False alarm: iPhone NOT delayed until October, Leopard NOT delayed again until January
By Ryan Block 
posted May 16th 2007 11:49AM
posted May 16th 2007 11:49AM
Update:
Here's the story. A trustworthy source supplied us with an actual internal Apple email that went out to thousands of Apple employees earlier today (published after the break). The fact that this was an email sent within Apple's internal email system to its employees is not in question. Let us reiterate: this was an ACTUAL email distributed within Apple's internal email system to Apple employees.
As it turns out, the internal memo Apple employees received was actually retracted by Apple shortly after it was sent out. (Also published after the break.) We received confirmation from Apple PR that this initial email sent out to Apple employees was incorrect, and they let us know that the iPhone and Leopard are both still on track, and should meet their expected launch timeframes.
Presumably Apple is now on the hunt for whomever was able to spoof its internal email system.
Original Apple email
From: Bullet News
Date: May 16, 2007 9:09 AM CDT
To: [redacted]
Subject: Mac OS X Leopard and iPhone Delayed
Mac OS X Leopard Delayed Until January
iPhone Delayed Until October
REGIONS: Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America, United States
GROUPS: AppleCare, Retail
Apple issued a press release today announcing that iPhone which was scheduled to ship in June, has been moved to October and the release date for Mac OS X Leopard has been moved to January next year. A beta version of Mac OS X Leopard will be given to developers at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
Apple email redaction
From: [redacted]
Date: May 16, 2007 10:47 AM CDT
To: [redacted]
Subject: NEWS: Disregard Bullet*News Sent May 16 at Approximately 9 a.m. Central--AP/CA/EU/JP/LA/US
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.
Clearly the most important part of this story is:
Macs got h4x0r3d!!!!!!
The unpossible just got possible.
@ eric
Macs got haxor'd is just about exactly what this looks like.
They should be on MS's Exchange email system. It has patented user credential authentication built in which actually does prevent spoofing an internal email addy. That also prevents accessing internal mailing lists like "all employees".
Flame on fanbois. I'm waiting to hear how much better apple systems are than MS's enterprise wares, which should be interesting considering this gaping hole.
Yes, keep this up. Then nobody will suspect that Steve did it!
Hilarious.
Even if it was a spoof, Apple delivers important internal emails from an address called "Bullet News"?
that's an odd name, to say the least.