And yet another evil alliance is threatening to loom out of the darkness... Well, no, not really.

In any case, with MacWorld getting ever so close, many have been hanging on to the expectation that Steve Jobs will be announcing a team-up with Google. The possibility of this new alliance has been brought up by analyst Steve Arnold who points out that it isn't that impossible, considering that Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has a place on Apple's board.

However, whether this announcement will come or not is really anyone's guess at the moment, especially since Jobs is still expected to dodge several other issues and rumors. Among these issues would be the recent stock options backdating fiasco which he and several officials got caught up in, as well as questions regarding the appearance (or existence) of the iPhone.

Oh, and last but not least, there's that OTHER pressing question: If Google and Apple joined up, what would they be called?

Goopple?