Privately, the N.S.A. has played hard with Internet technology companies, seeking secret product modifications to make it easier to spy.
Apple Computer filed a civil lawsuit yesterday in California against people it says posted secret product information on the Internet.
They took the wraps off the company Wednesday, revealing Asana's secret product: a souped-up to-do list for people working on projects.
Britain's spies say they are ultimately accountable to ministers, the people who are urging the spies on, unable to resist the secret product of their covert operations.
What a Newton picture most resembles is a glaring advertisement for some secret product, some unmentionable leisure activity, of his own devising.
But later in the call, according to a transcript from prosecutors, Mr. Shimoon leaked word of an even more secret product in development, the iPad, which at the time was referred to as K48.
JK Shin, Samsung's president and CEO, revealed this highly secret product in the most sideways of fashions: when talking about another phone, the screen showed an image of the smart watch as if by accident, proving it can put text message alerts and reminders on your wrist.
11/19/07: Microsoft secret product leaked.
01/15/08: Scheduled date for Microsoft secret product unveiling.
