Gizmodo, the blog that screwed with the grand unveiling of Apple's fourth-generation iPhone by buying a rogue prototype and writing about it, was noticeably absent from Apple's developer conference this week, evidently banned and reduced to linking to other people's reports and feeds from volunteers. Editorial director Brian Lam told the Wall Street Journal that "People ask it was still worth it to run the iPhone story despite it costing us access. My opinion is that commodity news is not anything to get worried about losing touch with." A court-appointed special master is currently searching its blogger's computers for evidence of a crime.