Unfortunately for Zune fans, the rumor was short-lived. An Obama spokesperson set the record straight: .

1. Steve Jobs Dead? Not So Fast, Shorty!

Culminating my top-ten list of the biggest bogus rumors of 2008 is Steve Jobs's . This farce has the same roots as the bogus Midget PC: .

A CNN iReport stated: "Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER [...] suffering a major heart attack." Twitter was aflutter over the news. Apple to $94. Even the Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into the iReport. In the end investigators found that an had spread the rumor. But shortly after the "news" broke, Apple representatives everyone that Jobs was fine. And the world sighed in relief.

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