microsoft and nokia flirted with a bid. you guys have been talking about free shipping. saks, neiman-marcus, and nordstrom are now offering free returned shopping. other retailers are likely to follow their lead. i'm alan apartment reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. -- i am ellen braitman. >> sounds good to me. we like free. some drivers and rhode island get a bit of entertainment wallace said at a red light. the dancing cop is back >> every tired -- a retired cop struts his stuff this season. we see this every year and every year i just love it. was directing traffic with its own special flair. he has been entertaining the streets of providence and was sworn as it part-time officer to keep the magic coming. he will be dancing and directing traffic at his old intersection through christmas eve. >> makes you wonder what does moonlighting. santa and rudolph will be delivering toys and goodies. he has left the north pole on his sleigh and it will be a long night with deliveries all over the world. norad will provide key stops on his trip. get access their website -- you can acc

. >> reporter: every shot of the film was shot in nokia and a smart phone. they strapped the phobe to a remote-controlled helicopter and hoping for the best. it took 17 takes to get it right. >> it was difficult, but ultimately it was so much cheaper than getting a crane because that helicopter pilot cost 600 bucks. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges is that smart phones think they are smarter than we are. the crew had to hack into their phone and permanently disable the auto zoom and auto focus features to get the shots they wanted. they then attached a 35 millimeter lens to the front of the phone in very low tech and low budget fashion. they used double-sided tape, he yet the film had the makeup and two-time academy award nominated actress janet roll land. it took $500,000 to make. chris kelly, a former facebook executive, put up some of the money. >> somebody has to do it first and that is what we wanted to do. >> reporter: "olive" will run for a week so it can be considered for an academy award in february. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> fo

it shows how the carrier app can record your key strokes on android, and droid and nokia phone and demonstrates how to disable. it the company that created the app says it's designed to help cell phone companies trouble- shot problems but the app violates privacy. you watch the entire video at wusatv9.com. >>> let's go back to topper on the elips and it's a little chilly i'm jealous. you have some great musical acts tonight. >> it's fantastic. and it's not over yet. this is the friable of judah choir. they have come back for another number and see another number. the 9th annual lighting of the christmas tree and it was a beautiful event. i will tell you what, this is a new tree. we have to get used to. it we were used to a 40 foot tree. it's a 27 foot tree. unfortunately the big tree blew down and a -- in a wind storm february 19 of this year and they planted a new one. this is a live tree. they planted a new one march 19 of this year and this is a colorado blue spruce. it's from new jersey. the previous tree has been there since 1978 and that's from york, pennsylvania, also a colorado blue spr

he claims to show how a secret application buried inside phones including android, blackberry and nokiatures key strokes. he sent a text using the words hello world and showed how he can recall it on his computer. >> gets. sms and we see it here hello world. >> reporter: he claims the software is records and sending text information to the computers. >> we realize that we have no privacy, anything we do today on a mobile phone or anywhere we go when we have a mobile phone can betrayinged by someone. >> reporter: carrier iq says it's only used to monitor performance. >> our technology is not recording key strokes or providing tracking. our operators are for the first time getting a true understanding of your day today problems. >> reporter: they didn't respond to our request for comment. a spokeswoman said they were preparing a response. >> this is way beyond recording a phone call and a customer service. this is about tracking what you are doing with your phone, where you are going when you have the phone with you, all of your texts, all of your e-mail its, all of the applications. >> r

gamma group, a siemens, and nokia siemens networks are all thought to develop similar technology, alongspyware has been used by a number of governments. iran, bahrain, and syria are all thought to have deployed german software. >> the issue has been raised by germany's opposition greens. for the first time, the government has admitted giving spyware export credit guarantees under a scheme called hermes. >> that means the german government gave direct or indirect support to exports of german spy software. we're worried some of those exports were to dictatorships or unjust regimes and using it to suppress their people. >> the german economics ministry declined to answer questions on the matter, saying i was not available. >> of being connected means we are never alone, even if we think we are. well, today when you do a search on the web, every bit of information you enter and access may be analyzed and stored. that explains why many of the ads popping up seem tailor-made for you. now, you might appreciate this and even take advantage of some of it, but critics say this is manipulation. an

