Gizmodo editor's home raided in iPhone prototype probe

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Source: AFP

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Gizmodo said Monday that California police raided the home of an editor for the gadget blog who revealed details last week of a secret next-generation iPhone prototype.

Gizmodo published excerpts from a search warrant that gave police permission to seize property from editor Jason Chen's home that was "used as the means of committing a felony" or "tends to show that a felony has been committed."

The search warrant signed by a local judge specifically authorized the seizure of "printed documents, images and/or notations pertaining to the sale and/or purchase of the stolen iPhone prototype."

Gizmodo last week said it purchased the iPhone prototype for 5,000 dollars from an unidentified person who found it in a California bar, where it had been lost by a 27-year-old Apple software engineer named Gray Powell.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100426/tc_afp/usitcompanytelecomappleiphonegizmodo_20100426220947

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I believe that this confirms that it was not a publicity stunt.