Such rumors have floated periodically for a few years now .

几年来，这类传言一直定期出现。

In 2009 , amazon was forced to issue denials of similar rumors .

2009年，亚马逊曾经被迫发表声明，否认类似传言。

But on thursday , the rumors are expected to meet a swift death .

但是在周四，这些传闻可能就会不攻自破。

Onlive founder and ceo steve perlman also did little to deny the rumors . "

OnLive创始人兼CEO斯蒂夫•帕尔默没有否认这些传言。

And rumors about a nascent nuclear program occasionally surfaced .

有关一个初期核计划的传闻偶尔浮出水面。