CTIA = Can’t Tell If Accurate

Sure, you've been following all of the news coming out of CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas, but what about the news that's not fit to print--the rumors and insider dish circulating like wildfire across the convention center floor? Here's the juiciest gossip overheard this week, absolutely none of it sourced or fact-checked to guarantee its veracity. And if any or all it all sounds completely made up…well, you're probably correct.

Rumor:  CTIA president Steve Largent's opening keynote was lifted verbatim from late comedian Redd Foxx's Vegas stand-up routine.
Rumor:  The main entrées served at this year's CTIA Wireless Gala were all cooked from exotic animals left over from Siegfried and Roy's old show at The Mirage.
Rumor:  Despite his unfathomable personal wealth, Apple CEO Steve Jobs owns only one black turtleneck, which he has worn to work every single day for more than a decade.
Rumor: One of the private meeting rooms in the CTIA media center was just a front for an illegal cockfighting pit.
Rumor: Due to an ill-considered bluff in after-hours Texas Hold 'Em action, a prominent mobile entertainment firm is now owned solely by poker legend Doyle Brunson. 
Rumor: The CTIA is launching another of its AMBER Alert initiatives, this time to determine the whereabouts of the Verizon Wireless/RealNetworks/MTV Rhapsody America service.
Rumor: After Yahoo rejected its acquisition advances, Microsoft is now targeting beverage maker Yoo-hoo.
Rumor: A beloved mobile content newsletter editor woke up Friday morning in a bathtub filled with ice to find one of his kidneys harvested. - Jason