nokia apple possibly motorola because switching to producing phones with wireless charging is a big competitive advantage on the market. and that's not something that's been lost on many of the world's top mobile makers a good number of them have teamed up to form a wireless power consortium there are already a decent number of so-called wireless chargers on the market however at present all of them still require you to place your mobile device on a charging pad and with some you need a separate charger for each device they give you a bit more freedom but our phones are still tied directly to some kind of plugged in charger which to us there is a number of issues around this solution among them the impact on human health performance impacts on other electronic devices in the vicinity the most important thing here is that we've succeeded. bringing these devices efficiency up to a very high level about eighty five percent and that's not the only thing alexander thinks his wire a charger offers over the competition it can theoretically work with any mobile device but most importantly this russian

the "wall street journal" says microsoft and nokia flirted with the idea of making a takeover bid for research in motion. it's unclear how far those talks got, but they also turned down an approach. that's it for us at cnbc. back over to you. >>> security video of a fedex delivery man tossing a brand new computer monitor is now a smash hit on youtube. check this out. the footage shows what happens when a delivery man found a gate blocking the house, it was still closed, instead of using the keypad, he tosses the package over the gate. peering over his shoulder, the man marched back to his truck and on to the next delivery. the person who posted this video says he or she was home at the time with the front door wide open. the clip has gotten more than 200,000 views. this morning he's going oops. >> oh, my gosh, no kidding. here's your package. >>> here is your cold weather as well. >> the weather looked great in that video, too. you can't blame it on nasty weather. >> is that what you see in those pictures. always looking at the forecast. >> always looking for the sunshine which we'll

he says the nokia is just a part of the story. >> it's a combination of the camera and the lens. but it's also lighting, make up, set design, et cetera. i mean, this is truly shot like a feature film. >> reporter: and it's legit with funding vc-style from a former facebook executive. >> if there's one thing that the technology industry is about, it's just about getting things done. you now have a much more powerful camera to work with. but there's still some things that we need to do with traditional film to make this work effectively. >> and then there's the publicity. lots of social networking fitting for a crew based in silicon value ree. >> absolutely. it's that scrap pi, start up feel to it. just everything from buying the camera off of craig's list and building this custom camera to fit on a mobile phone to now what they're doing to release the movie by doing it through kick starter. >> it even stars a zuckerburg. a movie the crew hopes you check out because of the technology, but enjoy because of the story. >> at the beginning, forget they're watching on a cell phone, and,

. >> reporter: every frame of the film was shot on a nokia n8 smartphone.ven managed this aerial shot by strapping the phone to a remote-control helicopter and hoping for the best. it took 17 takes to get it right. >> it was difficult, but ultimately, it was so much cheaper than getting a crane because that helicopter pilot cost 600 bucks. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges is that smartphones think they're smarter than we are. the crew had to hack into their phone and permanently disable the auto zoom and auto focus features to get the shots they wanted. they then attached a 35 millimeter lens to the front of the phone in very low-tech, and low-budget fashion. they used double-sided tape. yet, the film had all the hollywood trappings-- hair and makeup, location scouts, and even two-time academy award- nominated actress gena rowlands. >> is this a game? >> reporter: it cost half a million dollars to make. chris kelly, a former facebook executive, put up some of the money. >> you can put the power in the palm of someone's hand to shoot a beautiful mo

was recently discovered buried deep within millions of cell phones including nokia android and rim devices it is tracking everything you type a twenty five year old systems administrator in connecticut named trevor at eckerd discovered the existence of carrier i.q. while working as h t c e both on software logs each keystroke a person makes along with a person's location and other data and sends that information back to carrier how he had quarters released apparently as for what they do with the personal information. you know the company released a statement on its website after the story broke saying the information gathered by carrier i.q. was done so for the exclusive use of that customer carrier i.q. does not stop personal subscriber information to third parties but the company brags that their software is installed on over one hundred forty million phones just how troubling is this and is it legal for more on this i'm joined by a mr prout of the national security council of epic electronic privacy information center amy welcome to thank you great to have you with us. i look at carrier

