Images: High-tech hoaxes and media mess-ups

Tech blogs like Engadget have gone from being small-time operations to major media outlets in just a few years, which means that a whole lot of eyes are watching--including eyes belonging to stockholders in the companies that they write about.

In May 2007, Engadget bloggers received an e-mail claiming to include an Apple internal memo that detailed delays in the launch dates of the iPhone handset and Leopard operating system. It was a prank by someone who spoofed the apple.com domain name, which bloggers quickly realized--but not before the effects of the news story had made Apple's stock take a notable (but temporary) dip.