Apple today sent out the invitations for WWDC 2008 the annual Developer Conference. As always Apple has come out with excellent promo material. The tagline reads “WWDC 2008 – A Landmark Event. In More Ways Than One“.

The invitation also included the picture above that’s two Golden Gate bridges converging or diverging depending on the way you look at it.. I’m not quite sure what the image and the tagline really means, but here are a few educated guesses :

• The launch of the iPhone SDK (Pretty sure that this will happen).
• Location aware features in the iPhone and OSX.
• A release of an SDK for the Apple TV (I don’t think that this will happen)
• 3G iPhone
• Release of a top secret Apple Product!

Other than this I’m not sure what will turn up for the WWDC 2008. Traditionally we don’t see new Macs during WWDC, but we might hear a little bit more about the successor to Leopard.

What do you guys think we will see in WWDC 2008 that begins on June 9th and goes on till the 13th.

/Me Licks fingers in Anticipation

Here’s hot news for all you Mac users out there, who have been dying to get their hands on the Mac Office 2008, that was released about two weeks ago.

Now on a few private torrent trackers we have the Office 2008 HOTiSO that just weighs in under 600MB. Right now the release is only on a few private trackers, but you can expect it to come on popular public trackers like TPB as well pretty soon.

The new version of Office 2008 has been pretty well received by just about everyone, and if you have been holding yourselves with Office 2004, consider this as the best time to upgrade, because Office 2008 is worth every penny you pay for it.

Description:

Simplify your day at work. Achieve more with the power of reinvented Office for Mac. Easy-to-use, powerful tools make it easy to create fantastic looking documents-from dynamic presentations to stunning reports and engaging communications.

Included:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Entourage
• Microsoft Server Exchange Support
• Automator Actions for Workflows in Microsoft Office

System Requirements:

• Processor: A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor
• Operating System: Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
• Memory: 512 MB of RAM or more
• 1.5 GB of available hard disk space
• Hard Disk: HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
• Drives: DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network)
• Display: 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor
• Entourage and certain features require Internet access (fees may apply)

So if you are looking to download this release illegaly over the internet, here’s a little bit more information that will be useful :

Release Name: Microsoft.Office.2008.Standard.MAC.OSX-HOTiSO
Size: 525.37MB

P.S dailyApps condemns software Piracy and as such I suggest you download this release for trial purposes only, and if you like it, then please purchase a license.

Via RSLog

With less than 24 hours left before this years Macheist bundle goes off the shelf’s. Go ahead and buy your copy of the bestest apps for OS X right now, because you find a better deal elsewhere.

With the last app VectorDesign being added to the bundle yesterday, the 14 app bundle worth over 500$ comes for just 50$. Now how cool is that? And not to mention about $300,000 has been generated for charity.

MacHeist’s John Casanta has confirmed that no additional apps will be added to the bundle, so if you’ve been holding out  yourself on buying until the final bundle contents were announced, wait no longer. The bundle gets off sales in under 24 hours.. So Hurry up..

Head over to Macheist Website to buy the bundle now. Where else can you find apps worth 500$ for just 50$ and at the same time giving out some cash to the charity.

Well finally its decided! Mac OSX Leopard will indeed launch on October 26th as was predicted by a lot of people in the blogosphere. Well it will cost you a 129$ for a single user licence and 116$ for the student licence. And those of you who are looking to purchase Mac OSX Server Edition, then hang on because it  releases on the same day i.e. 26th of October.

Well Leopard has been one of the most awaited Operating Systems of the year and its got over 300 new features compared to its predecessor that was Tiger. Well here are some of the major features that we will get to see in leopard.

• Quick Look, a new feature that lets you see the contents of a file without opening said file
• Stacks, a new way to access files from the Dock
• Time Machine backup
• Redesigned Finder that makes it easier to browse and share files between computers on your home network
• Updated Mail designs
• Improved parental controls
• Boot Camp exits beta
• Web Clip lets you save web content as Dashboard widgets

Honestly speaking, I believe that Leopard looks like it will be the most exciting release from Apple this year after the iPhone. See More about Leopard here.