Apple Continues To Morph Into The Chocolate Factory. Expect Fewer Gobstopper Leaks.

Lost iPhone prototypes aside, most Apple leaks tend to come from partners companies tasked with helping to build something Apple needs for a particular product. After all, Apple can't do it all, itself. Well, not yet anyway. A report today in the New York Times confirms earlier rumors that Apple has purchased Austin, Texas-based chip company Intrinsity . And yes, it appears that company is the one largely behind the new A4 chip found inside the iPad. An analyst put the price at $121 million, but again, he's an analyst, so who knows.