Taiwan's HTC says profit down 30 percent
Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC Corp posted a year-on-year 30 percent fall in first quarter net profit as the global economic meltdown hit sales, the company said Monday.
Business
Apr 6, 2009
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'Super Sherpa' climbs to clean up Everest
Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than anyone in history, and now he is heading back up Mount Everest, not for the fame or glory, but in the name of environmental protection.
Environment
Apr 6, 2009
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Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre
(AP) -- The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2009
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Blubbery 'researchers' lend fin to climate science
(AP) -- Into the Antarctic enigma, the puzzle of a place with too few researchers chasing too many climate mysteries, slowly waddles the elephant seal.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2009
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Sun shares dive as IBM buyout talks falter
(AP) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. fell in premarket trading Monday on news that IBM Corp. withdrew an acquisition offer.
Business
Apr 6, 2009
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Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video)
Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them ...
Software
Apr 6, 2009
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Poison: It's what's for dinner
As the U.S. Southwest grew warmer from 18,700 to 10,000 years ago, juniper trees vanished from what is now the Mojave Desert, robbing packrats of their favorite food. Now, University of Utah biologists have narrowed the hunt ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2009
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