research in motion shares surged on talk amazon, microsoft and nokia tried to buy it. the stock rose more than 9% today smchl say a buyout is unlikely and told us may it may be the only way to keep it from slipping into a debt spiral. he thinks microsoft, google or intel could be potential buyers. >> and this is going to look really scary. ice cream sandwich devices are going to start hitting the market. and there are low end android devices ramping right now. so it's going to get worse before it gets better. that is what i think might open their eyes to a phone shall merger. >> needless to say there is a long road ahead zaol investor star board value is calling on the struggling giant to take action to stop the bleeding. star board has a 4.5% stake in aol and said aol's display business is losing half a billion dollars per year but there is value in aol content properties. and tim armstrong told me he believes aol needs to make more progress. a and markets closed relatively flat today. your bloomberg index down more than 2%, with oracle tanking close to 12% after a ea

the director says the nokia n8 adds the story. >> it's lighting, make-up, set design, set dressing. this was truly shot like a feature film. >> reporter: it's legit. >> if there's one thing the technology industry is about, it's getting things done. you have a much more powerful camera to work with but there's still some things that we need to do with traditional film to make this work effectively. >> reporter: then there's the publicity. lots of social networking fitting for a crew based in silicon valley. >> absolutely. it has that scrappy start up feel to it. just buying the camera from craigslist and building this camera to fit on a mobile phone to now what nay athey are doing release it. >> reporter: it stars a zuker berg. >> forget they are watching on a cell phone and walk out of the theater and say, oh, my god, that was shot on a cell phone. >> reporter: taking what most of us do every day and putting it in lights. the movie, "olive" has an opening date. the crew says it's trying to get screenings here in the bay area, which would be fitting. >> thank you very much. >>> if y

the fbi collected about a thousand nokia tapes that i was able to use for the first time. and you know, i can't imagine being in that crowd that night when all of a sudden this man who you respect it, this preacher, this progressive figure and from disco politics is suddenly saying, unique to plan your death and bellowing out an old woman, calling her names. i can imagine what that would then like sitting there with your child and hearing this conversation. so again, that is what i hope people take away from it took us a better understanding of what happened in john's town and how to trap these people were. he told another tape, you know, has him saying that the people who want to leave were not going to pay your acting way home. if you want to go home, you can swim home. over and over he's telling me know what going home. wow going to be here and i together. and the thing is, i went down there in 2008 and is so isolated even today. in the 70s, people had to take a two-day boat trip up jungle river to get there. and there was no phone. there is a hand radio, that he contro

predicted t-mobile and blockbuster but missed the mark and kia and bp and da this year's include sears, nokia and sony erickson. soap opera digest. movie studio sony pictures. saab. american apparel. a&w and myspace. and they predict the end of a well known but perhaps no longer popular cereal, corn pops. spencer christian. he was always cuckoo for corn pops. no, that is cocoa puffs. >> i didn't like either. too sweet for me. show you today's sunrise and sunset. sunrise in dublin this morning submitted by john. a beautiful sky there. a time lapse view of the post sunset sky this afternoon from the high definition east bay hills camera and that was a gorgeous view of the day, end of the day as well. tomorrow from almost top to bottom statewide, dry and mild ones. wet up around eureka. rain in the southern part of the state tomorrow high temperatures in the 70s. in the bay area another mild day tomorrow with highs mainly in the low to mid 60s. the accuweather seven-day forecast. light drizzle overnight tomorrow night and then rainfall. light rain during the day on friday. be then we clear out f

