so when he have intel and microsoft and other major u.s. companies saying this is absolutely critical to our future i believe them. >> so at what point is they're going to be a spectrum crisis if no action is taken? >> atingua you're on the verge of a spectrum crisis in some major u.s. cities today. the great excitement about the announcement of your eyes and with apple was the fact that a lot of the at&t apple people were frustrated because the at&t service was perceived as a little bit difficult in some areas of the country. so this would give a choice, and there's certainly a lot more to go in that area, but the challenge is not just the service, the challenges we are losing the full motion video and everything we do, if you want hdtv video over the internet and everyone to get hit with not only youtube but netflix and the other services that are about to come we need the spectrum. >> this is c-span's "the communicators" program. our guest is gary shapiro, president and ceo of the consumers electronics association. joining the conversati

and thanks for joining us. the tech sector in focus tonight. from earnings at microsoft and amazon.com to verizon's big deal for computer server farm terremark worldwide, susie, tech was active in after-hours trading. >> susie: tom, lets start with microsoft. a double surprise from the software giant tonight-- better than expected quarterly earnings, and the numbers were released earlier than expected. the report was supposed to come out after the closing bell, but was accidentally released on the microsoft web site 15 minutes early. microsoft earned 77 cents a share in its fiscal second quarter, nine cents more than estimates. revenues also came in better than expected-- about $20 billion. the company credited the sales boost to business customers upgrading their computers, and the debut of its kinect controller for the x-box 360. >> tom: amazon.com also turned in quarterly results after the close. it beat estimates by three cents per share. the sale of electronic books for its kindle reader outpaced sales of old school paperback books. but expenses last quarter increas

&t., boeing, catepillar and microsoft. on monday, our shoptalk series look at private sale websites and why they're one of the hottest trends in retail. more turbulence for british airways. the airline's cabin crew has voted to go on strike again. so far, no date has been set for the walkout. b.a.'s fight with its unions began last year over proposed cuts in pay and staffing levels. now it centers on a withdrawal of perks for union members who went on strike last year. but the airline's news isn't all bad. today, british airways formally merged with spanish carrier iberia, creating europe's third- largest airline. meantime, u.s. airways inked a deal with expedia. the online travel site will provide u.s. airways fare and flight data for several more years. travelers will also have the option of selecting premium seats for an extra fee. financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. the agreement comes as rival american airlines is embroiled in a battle with online travel sites. expedia dropped american fares from its site e

and talk about the big changes at google. >> i think it is time. google is a great company. they beat microsoft and ended off microsoft. dr. schmidt came to the company to babysit the young founders and turn the company into a great ipo. he has done as good job. he came from a nobel and before that he came from semite systems. as a computer science degree. he is perfect as far as the past this. they need him to think it said the box. to really go after face book and to go after companies like apple. >> of us is when disabled we see him during that is different. >> more stuff on face book. i micro level. trying to pump face book out or they do things incorrect late like they're just too big of the situation. google is in the right place. and the no. 1 web page in the world. they're doing something san and becoming more irrelevant. relevance like yahoo. will not happen for 5-10 years. i like that they're making it sooner rather than later. >> 39 running one of the biggest companies of the world. his other known as the guy who really took on face book and did a great bank or a his-luck. he will either get a home run or str

when you have intel and microsoft saying this is critical to our future, i believe them. >> at what point is they're going to be a spectrum crisis if a -- is there going to be a spectrum crisis if nothing is done? >> i think there will be a spectrum crisis any day now. the at&t/apple people were frustrated because at&t was perceived as difficult in certain parts of the country. the challenge is not just the service. the challenge is that we are moving to full motion video. if you want high-definition video for everyone over the internet, we need the spectrum. >> this is c-span's communicators " " program. our guess is gary shapiro. joining us in the compensation in paul kirby. >> 10% of americans get their television signal over the air. do they have the right to do that? do people have a right or three over the air television? >> there is nothing in the constitution about that. people think they have also is of rights that they do not have, like a right to unemployment compensation and a right to health care. these things are nowhere in our founding documents. we have to prioritize and s

