The Mac ObserverThe Mac Observer: You'll Get Your Mac News Here From Now On...iPodObserver - Speakal Announces iPig: A 5 Speaker iPod Docking Station- August 14, 2008 Speakal announced Thursday the release of iPig, a 5-speaker docking station for iPod. The iPig features 25 watts of sound that includes a 4" subwoofer and four other speakers, a separate bass volume control, a remote control, and 360 sound, all in a small footprinthttp://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36890 Wall Street: Apple Worth More than Google- August 14, 2008 Apple Inc.'s market capitalization (market cap) surpassed Google's this week, with the company ending Wednesday with a market cap of US$158.8 billion, some $1.6 billion higher than Google's market cap of 157.2 billion. Apple's stock has been on a run since Friday rising more...http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2008/08/14.1.shtml MW: Apple's Reach Exceeds its Grasp- August 13, 2008 Apple has gone from a company that makes an offbeat, non-Windows computer to one that makes all kinds of cool products. Apple has steamrolled over much of the competition, but in the last year signs of strain are showing, and Apple's reach has exceeded its grasp, according to Jason Snell at...http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.12.shtml NVIDA Takes $200M Charge for Bad Graphics Chips- August 13, 2008 NVIDIA has taken a one-time charge of US$196M to cover the cost of replacing some bad graphics chips under warranty, according to <em>Computerworld<em> on Wednesday. The problem has affected computers from Hewlett-Packard, Dell and some from Applehttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.11.shtml iPodObserver - Covert Operative Leaks Sirius-XM App for iPhone- August 13, 2008 A "covert operative" has leaked information about a Sirius-XM satellite radio app for the iPhone, according to Orbitcast on Wednesday. The project is in alpha, and battery life tests are going wellhttp://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36883 iPodObserver - Piper Jaffray: Apple Will Sell 4.47M iPhones This Quarter- August 13, 2008 Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, after spending 25 hours at Apple retail stores throughout the country, has raised his estimate from 4.1 to 4.47 million iPhone sales for calendar Q3. In the same period last year, Apple only sold 1.12 millionhttp://www.ipodobserver.com/story/36882 The Case for SSDs in New MacBook Pros- August 13, 2008 Apple hasn't made any announcements about the next generation MacBook Pros, but when they do, it's getting to be fairly realistic for Apple to make SSDs an option, especially since Dell is leading the way, according to Computerworld on Wednesdayhttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.8.shtml Dr. Mac: Why Your Student Should Take a Mac to College- August 13, 2008 Students are getting ready for school to start, and Bob "Dr. Mac" Levitus has published twelve very good reasons for college students to take a Mac instead of PC with them when they go to college. The article is also great food for thought for fence sitters, thinking about switchinghttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.6.shtml Fire Breaks Out at Apple Campus- August 13, 2008 Apple's Cupertino campus was the scene of a three-alarm fire Tuesday night. Firefighters spent over three hours fighting to extinguish the blaze, and finally managed to put the fire out early Wednesday morninghttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.5.shtml Logitech Unveils V550 Nano Mouse- August 13, 2008 Logitech introduced its new V550 Nano wireless mouse for laptop users on Wednesday. The V550 Nano includes a Clip-and-Go dock that lets users attach the mouse to their laptop when it isn't in usehttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/08/13.4.shtml |