Apple Files Suit on Leaked Product Info

[Mac Reporter]

eWeek reports:
By*Daniel Drew Turner
Apple Computer Inc. filed suit Dec. 13 in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, alleging that an unknown person has released confidential information pertaining to an upcoming Apple product.

"An unidentified individual, acting alone or in concert with others, has recently misappropriated and disseminated through Web sites confidential information about an unreleased Apple product," Apple said in the lawsuit, some documents of which the company has requested be sealed. ADVERTISEMENT

The claim admitted that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company does not know the real identity of the defendant, stating that the complaint would be amended once that fact is known.
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[NoisyCricket]

what is the mysterious product?

[vicicasas]

I was under the impression that the mysterious product was the flash-based iPod.

But from reports on www.macnn.com today, it appears the big hullabaloo is more about a breakout box/FireWire audio accessory for Garage Band users that allows additional mic-level, RCA-level and MIDI ins and outs. The codename for the product is "Asteroid" and it's slated to be compatible with a new, rewritten version of Garage Band that will be released next year.