Top 10 Biggest Bogus Tech Rumors of 2008

25.12.2008

This rumor proved to be a big hoax. A few days later revealed that the Midget PC was a fake. The story was the creation of a hoaxster at a citizen-journalism site, . The article used two-year-old quotes from an unrelated and included many other fabrications to make it appear legit.

4. I Want My Mac Netbook, Now!

The Mac-netbook rumor is not a rumor anymore--it has morphed into a Mac-enthusiast to get Apple to build and release a mini-notebook. The device, , should be a cross between the iPhone and the MacBook Air.

With this year, the idea of an Apple mini-notebook with either a multitouch display or a smaller shape seemed inevitable. that, due to the , netbooks might just be for Apple to penetrate.

Regardless of whether you or you about it, this remains for a mythical product. Steve Jobs any forthcoming Apple mini-notebook, end of story. (Or is it?)