is on track to ship iPhone in late June and Mac OS X Leopard in October.
Word of the incorrect report spread quickly among the passionate Apple user community and around the blogosphere, resulting in a morning dip in Apples stock, which has since recovered.
Apple is presumably on the hunt for the source of the phony e-mail. This couldnt all be about checking for where Apples leaks are, could it? Or perhaps a criminal ploy to get a Apple stock at a discount?
Source: http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/05/fake_e-mail_takes_apple_stock_for_a_dip.html
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