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Oops. Kleiner Perkins Accidentially Publishes iFund Submissions Online
mocoNews — ... If you or your company submitted your information to Kleiner Perkins to be considered for an investment from the VC firm's $100 million iFund, you might want to see if your information has been leaked. Names, phone numbers, email addresses, business plans and bios from 588 applicants were accidentally published online by the firm's former hosting provider, TechCrunch reports. ...

A new iPhone app business model: Kleiner Perkins lawsuit
VentureBeat — ... ? Or maybe you’re an app maker who just wants to know what apps people are working on? Well, I’ve got some good news for you — and some bad news for some current applicants in the said iFund: A file containing hundreds of app proposals has been accidentally leaked onto the web, TechCrunch reports. ...

Hundreds of iFund developer applications compromised
AppleInsider — ... are asked to list their contact information, bios, demonstrative material, financial earnings, competitors, and to provide a detailed explanation of their iPhone application concept along with any proprietary technology they've developed. Much of this data, which is collected into a database, found its way into the public domain recently when an employee of Kleiner Perkins’ former hosting provider, Meteora Technologies Group, accidently published it to the web. In total, 588 applications were compromised , according to TechCrunch , which notes that although the data was ...

News: Mix: iPhone 3G ads, Gartner, iFund, DownloadShopper
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... notably, however, Gartner also revealed that for the first time, iPhone sales exceeded sales of Windows Mobile devices both worldwide and in North America. Finally, the company said that Apple shipped nearly 7 million iPhones into the channel in the third quarter, but has built up around 2 million units of inventory. The firm said overall smartphone marketshare grew 11.5% year-over-year. According to a new report, over 550 companies had their applications to Kleiner Perkins’ iFund compromised after they were accidentally published to the web. TechCrunch reports that the ...

588 Kleiner Perkins iFund developers accidentally leaked to Web
The Apple Core — ... , is blaming an employee for the accidental disclosure according its President Lowell Fletcher. TechCrunch notes that Meteora “no longer works with Kleiner Perkins.” An employee from ...

iFund DB leaked onto the Internets. 588 developers getting viagra emails
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — The iFund DB has been compromised.  Data which was entered in the online application here which includes contact information, founder bios, the business plan, demos, financial information, etc. is included.  Out there on the internets for all to see. Woops! For those less scrupulous folks out there, you now have access to a DB of developers who might have a share of $100,000,000 to spend on Viagra and Nigerian lottery scams.  Get spamming!   ...

‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Dec. 4
Macsimum News — ... building applications for the iPhone. Startups that wish to apply for funding can fill out an online application here. That information, which includes contact information, founder bios, the business plan, demos, financial information, etc. is then dumped into a database for review. That data was accidentally published on the web by Kleiner Perkins’ former hosting provider, Meteora Technologies Group, in a SQL file, which is easily readable in a text editor or other application.”— TechCrunch “Expanded Apple lawsuit claims Psystar part of a larger plot: Now free of any ...