and deal with some of the people that are already using that in one fashion or another, you know, the wireless microphone people versus others. but definitely microsoft, spell and others are just waiting for that final decision, and we expect the fcc to do that shortly. >> host: i-shapiro, back to the consumer -- gary shapiro, back to the consumer electronics show and policymakers. coming out of this show, coming out of all this technology, again, what would you like policymakers to know about your industry and how would you like them to react here in washington? >> guest: well, i think policymakers understand as they go out to the ces, and this is democrats and republicans, that basically innovation is pulling the u.s. economy along, and there's a phenomenal matter of innovation out there. it's tough to walk that show floor and not be optimistic about our future as a country, a society and an industry. and you recognize that government isn't the one that necessarily creates the jobs, but government has to make sure entrepreneurs can start because we run that show for the

some analysts feel that is a bigger threat to google than competitors like apple and microsoft. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: another tech shakeup tonight, this one on the hewlett-packard board of directors. four board members that played key roles in the ouster of former c.e.o. mark hurd stepped down today. h-p will replace them with some tech heavy weights. among those joining the lineup: former lucent alcatel c.e.o. patricia russo, and former ebay chief meg whitman. here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." stocks were under pressure today, but some better than expected housing news helped limit the damage. the dow fell two points, the nasdaq lost 21, and the s&p 500 was off a point. trading volume-- about the same as yesterday on both the big board and the nasdaq. home re-sales wrapped up the year with a bang-- december sales jumped over 12%. but overall, 2010 marked the worst year for existing home sales since 1997, with just under five million units changing hands. verizon has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal communications

and this is referring to a consumer watch dog relationship with microsoft. >> and watchers says jerry brown broke a promise saying this proposal will not include pension reform, believing the rising costs will force to us pay higher taxes or push california into bankruptcy. >> and we need to come up with something that is going to be more aligned with what the private sector does, such as a defined contribution system instead of defined benefits system. >> i don't put too much on the table. the whole thing collapses. people are concerned about that. i said during a campaign boy have various proposals. i intend to follow through on tomorrow them. >> the governor believes this two weeks ago calls for across the board spending cuts in all areas. this is except for k-12 education. >> a canal search for a kidnapped 4-year-old boy in stanislaus county will resume tomorrow. police say he was taken last tuesday. divers began searching the canal last wednesday and this is after a car goes into the canal. and cars pulled out and officials temporarily stopped water surge to give divers a chance

everyone feared microsoft and then everyone feared google and now all of a sudden everybody is fearing facebook. >> rose: fear what? >> fear their dominance if you are spending time on facebook that's time you are not spending not just on google but on microsoft, maybe, but you are not watching a cbs show and maybe not reading a book and maybe not reading a newspaper, you are not spending time -- maybe you are not going and hanging out in the mall, so you are -- now you create your own malls, but nevertheless, if you are an existing company, it takes mind share away and if you are an internet based company like google is suddenly you are spending all of your time on planet facebook,not in the realm of the google university. >> rose: what do they plan to do about this? >> they have never succeed in creating a social network, they have one called ocurt which has not been very successful and tried various things without much success and the argument is they don't have the social networking genius gene, whether that is true or not, they have so far failed to do it and terrified of it. i me

those messages have now been restored, and microsoft is trying to figure out what went wrong. comscore, the company that keeps tabs on internet traffic, says hotmail has 360 million users worldwide. >> susie: one of the biggest tax breaks americans take every year is under attack: the home mortgage interest deduction. many people say the deduction is just too generous. tonight's commentator agrees, but says change is all about timing. he's richard dekaser, president of woodley park research. >> when the new congress convenes later this month tax reform is sure to be on the agenda and scaling back the home mortgage interest deduction is an idea that seems to be gaining traction. two bipartisan commissions recently targeted it as expensive and inefficient and asking that we write about that. it will cost the federal government a whopping 100 billion dollars in revenue this year alone. and it is far too generous to home buyers. for example, current law allows tax deductions on up to 1 million in mortgage debt even though the typical house costs less than 200,000. and defending th

futures are lower partially due to disappointing numbers from microsoft and amazon. microsoft is hurt by weak pc sales as more people are buying smart phones and tablets. and they were impacted by holiday discounts and free shipping offers. the bigger news today is fourth quarter gdp coming out in 40 minutes showing how much the economy grew last fall. growth is expected to be boosted by a jump in consumer spending. we also get data out on consumer sentiment and earnings from ford, chevron and honeywell. the dow was up to 11,989. the nasdaq composite rising 15 points to 2755. >>> making headlines this morning, borders is getting another lifeline. they received half a billion in financing from ge capital to pay its vendors and just stay afloat. borders has been struggling as consumers are buying more books online. holiday sales falling 14%. the company says despite securing that money bankruptcy is still an option. there are 700 borders bookstores in the united states. >>> google is inching ever so much closer to releasing android software for tablet devices. several n

