Appleinsider posts a series of photos from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the site of the 2008 Macworld San Francisco. The banners read :

” 2008. There’s Something in the Air”

We can’t wait to see what Apple & Steve have in store!! make sure you tune in Tuesday 8PM Kuwait Time 1AM EST/ 9AM CET To follow the Keynote

Here are some speculations for what is expected come.  

 Apple revised the Mac Pro and Xserve with a new architecture and the recently released Penryn Processors. The Mac Pro combines two 45-nm Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz and up to 4TB of internal storage. The standard 8-core configuration starts at $2799.      The standard 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), includes:- two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses;- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM memory, expandable up to 32GB;- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory;- 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;- 16x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);- two PCI Express 2.0 slots and two PCI Express slots;- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; and- ships with Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.Apple also revised the Xserve today with the same architecture. Xserve standard configuration, with a suggested retail price of $2,999 (US), includes:- a single 64-bit 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processor with 12MB of L2 cache and a 1600 Mhz front side bus;- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM RAM, expandable up to 32GB;- a single 80GB SATA Apple Drive Module;- dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board;- internal graphics;- two FireWire(R) 800 and three USB 2.0 ports; and- an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard. 

Apple has released a new Get a Mac ad entitled “Referee” in conjunction with the beginning of the NFL playoffs.

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu cites sources who say that Apple will start shipping some of their computers with Blu-ray support as early as Macworld.Appleinsider also corroborates the report with their own sources, expecting an overhaul to the Mac Pro in the 1st quarter of 2008 with Blu-ray support.Mac Pro updates have been long overdue with the last major update almost 17 months ago. While some rumors have pegged the Mac Pro update at Macworld, there has been only minimal buzz about it in the final weeks before the expo.

 Could this be the awaited Ultra Slim Macbook Pro? We’ll have to wait until Jan 15 when his holiness “Steve Jobs“  unveils the latest apple products at MacWorld 2008. !!

AppleInsider reports that there will be something “super secret” unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs’ January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it’s a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated Mac Pro with improved processors/memory/specs/whatever, but it’s unlikely that it’s going to be anything for the consumer audience. So unless you’re waiting for an update to the high end Macs or some sort of Final Cut software feature update, you won’t have much to look forward to.

Crunchgear says the secret’s out, and it’s going to be integrated Redcode inside Final Cut Studio. This means there will be native Red support, editing that 4k video image at a lower resolution so you won’t have to tax your box looking at 4k pixels whenever you’re editing.

Macrumors is reporting that the rumored ultraportable Macbook we’re hoping for at Macworld 08 is to have Multitouch trackpad and external optical. The optical makes sense, and is welcome. The Multitouch Trackpad rumor is a curiousity: Macbooks already use simple multitouch in trackpads for two-finger scrolling. Maybe a Leopard update will allow for things like zooming and swiping, like the iPhone.

Also, rumors are saying that Apple is designing a replacement for the iSight. They won’t say any more other than that it is to be attached to the screen in “an unusual manner”.

9to5mac.com is reporting that a team of developers are in the process of finalizing VoIP Application for the iPod touch and soon the iPhone. The site has a video of the application in action and according to them so far it only works with SIP accounts. The team is also taking orders for the iPod touch Microphone. Voice over IP allows a user to make calls over a wifi connection instead of a cell network. When the touch was first released we stated that for this device to be complete all it needs was some apps and VOIP and finaly someone answered the call. Check out the Video here!
Source: 9to5mac.com