Another Steve Jobs health rumor? No, not a rumor this time. Information from an open letter from Steve Jobs, filed via press release, confirms that he is skipping Macworld due to illness. Yet, at the time of this writing, AAPL stock is up! The reasons: openness, and a non-dire illness.

It is that time of year where I make MacWorld Expo predictions based entirely on half-baked rumors, knowledge of Apple history, personal bias, and gut feelings. Therefore, here are my MacWorld Expo 2009 predictions.

On Tuesday Apple made two announcements bound to enflame the Mac users of the world: one, the 2009 Macworld Expo will be its last, and two: Steve Jobs will not give the keynote.