. >>> 5:21 if you use hot mail for your e mail there is is a problem with it and microsoft is trying to fix it. they are not saying what caused the problem or how many hot mail users are effected. there was a complaint that old e-mail went to the delete file. it's the most widely used e- mails in the world with 160 million registered addresses. >>> it's truly a winter wonder land in southern california. >>> also the first responders of 9/11 will be getting billions of dollars in federal aid. one local work says it's too little, to late. this may be a different day on the roads than you have seen in the past two weeks. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> good morning. thick fog out there. ly cloud -- partly cloudy. skies temperatures low to mid 50s. >>> we just checked for you. bad weather still has traffic stopped on interstate 5 the main road between northern and southern california. it's making a lot of drivers very unhappy. no traffic is allowe

backed up by hp and microsoft as well. look for that. it was announced at ces.t's where scott budman is. he is in las vegas with the ultimate gadget for your man cave. >> here people are calling it the year of the tablet. there a lost great computers out there. this comes to us froms aer. we have something cooler than a tablet. this is a computer that has the ultimate computer. nick, i know you have the tips in the tablet. what goes into a computer like this. >> that is a unique architecture. for the first time, this is a tech computer. >> you can put your mini kegs in here. it has cooling for the keg. you can power a monitor like this. big screens and it's busy right here. >> how much for the tablet? >> the tablets are thes aer products and they are brand-new. this is a dual core mobile processor and very powerful. >> how much for the keg computer? >> the keg computer, anyone know the price? >> thanks so much from nvidia. more to come. >> the way the computer runs, the beer will be fairly warm. put it on my tab. >> will do. >> we will bring by for a taste test

microsoft says it has found the problem and is making sure it doesn't happen again. but it is not making public what caused the mail to disappear. >>> time now 5:52. a new call for senior citizens to help out. what medicare wants the seniors to start doing and why. >>> plus, the creator of spiderman gets a special honor today. why hollywood will roll out the red carpet. >>> welcome back to the morning news. this afternoon the co-creator of some of the most famous comic book readers. the hulk and fantastic four will be given a star on the hollywood hall of fame. he worked his way up to president and chairman of marvel comics before selling the company. he gave each of his characters a humanness and flaw. until then all comic book heros were seen perfect. >> stanley was the man. >>> the government trying to help crack down on medicare fraud through a program called senior medicare control. it educates seniors all over the country about how to look out for scams. the government estimates it loses about 10% of its annual medicare funding to fraudulent claims made by heal

we've got blackberry tablets and microsoft tablets coming out.s is the product that shows you the future of computers getting smarter to interact. this is a software download that's available now for 30 bucks called lehman zoom. as i lean in it will zoom into the text and it helps me to see if i have low vision, it's really a great thing for people trying to get magnification on small text on website. it's called lehman zoom. it was created at carnegie melon university. it's an interesting way to see how the human computer interface will esolve as we move forward. >> is it just me or is he a lot more popular these days. darth vadder, 33 years old. why not have a darth vadder boom box! oh, yeah! an i-pod or any music input here. it's got a radio. remember that technology. and then check this out. it's got the cd player right there in darth's head. a whole trilogy. we were all wondering what was under his mask. you want me to bring one of those for you? >> sure. very cool, becky. but the music should be da, dada, dada >> call me when the princess l

and the microsoft ceo has surprised visitors by saying that his company is taking up an alliance witha second chipmaker. >> the entire sector was listening attentively as the microsoft ceo gave the keynote speech. in the future, the software giant will no longer rely on chips from intel the team up with a british company called arm instead to take on a rival apple. microsoft still dominates the market with its windows operating system, but it lags far behind apple in tablet computer sales. he said the next version of windows eight will be compatible with chips designed by arm. it will be able to run on all platforms. >> thank you. the dioxin scare in germany is spreading with paltry in pig farms. bigger culture ministry says there's no danger to the public, but it has banned the sale of eggs and meat from animals that were given feed contaminated with the carcinogenic of dioxin. >> work continues on farms like this one, even though an embargo has been imposed on it. he cannot sell his pigs until the meat is checked for the dioxin. >> there are too many. you cannot simply stack piglets

