He won't name names, but Apache is mainly interested in firms with U.S. properties close to its own in Oklahoma, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.

FORBES: Dry powder

Houston-based Apache doesn't plan to join them.

FORBES: Dry powder

Apache isn't the only well-financed buyer.

FORBES: Dry powder

Yeah, there's a cooked Windows Mobile 6 ROM floating around for the now-ancient Apache, but it ain't official -- and let's be honest, there's a good contingent of folks out there that like their updates officially blessed by the powers that be.

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