"Fool Engadget Once...
Monday, May 21, 2007
Shame On... Shame on You. Fooled me... you can't get fooled again."
Why did I just mashed that wonderful Bush Saying with one of the most respectful online news source? Well, because I'm a dick for easy and lame jokes, and also because Engadget indeed got played. And very well played I must say. Last Wednesday the rumor that Apple's iPhone was significantly delayed broke out in the respected blog, and that speculation lead to Apple's stock going down. The blog later called it a false alarm, still the damage was done, and I'm betting someone made a profit out of it. Lessons learned, don't believe everything you read in a news blog. That is, if that blog is not Alt+Tab. Obviously...
Why did I just mashed that wonderful Bush Saying with one of the most respectful online news source? Well, because I'm a dick for easy and lame jokes, and also because Engadget indeed got played. And very well played I must say. Last Wednesday the rumor that Apple's iPhone was significantly delayed broke out in the respected blog, and that speculation lead to Apple's stock going down. The blog later called it a false alarm, still the damage was done, and I'm betting someone made a profit out of it. Lessons learned, don't believe everything you read in a news blog. That is, if that blog is not Alt+Tab. Obviously...
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