who runs the only american auto company that did not need a government bailout, and a rare interview with the ceo of microsoft, steve ballmer talks the stock price and getting to next year. plus, all the buzz about the hottest new gadgets here, tablets, mobility. but that's just the beginning. you want star power, we got it. by lady gaga is saying picture this. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> here is a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. it is one of the most important barometers of the economy, and it was mixed news on the employment front for the month of december. 103,000 new jobs were created. the unemployment rate fell to 9.4%, down to 9.8%, the largest one-month percentage decline in more than a decade. the new of new jobs created was below economists' expectations. they had prediktd between 150 and 175,000 new jobs. the unemployment rate of 9.4%, though, the lowest since may of 2009. the market started with sizzling success for the new year. the major indexes hitting two-year highs on monday. then mixed midweek. the markets fell on friday. the fed

. >> and the microsoft kin not be fixed, and nobody bought it. 80it is a complete failure, and created in the microsoft labs and it was pulled after a couple of months of low shasales and it was odd, but not catch on. >> the same attempt at google. it was a flop. it was a hit with engineers and some beach but did not catch on with the general public. released, and then pulled. another google failure, with the guild google buzz very few people use it and know how to work it or even what it is. >> and another apple ping and whea communication through couple and now it is confusing, and even seems to push in to buy music. so far, pain has flopped beinping gabriel slate's tech report flocked >> viral also, epic fail and refudiate lake superior state university >> and we spoke to people on the sierras. >> with that epic snowstorm. love, and still had, we will show you how the bay area and the rest of the world rowing in the 2011. >> changes in the law for 2011 that could change and the fact you. >> we will be back. live, from the bay area's news station >> the kron 4 morning news. >> the st

my question -- in 1998 and 1999 we see microsoft being sued for being a monopoly.they own 90% of the market. the u.s. postal service is a monoply. -- monopoly. if the bill passes, will we see the government using the -- clause to form a monopoly on health care? >> that's not the way that the law reads now. but you do, i think, embedded in your question, it is a more interesting phenomenon that speaks to why we ought to revise our laws and re-examine laws constantly, and that is that technology, among other things, changes the boundary between what is thought to be properly in the private sector and what's properly in the public sector. you know, and in a day and an age when few people could afford the super computing capability of a mainframe computer to do certain things, if that was required, you kind of thought well, this has got to be done by government because we don't have the ability to do that as individuals or as states or cities or businesses. but, you know, now we've got a laptop -- i have more computing power in my iphone 4 than -- than did, you know, 1

systems and the antitrust and blocking measures and privacy we are just going after google and intel and microsoft and the best companies and we have to be aware of that. >> you write in "the comeback" make no mistake i'm not opposed to copyright or patent, but i agree with thomas jefferson denunciation of what he called the monopoly of invention which is the jealous guarding of an ovation at the expense of further progress. >> well, that is a very fruitful area to talk about because you have intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, patents. and when we start with patents and copyrights with the same amount of time, less than 20 years, now copyrights' expand so it's almost forever, and the penalty has gotten so high that for a company that elevates it could be subject to billions of dollars worth of damage if you break this unknown copyright law and in french because we have to be very careful. we of the best copyright industry in the united states and we have to protect them from the commercial policy and we have to change the link the term and these huge damages, to hundred 50,000 a day sw

and at&t came in above analysts' expects. yahoo surpassed expectations but offered weak guidance. netflix powered past earnings expectations while microsoft and amazon.com beat analysts' expectations. some of the smartest people in the world gather here at the world economic forum annual meeting, and two of them are with me right now, harvard professors ken rogoth. gentlemen, great to have you on the program. ken, when we spoke a year ago, we were talking about recession. we were talking about getting out of it, and we weren't certainly through it yet. how are things today? >> a year ago, there is no question the mood was relief. we didn't have the great depression. i think now the mood is shifted much more to exuberance. my gosh, i'm making money. i'm making a lot of money there is a bit of lip service about inequality, but that definitely feels to me the theme. >> one has the sense that if you're a ceo in a big international corporation, things are looking a whole lot better. and that's generating euphoria. it's also the equity factor. look at the equity indices and everything looks fine. my concern is leaves an awful lot out of the cou

