Apple Rumor Mill Quiet on Eve of Macworld

...not a creature was stirring, not even a blogger...Oh, wait, that holiday is done with. But something similar is going on with this eve of Macworld. Maybe it's the ThinkSecret.com effect: Although the site continues to publish Apple-related news through February 14, late last year it settled with Apple over a lawsuit involving insider product news and leaks. I can't help but wonder if that's having a pseudo-gag effect on the usually rampant pre-Jobs keynote rumor mill.

The rumor mill is largely quiet, actually: Rumblings about iTunes movie rentals (not a surprise, given that hints of rentals have appeared buried in iTunes code for a long time now); rumors of a thin ultraportable notebook (again, nothing new there conceptually--we're just all waiting on the specs and industrial design); whispers of news about a 3G iPhone (I doubt Jobs would announce it until it was ready to ship--doing so any earlier would cannabilize iPhone sales in the here and now).

The Macworld banners already hoisted--"Something's in the Air"--makes me wonder whether it will be an ultraportable with wireless broadband built-in. A literal interpretation, perhaps, but yet one more thought for the gristmill.

In the meantime, here are two Macworld keynote-oriented games to while away your time with until the turtleneck-clad one reveals all on Tuesday: Steve Jobs Keynote Bingo
and Stevenote Expo: the Game.

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