it's that key intersection where you're looking at where 580 splits off 80 in the oakland area near nokia. you're looking at the back up, we believe in just the last 15 minutes or so some of the lanes did start to reopen and traffic did start to ease a bit. but for those who know the area, you know what a key rout the mcarthur area is. it is the westbound area of 580 that has been affected so just be advised as you go into the area, there's going to be a back up and it's going to take a little bit for that to ease. >> dozens of bay area nurses are half way through their planned 24 hour strike after walking off their job this morning. mike mibach is live with why they'll be out of their job a little longer than planned. >> reporter: they're also going to be locked out as well. these nurses tell us they've been working without a contract for a month. it's been a loud one and it just wrapped up. nurses looking to drive home their point, not just here but a number of other hospitals including alta bates in berkeley. >> thank you for your support. >> and points to be made. >> they're trying to

. >> reporter: first they had to hack into the nokia phone to disable the auto focus function.apart a traditional movie camera to use that lens then attach the phone to the lens which came down to the low tech solution of using double-sided tape. >> that came out remarkably well. >> reporter: to get an aerial shot, they mounted the phone a remote-controlled helicopter. >> had an amazing co-director pat gillis and he built that 35- millimeter lens. he used double stick tape attached it to the cell phone. he is the one who figured out the focusing. the guy is brilliant. so yeah, we were able to accomplish those things. >> 5,000, wow. >> reporter: in full disclosure, he works for cbs radio can be heard on the alice radio morning show. >> and so here's the scoop. >> reporter: that forum has given him some publicity, but it doesn't hurt to have a former facebook exec finance the film. >> it is a very powerful statement to make that you can make this classically beautiful movie with something that you can hold in the palm of your hand. there is this democratizing effect of technology

there were no winners of the nokia theater last night.ust a chance for those nominated to remind recording academy what this premade of. it's time to remember past artists. like song writers nick ashford and jerry lebert with a captivating tribute led by usher. >> beyond those who were nominated there were those who didn't make the top list. neither taylor swift who won last year nor tony bennett who was the oldest person to ever hit number one this year made the cut for best album. whatever suspense was built up will have to wait until february when the winners of the 54th grammy awards are officially announced. >>> lee cowan, cbs news. >>> album of the year or for adele's 21 foo fighters wasting light, lady's gaga born this way. bruno mars and rhianna. >>> five female students suing howard university because of what they say happened behind closed doors. they say the university failed to protect them from a predator. we are live on campus with our top story to tell us what happened. >> that staff member is from woodbridge, virginia and

then sam's song, so would be, -- sony come acer and nokia.hy didn't you give up your apples stuff if this bother you that much? >> guest: if i had given up -- there are no wicked humanity electronics today. i mean there are none. in the electronics not made by foxconn are still by and large produced in the special economic zone when other factories and conditions that are the same or even worse. so, you know, if i get rid of my electronics to buy more electronics and then i've perpetuated the problem. also i think it cuts to the heart of what this monologue is trying to address which is these devices have been a part of our consciousness. the change us in the way we relate to the old. i can't just opt out of my culture. like, there is a valuable way where one can live with water. you could just live in a year on the side of the amount of committed and i would have no impact on anything. i would be among your keating atm paced perhaps but i can't live that way because i believe and communicating with people and so, i need my tools to do it. it

microsoft and nokia plotted to join forces the buy rim.ters also reported amazon considered a bid. i can tell you a very senior tech executive recently told me the deal that's obvious is a solo deal where microsoft buys research in motion and they should do it right away. >>> it has been 138 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? not enough. today fitch called out the deficit super committee for the failure to get a deal done and warned they could downgrade the united states in 2013. go online to our website to watch our interview with representative jeb hensarling, co-chair of the super committee and how responded. >>> a new report that kim jong-il's successor issued his first orders just before his father died. king jong-un ordered troops to return to air bases. it was a dramatic attempt to consolidate power and prevent defections. is it more likely that kim jong-un is only 27 or 28. we don't even know his exact age, is simply in over his head without enough allies and could lose control of the

