Face it, everyone loves a juicy rumor. And thanks to the Internet, 2008 has been a banner year for them. As the year comes to a close, I've put together my top-ten list of the biggest bogus tech rumors of 2008.

10. Diggsoft or DigGoogle?

Digg was the rumor golden boy in 2008, with either Microsoft or Google rumored to buy the social-bookmarking site. The Internet blogged, Twittered, and Dugg up a storm theorizing on whom Digg founder, Kevin Rose, would end up in bed with. In the end, it was no one.

With over , the rumor appears to have . The news Web site cited a "very, very good" anonymous source who said that Digg was prepared to take around $300 million from either Microsoft or Google. Many publications picked up on the rumor, including and (and then our own JR Raphael gave why he thought it wouldn't happen).

Digg never validated the rumors. A few months later TechCrunch that was negotiating with Digg, this time for $200 million. But then, , Google apparently walked away from the negotiating table, and DigGoogle joined the of Digg-acquisition rumors.