Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) drove the investigation into the “lost” iPhone G4 that had police knocking down the door of the Gawker Media Gizmodo editor who paid for the prototype device after it was discovered in a bar. Cnet has the details from the affidavit. Apple complained the the device was…

An eight-minute riff-and-rip from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) fanboy Jon Stewart on the company’s role in giving Gizmodo journalist Jason Chen’s “the meth lab treatment” and sending security to the iPhone seller’s house; “Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was supposed to be the evil one now you’re busting down doors in Palo Alto…

The iPhone prototype story that has filled the headlines for the past week or so—and hijacked our “State of Gadget Media” event last week—just won’t quit. Now, Gizmodo reports that as of Friday night, California police entered the home of Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen and seized four computers and two…

An official police investigation has been opened to determine whether Gizmodo’s purchase of what could be an iPhone prototype violated any criminal laws. CNet reports that according to officials, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a…

The big device news this week was Gizmodo’s post about the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) engineer who lost a prototype for the next generation iPhone. Naturally, that was the lead topic kicking off paidContent parent ContentNext’s State of Gadget Media conference held at Edelman’s SoHo offices, as MediaMemo‘s Peter Kafka put…

A few weeks after requiring iPad developers to work with devices chained to tables in windowless rooms, famously secretive Apple is in the awkward position of having to ask Gawker Media’s Gizmodo oh, so politely to give back an iPhone prototype left in a bar. No threats over buying misbegotten…