APPLE CO-FOUNDER JOBS TO REJOIN COMPANY, UPDATE MAC SOFTWARE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Apple Computer Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs Steve Jobs - Stephen Jobs , who oversaw the creation of its Macintosh before his ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. more than a decade ago, will return to help revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. the Mac's aging software. At a news conference Friday evening, it was announced that Apple will buy Next Software Inc. - the company Jobs founded after leaving Apple - for $400 million. ``The acquisition of Next is the start of a new chapter in Apple's history and represents a milestone in our transformation as a corporation,'' said Gilbert F. Amelio, Apple's chairman and chief executive. Amelio called Jobs the company's ``most talented visionary.'' For Jobs, a legendary whiz kid whiz kid n. Informal A young person who is exceptionally intelligent, innovatively clever, or precociously successful. [Alteration of Quiz Kid, a panelist on an early game show.] who helped design the first Apple computer in a garage, the return marked one of the most dramatic twists in the history of the Silicon Valley high-technology industry, which in some ways Jobs is responsible for creating. ``I still have very deep feelings for Apple, and it gives me great joy to play a role in architecting Apple's future,'' he said in a joint news release from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. |
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