Unfortunately, a denial may strengthen the association between the brand and the rumor as it can alert consumers previously unaware of the rumor to it.
Edge had previously mentioned the possibility of a dedicated share button on the next-gen controller, though that remains a product of the rumor mill at the moment.
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Sounds nice, but the root of the rumor in all three cases is not how much these pop singers are in love their respective husbands or boyfriend.
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Check out the rest of the rumor at the source link and a video from Intel's 2009 IDF demo after the break, we'll have any official announcements as they happen from the press conference January 7th.
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The scary part of the rumor, though, is that Moto will go through one heck of a launch lull in 2009 so that it can get Android stuff into the marketplace in time for the '09 holiday season.
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There are, in fact, some good reasons for a wide-screen iPad, but I am suspicious of the timing of this rumor, coming in the midst of the iOS Maps debacle.
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French Apple blog NowhereElse.fr has released a beautiful graphic that collates all of the major iPhone 5 rumored features from six of the top rumor blogs complete with percentage probabilities that the rumors are true.
With the imminent announcement of the iPhone 5 the rumor mill is in full swing.
The most frequent version of the Sina rumor is that Sina will invest a large amount into Youku, which will then look to consolidate one or more of the remaining private Chinese video firms.
By the time of the Rothko sale the rumor mill was already wondering whether the Rothko had come from Straus' collection, and whether Straus had insisted on the Rothko's high reserve because he needed money to build his own museum.
Dealbreaker (also a rather gossipy site, but with humor and sometimes a bit of analysis thrown in) expressed skepticism later that afternoon, wondering whether this was an early front-runner for the craziest rumor of the week.
For more than a year now the federal investigation of hospitals suspected of improperly implanting ICDs has been the subject of considerable rumor and speculation.
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Needless to say, the takeover never materialized, no doubt to the chagrin of the bankers who started the rumor.
It's on ThinkSecret, which means, of course, that we can't verify the information or its source, but now the rumor on top of the pile for things we might see at Macworld in January is that the Mac mini will be given a second life as a Front Row 2.0-bearing digital media hub complete with DVR features.
But now and again I would go out to the old swimming hole, the place everybody called the Twenty Two, and spend half an hour or so in the water, not really swimming so much as hanging there, suspended in the rumor of coolness that rose from the depths below.
We're just a few days away from Sony's February 20th "see the future of" PlayStation event where we expect to see the next edition of its home console, and the rumor mill is buzzing.
The rumor out of Spain (and a totally plausible rumor at that) is that Motorola's abandoning Symbian altogether to put most of its eggs in the Android basket.
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In 1987 some irresponsible unknown doctor from Bombay spread a rumor that Osho might have contracted AIDS and the tabloids of Bombay published this sensational rumor, so the young doctor got publicity which he was seeking.
In other words, could it be another case of buy on the rumor, sell on the fact when the better earnings are actually reported.
In summary, it looks like September could be a good month for Apple types, or could just mark another set of defeats for the rumor crowd -- only time will tell.
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"The rally of the past four days could be a case of 'buy on the rumor, sell on the news, '" says Appel.
Next a staffer reports happily that people in the Kingdom of Tonga are apparently buying the rumor, spread by Digicel, that it will launch in October.
The Apple iWatch smartwatch is the subject of renewed rumor and speculation this morning, with Intel of all companies now being attached to the project.
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The political intrigue of Arkansas fascinated me -- the bizarre characters, the southern folklore, the strange mix of rumor, fact and tabloid fantasy.
The weak dollar has inspired a lot of rumor trading, including the idea that several Gulf states, along with Japan, Russia and China, are in talks to start pricing oil according to a basket of currencies.
Even with seemingly negative rumors, he take the opportunity to bring the company back to its four core values: Training and development, professionalism, accountability, and transparency, the last of which has been enhanced with the rumor jar, he says.
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In the latest outbreak of a rumor that seems to pop back up every few weeks, the tech news site The Register ran a story today that said an acquisition of OCZ by Seagate fell through over a dispute over whether recently departed OCZ CEO Ryan Petersen would get a seat on the Seagate board.
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Cancer prevention information comes through various media: TV, pamphlets in the waiting room, and, of course, that rumor machine the Internet.
Wall Street bought the rumor of the U.S. financial bailout package on Friday, then sold the news.
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