now the question with japan in the 1980s is whether general electric and microsoft and other american game backed by chinese companies, backed by the chinese government. those leaders of those companies, general electric, microsoft and boeing and others have been meeting with president obama and president hu just a short while ago. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> waiting at the white house. this is the east room, and the news conference, the joint news conference between the chinese president hu jintao and president obama should get underway shortly. it was scheduled to start at 1:05 eastern. the chinese present will be at the state department shortly after 2:00 this afternoon. we will, that as well. we will bring you some of the toast with secretary clinton and others. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> just sitting down on the front row is the former governor of

antitrust and blocking mergers and privacy, they're just going after google and intel and qualcomm and microsoft, and they're going after our best companies, and we have to be aware of that. >> host: and, in fact, you write in "the comeback," make no mistake, i'm no posed to copyrights or patents, but i agree with thomas jefferson's denunciation of what he called the monopolies of invention: >> guest: well, that's a very fruitful area to talk about. you have intellectual property which is protected, patents and copyrights and trademarks. originally when we started out patents and copyrights were the same amount of time, less than 20 years. now copyright's expanded, it's over 100 years, and the penalty has gotten so high that for a company to innovate, it could be subject to billions of dollars worth of damage if you break this unknown copyright law and somehow infringe because it allows -- we have to be very careful. we have the best copyright industries in the united states, and we have to protect them from commercial piracy. but we have to change this length think term and these -- lengthy ter

three men say there was no friction that led to this change, but under schmidt google flew past microsoft and yahoo! in surf and got into mobile devices. google also had a different side to this. schmidt had a public spat with china last year and recently the failed bid to buy online coupon site groupon. that's one shakeup. the other one is the management shakeup 15 minutes north of google's hq. hp is overhauling its board of directors involved in ousting mark herd. they are leaving. hp is naming five new directors in their place, including a former e-bay ceo named meg whitman. a lot is going on in your neck of the woods. are you listening? >> i was listening the whole time. yesterday i got caught not listening to her for those who don't realize. >> reporter: i'm never going to let you live it down. >> hp's board never fails to entertain. it just continues. nicole, thank you. >>> it is a fear many of us, losing our credit card or debit card. this is the answer to that. it is a card with a smart chip inside. the creator explains how it works. >> in order to turn this card on you have to enter

and the microsoft ceo has surprised visitors by saying that his company is taking up an alliance with a second ipke >> the entire sector was listening attentively as the microsoft ceo gave the keynote speech. in the future, the software giant will no longer rely on chips from intel the team up wi arish company called arm instead to take on a rival apple. microsoft still dominates the market with its windows erinsyem but it lags far behind apple inablet computer sales. he said the next version of inwsig wl omtie with chips designed by arm. it will be able to run on all platforms. >> thank you. the dioxin scare in germany is spreading with paltry in pig farms. bigger culture minisy ys there's no danger to the public, but it has banned the sale of eggs and meat from animals that were given feed contaminated with the carcinogenic of dioxin. >> work continues on farms like this one, even though an embargo has been imposed on it. he cannot sell his pigs until the meat is checked for the dioxin. >> there are too many. you cannot simply stack piglets. and the hogs keep getting bigger,eeng sla

in 1998 and 1999 we've seen microsoft being sued for being a monopoly. they owned 90% of the market. the u.s. postal service is a monopoly to eliminate duplicated effort. in addition, my main question is, assuming the health bill, you know, the bill passes, would we see the government using the commerce clause to form a monopoly on health care and they themselves will be providing the service? >> that's not the way -- neast that's not the way the law reads now. but you do -- i think embedded in your question is a more interesting phenomenon that speaks to why we ought to revise our laws and re-examine laws constantly and that is that technology, among other things, changes the boundary between what is thought to be properly in the private sector and what's properly in the public sector. in a day and an age when few people could afford the super computting capability of a mainframe computer to do certain things, if that was required you kind of thought, well, this has got to be done by government because we don't have the ability to do that as individuals

