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Agnilux? Is That Latin for Annoy Steve Jobs?

in News on April 21, 2010 at 7:07 am PT

Of the 66 acquisitions Google has made in its history, the purchase of Agnilux ranks among the most curious. So little is known about the company’s mission that it’s impossible to say definitively what Google wants with it. But what we do know is interesting, to say the least. You see Agnilux was reportedly founded by a group of former Apple employees.

Apple to Intel: We Shafted IBM and Motorola. We Can Shaft You Too.

in News on April 23, 2008 at 12:44 am PT

Apple’s finally found a worthy use for the more than $18 billion in cash and short-term securities gathering dust on its balance sheet. The company’s acquiring P.A. Semi for about $278 million in cash.