The first comment says it all

by digitalART2

Enderle: Apple may be considering acquisition of AMD
[Via MacDailyNews]

“Rumors are flying once again that Apple may drop Intel for AMD to supply the maker of personal computers with microprocessors, but hardly anyone is talking,” Brian R. Hook reports for MacNewsWorld.

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“Once I see the name Enderle attached to an article, it loses all credibility.”

Rob Enderle was the subject of one of my first posts, back in 2003, based on a MacDailyNews link. Still earning a living giving quotes. Must be nice work. He has been doing it for most of a decade.

Now if he was just right more often, he might be worth listening to.

This is why I follow Engadget but not Gizmodo

by Editor B

Engadget had option to purchase “lost” iPhone 4G, advised not to by legal counsel
[Via Edible Apple]

This Gizmodo/iPhone 4G story sure has some legs, don’t it?

While Gizmodo is reaping all of the pageview rewards for its expose on Apple’s upcoming iPhone, it appears that Engadget was offered a similar purchasing opportunity but decided to turn it down on the advice of their legal team.

The WSJ reports:

Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of Engadget, which is owned by AOL Inc., said that the site was contacted April 17 by people who claimed to have found the device in a bar. These people asked Engadget to pay for access to the device, but it declined to do so after consulting with its attorneys. “We believe it’s the same device,” said Mr. Topolsky.

Engadget might have missed out on one of the biggest Apple scoops of all-time, but in the end, they might come out looking a lot better than Gizmodo. Pageviews eventually dissipate, but Gizmodo’s obnoxious and suspicious handling of the story will linger on for some time.

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While Engadget and Gizmodo ostensibly cover the same turf, one has always seemed less, shall we say sleazy, than the other. I always got the feeling that Gizmodo was happy to be a tabloid sort of publication. Like the Globe.

By paying for the device from people who had no right to sell it, Gizmodo revealed themselves to be the National Enquirer of tech sites. Sure, it makes a nice bit of money and has lots of readers but any sane person feels a little embarrassed to read it.. Are they going to start going through Steve’s garbage next?

Engadget appears to have decided to follow the law. Which is what I would expect from a reputable site. NIce to know that the ‘tech gossip’ site I follow seems to have some standards.

Andy Ihnatko is a human being

Andy Ihnatko on the ‘(Increasingly Plausible) Miraculous Engadget (and Gizmodo) iPhone 4G’
[Via Daring Fireball]

Andy Ihnatko’s spot-on take:

Gizmodo has a lot of explaining to do.

For what it’s worth, Nick Denton says the backstory on how they got it is coming.

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I have loved reading Andy for so many years. Here he displays how he is a human being first and why his journalistic instincts make him such fascinating reading.

[Listening to: Sea of Love (Remastered) from the album "Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)" by Cat Power]

Best humorous hotlink this week

Photograph of Steve Jobs’s Office
[Via Daring Fireball]

Taken earlier today.

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Click the More link. Having an iPhone prototype stolen will do that.

[Listening to: The Man Who Sold the World from the album "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie]