This is Jim Dalrymple's site (I might have the spelling wrong). He is well-known among Apple bloggers to be well connected to Apple people. I've seen sites like

This is Jim Dalrymple's site (I might have the spelling wrong). He is well-known among Apple bloggers to be well connected to Apple people. I've seen sites like MacRumors use a "Yep." confirmation from Dalrymple as evidence of a rumor, so I guess folks have some reason to believe he's connected.