A San Mateo court has ordered the go-ahead for a search of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's computers, says the county's chief deputy district attorney, Stephen Wagstaffe. The court is specifically said to have appointed a "special master" for the task, who will be limited to collecting details related to Gizmodo's $5,000 purchase of an iPhone prototype. Wagstaffe explains that a special master is an unpaid agent, typically a former judge or law professor acting as a volunteer. Masters are supposed to be detached from their assigned cases, although court orders are alle
