Tag: RUMOR

As any owner of an aging iOS device can tell you, the iconic Home button does not stand up well to long-term abuse. A leaked photo, purportedly of a fifth generation iPod Touch, suggests that Apple may finally be joining the rest of the gadget industry and switching to capacitive touch buttons. The blurry cam shot, if it's to be believed, also indicates that the iPod prototype packs 128GB of ...

Are you a celebrity? Has your name been smeared by unfounded rumors, half-truths or an inaccurate Wikipedia entry? A new site called ICorrect can help you set the record straight. For the small annual fee of $1,000, celebs and other public figures can use ICorrect to post rebuttals to any rumors or lies that have spread across the Web. Sir David Tang, the website's founder, says ICorrect is ...

Ever wonder how all those insipid rumors about Barack Obama's citizenship became so ridiculously virulent? According to a recent study from researcher R. Kelly Garrett, e-mail is to blame. Blogs? Not so much. Though the Internet can expose us to a wider array of rumors, it can also expose us to a variety of counter-arguments, effectively neutralizing the blogsophere's rumor-mongering potency. ...

The Wall Street Journal has confirmed rumors that Apple is developing a new line of smaller and cheaper iPhones. Those trusty old "sources close to the development" tell the Journal that the new device will be about half the size of the iPhone 4, and will be sold to service providers at about half the price of existing iPhones. The new phone, which goes by the codename "N97," will apparently ...

Facebook has removed a controversial page from its platform, at the request of Long Island school officials. The page, titled "Nassau's Nasty List," reportedly served as an online forum for salacious rumors about specific female students at Uniondale High School, and provided detailed information on alleged sexual dalliances. As news of the page spread to other schools in the region, more users ...

Share Calm down, world. Contrary to the rumors that may have sprouted up in your news feed, Facebook will not shut down on March 15th, and Mark Zuckerberg is not suffering a nervous breakdown of Shakespearean proportions. As Sophos explains, the rumor appears to have originated from a site called Weekly World News -- where, it should be noted, you can also read about Mike Tyson's pigeon ...

We know you've been promised this before, so we don't blame you if you don't believe us this time, but we have it on good authority that the long-awaited Verizon, CDMA version of the iPhone will be announced Tuesday at an event back in our wonderful hometown of New York City. Word came in earlier today that Verizon would be holding an event at Lincoln Center, just days after the end of CES. Why ...

Apple is usually pretty good at keeping new products under wraps. [Ed. Note: Except for that whole iPhone 4 thing.] This morning, though, it looks like someone at the company is due for a talking-to, having jumped the gun on Apple's press event scheduled for later today. Overzealous forum moderators at Apple.com started threads for 'iMovie '11,' 'iPhoto '11,' and 'Garage Band '11,' revealing a ...

News of a forthcoming Facebook smartphone has been flying around the Web this week, but all the rumors, denials and ambiguous public statements have made it pretty difficult for the casual tech follower to separate fact from fiction. While the story continues to mature with each passing day, here's a brief history of its evolution, and what we know thus far. Rumors of a Facebook phone first ...

The rumblings started as far back as 2007 -- that the seemingly doomed-from-the-start Apple TV would get a makeover into a screenless iPod touch with an HDMI port. Those rumors started making the rounds again around the launch of the iPad, but an iOS-based Apple TV was still nowhere to be seen. Now, our friends at Engadget claim to have an exclusive scoop on the new Apple TV, which will get new ...

Update: Jobs just announced the iPhone 4. Everyone's expecting Steve Jobs to unveil a next-generation iPhone at today's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) but what other goodies might the sly Apple CEO reveal? Here's a brief look at some of the buzz surrounding the event. Although Gizmodo gave us a sneak peek of the new iPhone a few months ago, today we'll find out which features made the ...

As if there weren't enough games on Facebook to keep us busy for a lifetime, TechCrunch reports that Zynga, developer of 'FarmVille' and other sickeningly addictive games, will soon unleash a new title called 'FrontierVille' on the social-networking world. If you've played an of the other 'Ville' games, you know what to expect. Essentially, you'll mindlessly click away in order to accomplish ...

Unless you've just woken up from a 30-year coma, you're well aware that tomorrow Apple will be unveiling its "latest creation." What exactly that is remains to be seen, but the rumor mill has been grinding out a speculated iTablet (or iPad, or iSlate, or iSlab) with the conviction of R. Kelly cranking out sexually explicit slow jams. The Apple branded tablet is rumored to measure 10 inches, run ...

With the level of anonymity it offers, it's no surprise that Twitter is ripe with fake accounts. The site has done its part to stop scammers from impersonating people, but the problem still remains. Unfortunately, the latest hoax to hit the microblogging site took a sad, eerie, and dark turn. According to Valleywag, a person posing as Dallas Morning News columnist Gerry Fraley reported the ...

Four months after his shocking death, Michael Jackson continues to make headlines, and his legend continues to grow. His name's been atop music charts worldwide, a movie documenting his last scheduled concert was a box office hit, and now, a long held rumor about his collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog has reportedly been confirmed. Black & White, a French magazine devoted to everything ...