even before egypt heated up, the tech sector was a drag thanks to earnings and guidance last night. microsoft led the dow losers, falling almost 4%. amazon.com shed 7%. job recruitment website monster led the tech sector down, losing a quarter of its value. disappointing earnings and outlook, management changes and the possible i.p.o. of professional networking website linked-in get the blame. speaking of initial public offerings, this week saw the first ones of the year. earlier susie spoke with the chief at bank united on its first day of trading. it wasn't alone this week. adeco-agro is a south american agricultural conglomerate. it cut its initial asking price and saw a nice pop today. interxion operates computer data centers. it also saw some continued interest up 6%. earlier in the week, t.v. ratings company nielsen can public. it remains above its i.p.o. price tonight. and internet content firm demand media also remains above its initial price. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: a new ticker symbol trading here at the nyse: b.k.u. bank united went public today raising $786 mi

and creatings. one thing of interest here for the civil can valley. he says part will be a focus on protecting the intellectual property. >> they are paying microsoft and the people that develop those products for their products. i think you will see the president continue on that main. >> reporter: even though republicans are vowing to hold on the line on republican spending. president obama is trying to vow more money for us and infrastructure. i asked him what he thought people would remember about this state of the union. i will share that with you in my next half hour. >>> the white house has invited some of the touched by the tucson shootings to sit in the first ladies box during the state of the union address. intern daniel hernandez rushed to gabrielle giffords and stopped her bleeding when she was shot. other guests include taylor green's parents. you can watch the presidents speech right here live on ktvu channel 2. it's set to start at 6:00 this evening. >>> supreme court justice will speak next week at an event organized by michelle becomeman and tea party movementen even though they are conservative group all members of congress are invite

users can earn points and badges. microsoft are all incorporating social tv in their services.omplete articles on our website abc7news.com. just look under the must reads tab. >> next time i'm watching w. w. b. roth, i'll tell you about it. an effort to keep consumers from fixing or altering its i-phones. the new screws are called pentalobes with five rounded points. the companies using the screws forcing customers to buy rare and hard to find screwdrivers in order to change out a battery or tinker with other parts. apple has not commented on the change. >> 6:20. the worst hollywood has to offer. a look at the newly announced nominees for this year's razzie's. >> the cutting edge of american warfare. >>> it's 6:24 this monday morning. abc news has been given an exclusive look at an unmanned spy plane. it's being tested at edwards air force base. it can fly at 65,000 feet and see 600 miles in every direction. the wing span is half a football field. the observers powered by liquid hydrogen fuel which allows it to fly for a week at a time if necessary. it's essentially a satellite

stay in the black after announcing its new tablet and smartphone technology will contain chips made by england's arm holdings. the move makes microsoft have ties with intel in favor of the same chip found in apple's iphone and ipad. graphics specialist nvidia got a boost by aligning itself with arms shares technology. sending shares up over 14%. overseas this morning, shares of samsung dipped after a weaker than expected earnings estimate. speculation is swirling facebook could be inching closer to going public next year. the social network revealed plans to increase its number shareholders above 500 which according to security and exchange commission rules would require facebook to disclose key financial data or go public. >>> finally, if you think your holidays are stressful, take a listen to this -- officials at cal state l.a. are apologizing for mistakenly e-mailing 5,000 students to say they had been disqualified from returning for the winter quarter. blamed on a mailing order coding error. yikes! >>> stanford keeps its lucky charm. the nfl playoffs are set to begin, and the postman rings twice in hockey. the lightning's star pl

i'd like the eiffel for and that gave microsoft can smart phones could not be fixed. one bought a completely failed. it was our first and last attempt at a fall that they created in a microsoft lot. it was pulled from store shelves after a few months of low sales. it was a lot clamshell's shape of flip phone that could not catch on. the same thing with kugels attempt at a smart fall this year. the index is one that they built a flop. was a hit with engineers and kiki circles in the tech community but it did not catch all of the general public. it was released and pulled from the market in 2010. another google failure this year? google was. it was their attempt at social networking distill people from facebook and twitter very few people use it know how to work it or even what it is. another social networking flopped apples paying digital tunes has and social network built into it. the a lot people do it's confusing has many limitations and seems to push you to buy music. so far pink has flopped. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> right on the way tonight and more into saturda

