iPhone soaks up 75 percent of all mobile phone profits Apple holds only a 9 percent share of the global mobile phone market but it grabbed 75 percent of the industry’s overall profits last quarter, according to data from Asymco. HTC disappoints with financial results, forecast Fourth-quarter profits slipped for the Taiwanese phone maker, and
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Science and engineering visualization contest winners (images) The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the 2011 winners of a contest to create the best visualizations in the fields of science and engineering. Visualizations take you inside science The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year’s contest for
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Apple’s week brings new hire, court rulings and iPod spy shots Apple hired a new head of retail, had a few bouts in foreign courts, and potentially had the secret behind its next tiny iPod leaked out. More on those stories and more in this week’s Apple Talk Weekly. Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
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Apple dealt legal setbacks against Motorola in Germany Motorola Mobility wins a permanent ban against Apple’s push e-mail service, part of its iCloud offering. Apple has also begun removing older iPhones and iPad from its German online store. Touchdown dance! On finding lost gems from the Muppets’ Henson “Charlie Magnetico” is the second lost Henson
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Chevy Volt sales take a hit Sales of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt electric cars start slow in 2012, with Volt sales apparently impacted by closed safety investigation. HTC patching Wi-Fi password leak on several smartphones A bug on certain HTC smartphones that may expose Wi-Fi passwords is being addressed by the company through
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Nano quadcopter robots assemble and roll out (video) The robotics research team at UPenn teaches a swarm of small quadcopter robots to do agile flight and fly in formation, a step toward programming small, inexpensive robots en masse. Zuckerberg-Page: Behold the next tech CEO duel Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Larry Page will
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Two apps that one-up Facebook on smartphones Likes and Jildy are two useful products for people overwhelmed by or disappointed with Facebook’s own mobile apps. Ion seeks to save IE6 users from themselves As IE6 continues its descent into its grave, there’s one constituent group that fears the future: large corporations with their proprietary IE6
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Ex-RIM CEO Lazaridis to buy $50M in additional stock Mike Lazaridis, who recently stopped down as co-CEO of RIM, on new chief Thorsten Heins: “I absolutely know he will take this company to new heights.” Kindle Fire sales strong in Q4, but no match for iPad Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordon Rohan says Amazon might have
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Novel cooling method for hot milk in India (photos) Startup Promethean Power is developing a “thermal battery” that gets around unreliable power service in India at a clean-tech incubator in a converted warehouse in South Boston. A ‘thermal battery’ for villages in India Startup Promethean Power had to ditch its dream of solar-powered milk chillers
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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos) Here are a few of CNET Reviews’ favorite items from the past week, including the HP Envy 15, Nikon Coolpix S8200, and the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx. For Apple, best numbers yet, mixed press on how it got there We talk record breaking earnings, and reports of trouble in
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