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Léo Apotheker in 2008

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The question wasn’t whether Hewlett-Packard would fire CEO Léo Apotheker anymore but when it would officially announce it. Yesterday, in the afternoon, a press release was published in which the company also confirmed his replacement with Meg Whitman, who between 1998 and 2008 has been eBay CEO.

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Confirmation arrived of the acquisition by Google of 1,023 IBM patents. No, it’s not the same story already published a few weeks ago: this is a new acquisition of a nearly equal number of patents and this time there is a complete list. Like a few weeks ago, however, the amount paid by Google remains confidential.

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Yesterday Google announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $40 a share which gives a total of $12.5 billion which represents a premium of 63% over the closing price on August 12. The deal includes Motorola Mobility’s 17,000 patents.

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Google confirmed that it bought over a thousand patents from IBM but details were not revealed. Some sources report that the patents bought are 1,029, according to other sources they’re 1,030, either way the amount paid by Google wasn’t disclosed. The important fact is that the acquired patents cover technologies related to hardware and in particular the production of microprocessors and memories but also Internet-related technologies.