in the country and look we've had a good record in russia we like it and we feel very russian in russia we also heard from microsoft reminding people that russia does have a difficult reputation at times abroad tarnished by certain developments was at pains to tell people that they get those problems and that they really want foreigners to come in and they will protect those investments as they've made those promises to pepsico let's listen in to what microsoft had to say the problem is their transparency of oral sedation and number of companies. limited so i would like to come back to this question of rebranding russia and promoting russia because i do find it a few exceptions and this gentleman was one of the few exceptions there are a few really not a good story in russia but there are a few its many positive story so how to rebranded how to promote it more to make sure that all international community knows about russia in the senate these strong country to invest really distance from last year a change in the way that people perceive russia here last year there was a still a little bit of suspicion and a misun

we were just in a meeting with business leaders and steve ballmer of microsoft pointed out that their estimate is that only one customer in every town of their product is actually paying for it in china. can we get better enforcement since that is an area where america exiles, intellectual property, white value-added products and services? >> [chinese translation] >> [chinese translation] >> the chinese government has taken steps to better enforce intellectual property. we have a further agreement as a result of a state visit and president hu will acknowledge that more needs to be done. >> [chinese translation] >> the currency issue is a part of the problems. the r &b is undervalued. the chinese government has entered the forcefully in the currency market. they have spent $2 billion recently and that is an indication to the degree to which of it is still undervalued. president hu has said he is committed to moving toward a market-based system and has been moment but is not as fast as we want. i said to president who that not only will u.s. businesses be able to export more to china if

and no official word from apple. unlike the i phone for antenna gates, microsoft's smart phone could not be fixed. nobody bought it, it completely filled it was the first and probably last attempted phone that they created in the microsoft labs, it was pulled after a couple months. it was an odd clam shape looked all night just could not catch on. and same thing with schools attend that is smart phone their necks is one that the bill flock. it was a hit with engineers and geeky circles, but did not catch on with the general public. it was released and told in 2010. another global failure, bull was an attempt at social networking to sue people from twitter and phrase book. very few people use it hurt how tnot many people know t pain, it is confusing and has many limitations. so far pain has flopped. games like kron4 news. >> so the white fang is that like a white car. >> lots of nice weather coming up though. but tamara afternoon looking mostly sunny and dry weather through the entire week. so looking fantastic. >> looking forward to it that is it for now. we will be back more.

so that dynamic, and microsoft, talk about microsoft being sued as being a monopoly, nobody thinks about anymore. they are worried about google versus facebook versus, you know, what's next? so all of this is we have a very dynamic situation, and one of the precepts that always bothered me is that the ability of the private sector and individuals now technologically is racing along much faster than the ability of space institutions which tend to be slow, cumbersome and clunky to either deal with it or maximize its advantages and things like that.

and texas. some you would know of from microsoft, google, intel, but also companies in boston, and an ice mix of companies. >> what is a technology policy? >> technology policy is all about technology driven innovation. all the way from education to biomedical to social innovation, things that used technology. those are the things that get our attention. >> so specifically when we talk about issues, let's say net neutrality, what is it that technet does when it comes to net neutrality? >> we take a position and we get in the game of policy. the game of policy can be messy sometimes, so we try to reach a consensus among companies. we try to work with companies that are not even part of technet and try to get a coherent policy in place. we work with the fcc, we work with house committees from congressman waxman to senator rockefeller. >> so what is it technet's position on net neutrality? >> it is interesting, because net neutrality is one of those issues -- it is all how you define net neutrality. we live in a time where no one can favor discrimination in terms of the internet. i would say our po

it was a complete failure it was the first and probably last attempt at a fall on the microsoft created in its labs. it was an odd clam shape footfall that just could not catch on. and same thing with the goals attempted a smirk on this year, their necks is one that they built flop. it did not catch on with the general public. it was released and pulled from the market in 2010. another googol failure this year with school bus, an attempt at social networking to still people awake from phrase book and twitter. very few people use it or not know how to work it. another social network flop, at apple's pink, not many people use this. it is confusing with limitations and seems to push music. so far pain has lot. gapes like kron4 news. >> and no more rain for two weeks? >> a drive week looking through this week and into next weekend.