They don't know too much about actually what's going on other than scuttlebutt and what they've heard.
The scuttlebutt is that Sinofsky is going to show a preview of Windows 8.
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Magee also recommends the proverbial water cooler as a productive place to gather gossip and scuttlebutt.
"This scuttlebutt, this gossip has to be put to rest once and for all, " he said.
He might even, diplomatic scuttlebutt has it, have persuaded Mr Powell to stay on for a while.
The latest scuttlebutt is that Mr Mandelson may instead be promoted to another, less sensitive, cabinet post.
Because there's been scuttlebutt that with revised revenue estimates from Treasury that it could be pushed back somewhat.
Instead, they seem to be passing on scuttlebutt whose provenance, to say nothing of veracity, seems highly questionable.
And if the scuttlebutt is accurate and there are two finalists, Cornell and Stanford, the former should be the choice.
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Here's the scuttlebutt: Google engineers have reportedly been working hard on mobile phone software that will hook phones into its online services.
Early scuttlebutt has centered around the topic we have all been discussing as of late what method of communication is most relevant to consumers today?
According to trusty old Wikipedia, the term scuttlebutt corresponds to the iconic colloquial concept of a water cooler, which becomes the locus of congregation and casual discussion.
They have, of course, produced a steady supply of scandalous scuttlebutt, including an alcoholic leader, who was forced to resign in January, and two leadership candidates of ambiguous sexual orientation.
Kelly Thomson, the money manager's vice president of marketing, doesn't attribute any assignments to Callan directly but says the firm is invaluable at providing the scuttlebutt on what pension officials are thinking.
Another investor wrote to Dr. Kaul, the panelist, politely suggesting that, "to hear the scuttlebutt going around, " the panelists incorrectly assumed a risk to humans after some rats on lorcaserin developed tumors.
However, companies building accessories for the new phone, such as Hard Candy, have already begun cranking out cases for the new phone based on scuttlebutt about what the new models will look like.
They forward spurious data to others before taking a moment to reflect on its worth or check its validity - the equivalent of passing on some scuttlebutt by word of mouth, but this time to thousands across the world.
It's a mighty aggressive schedule for a handset that hasn't even been announced yet, but the latest scuttlebutt regarding the HTC Incredible suggests that the phone will make its debut on Verizon's airwaves about two weeks from now.
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