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HTC posts record-low quarterly profit after delayed phone launch

HTC smartphones are displayed in a mobile phone shop in TaipeiTAIPEI (Reuters) – HTC Corp reported a record-low quarterly profit on Monday that missed analysts' estimates after it delayed the full launch of its 2013 flagship smartphone model, which will now debut against Samsung Electronics' newest Galaxy. A shortage of cameras meant HTC managed to introduce its latest HTC One phone in just three markets by the end of the first quarter instead of the planned 80. It does not expect to kick off sales across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region before the end of April. …

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‘iSteve’ Aims to Be Not the Best but the 1st Steve Jobs Biopic

'iSteve' Aims to Be Not the Best but the 1st Steve Jobs BiopicFunny or Die Has Created a Steve Jobs Biopic That Will Be Released Only on the Internet

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Prospect of new Italy vote heightens

Italian PD (Democratic Party) leader Bersani reacts during a news conference in RomeROME (Reuters) – Italy appeared to be inching toward another round of elections on Monday after centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani issued an ultimatum to 5-Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo to support a temporary government or “we'll all go home”. Appearing on RAI state television late on Sunday, Bersani ruled out another technocrat government like the last one, led by Mario Monti. Last week's vote left no one with a working majority in parliament, making an alliance with a rival the only solution to forming a government. …

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Nathan Myhrvold Shares Cooking-Science Tips

The former chief technology officer at Microsoft, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and co-author of Modernist Cuisine talks simple tips for making cooking for scientific. Steve Mirsky reports.

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Maybe Pot Doesn’t Make Teens Dumb After All

Discovered: Lighting up might not lead to dumbing down; playing music can put you on a natural high; black carbon is twice as bad as we thought; evidence that obesity is inherited.

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