are new privacy concerns tonight over a piece of software on millions of android, blackberry, and nokiaecurity researcher now claims the software records nearly every key stroke you make from web searches to text messages and then sends that information back to the carriers. the researcher tells fox news he posted a video online which shows the software logging the numbers that he dialed. officials at the company behind the software say they are not tracking anybody. they say carriers only use the information to improve their networks. of course, this isn't the first time we are hearing about cell phone privacy issues. earlier this year researchers discovered the i phone was taking track of nearby cell towers and wi-fi networks. apple officials say the data was anonymous and they released an update to let people opt out. at least nine people killed when a fire broke out in what is reportedly one of the world's most crowded neighborhoods. it tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. hong kong, police say the blaze began in a group of market stalls, then spread to nearby low rise apar

. >> then it would focus selectively -- >> reporter: first, they had to hack into the nokia n 8 phone to disable the auto focus feature, then attach the phone to a lens, which came down to the low tech solution of using double-sided tape. to get an aerial shot, they mounted the phone to a remote-controlled helicopter. >> an amazing codirector, pat gillis, and he built that 35-millimeter lens. he used double-stick tape, attached it to the cell phone. he's the one that figured out the rack focusing. i mean, the guy's brilliant. so, yeah, we were able to accomplish those things. >> 5000, wow! >> reporter: in full disclosure, hooman works for cbs radio, can be heard on the alice morning radio show. while that forum has given him some publicity, it also doesn't hurt to have a former facebook exec finance the film. >> it is a very powerful statement to make, that you can make this classically beautiful movie with something that you can hold in the palm of your hand. there is this democracyizing effect, and that's what i find attractive about the film as a whole. >> reporter: and a zuckerber

microsoft and nokia plotted to join forces the buy rim. according to the "wall street journal."lso reported amazon considered a bid. i can tell you a very senior tech executive recently told me the deal that's obvious is a solo deal where microsoft buys research in motion and they should do it right away. >>> it has been 138 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? not enough. today ratings agency fitch called out the deficit super committee for the failure to get a deal done and warned they could downgrade the united states in 2013. go online to our website to watch our interview with representative jeb hensarling, co-chair of the super committee and how he responded to that. >>> a new report that kim jong-il's successor issued his first military orders before his father died. according to south korea media king jong-un ordered troops to stop field exercises and return to their bases. it was a dramatic attempt to consolidate power and prevent defections. will the move work? is it more likely that kim jong-un is only 27 or 28. we don't ev

category are violence pursued in quest of an ideology, such as militant religions, nationalism, fascism, nokia seven communism, which can license vast outweighs the violence because of a pernicious utopian cost-benefit analysis. if your ideology holds out the prospect of a future world that is infinitely good forever, well, what are you entitled to do in order to attain the world? will come you can commit as much balance as you want and you'll still be making the world a better place by this cost-benefit analysis. also, imagine that you have been saved with the one true faith according to which there is a utopia, to which you can strive. and there are some people who hear about this utopia. but they just up and they reject it. well, how evil at bay? you do the math. arbitrarily evil. and that is why the tails of the distribution of massive violence tend to be pushed outward by utopian ideologies. well, what we have on the other side to counteract these motives for violence? what are our battle angels? ersatz control, ability to anticipate consequences of behavior and inhibit bad impulses. ther

the nokia served a lot in the u.n. and cambodia and elsewhere, so he would be good. >> thank you very much. very commit very entertaining. the soviet experience and what we're going through now. you're right about many points. and i happen to believe that once we switch from the counterterrorism strategy and counterinsurgency, we and large the complexity by, i don't know, exponentially. imagine so we have to deal with now, based on this counterterrorism -- counterinsurgency strategy, which brings in all the complexities with posh dance in pakistan and other countries in this never-ending world. i was surprised and i'm glad you mentioned that there is 4% of the african army is pashtun. >> that's the goal. >> already. even worse. in reality, we are talking about well? [inaudible] >> about 45% of the population, yeah, yes. >> and the additional issue is the worst they're posh dance in afghanistan and passions in pakistan. and we have to see the complexity of the issue. and now to the key question and i thought it very int