so what makes chrome book better? well, it's much simpler. google handles all the virus protection and updating. as the company says in an ad, as long as you don't throw the thing in a river it will work. even if you do throw it in a river, all your stuff will be safe, laura, because it's not actually stored on the device. it's stored up at google in the cloud. >> which is fantastic, and that's going to make it tempting for people to three te in throw the river. what happens if google itself goes down? >> basically you're out of luck, but what's your likely to happen? that you break your own laptop, or google breaks google? google has thousands of engineers to fix their end of it. it's more than likely that you're safer going with google. >> right. and no insult for asking that question to the big wheels at google this morning. >> one of the two. yeah. >> there you go. you're my i.t. guy. thanks so much. good to know. >>> well, we're out here live at justin herman plaza. beautiful san francisco morning out here. we've got a lot more on two bi

chrome computer, a simple computer running google's chrome operating system and works by connecting toall storage and apps are in the cloud. google just announcing this. several to choose from, from acer and samsung at first and then other companies later. it should cost about $350, and will be on sale at places like amazon.com later this summer. but here's the thing. it's really just a laptop. in fact, compared to some other laptops, just checking the "choniccal" it's expensive. one compact $299. so what makes the chrome book bet jer well, it's much simpler, google says. it handled vishs protection and updating on the google end so you don't have to do anything. the company snez an ad, as long as you don't throw it in a riv ter will work. even if you did, all your stuff would be safer, laura, because nothing is stored on the device itself. it's so that makes it safer, at least as long as the google cloud is working. >> there you go. you know, the vault is safe with your stuff. don't go throwing it in the river. good viceviad.ce s .schanmuo . >>> waking up here in san .schanmuo . >>> w

the search giant is launching computers powered by its chrome operating system in june. you can buy them at amazon and best bestby.com. they steer people to use applications like e-mail and spread sheets directly on the web instead of downloading programs to your hard drive. back to you, scott. >> all right. thank you much >>> meanwhile, christina has a look at the forecast. >> good morning, scott. pretty good looking day for the second half of date, just like yesterday. of course, if you live in the bay area for any duration of time, you're used to the fog at this point. and coastal fog, picking it up orch the satellite imagery. that's how deep it is and it will make the inland push just as it did yesterday. this is what's happening. we're seeing a really significant change in our overall pattern. the jet stream is taking a dip. as we head through this weekend and the first part of next week we're dealing with a pretty rainy weather pattern. this is what's happening. looks like it's slowing down a little bit. we were expecting a first round of rain on saturday. you'll g

the chrome. this looks like brushed stainless steel. what you do not see is brass, and press has really become -- is in favor these days. kroll is probably the most popular. it is similar to in kitchen appliances, stainless steel. is good. it goes with all color schemes. >> there was a recent change to san francisco's codes that said you could not have more than one sitting turned on at any more than one time. so you cannot have multiple salaries and more for water savings. >> right. a lot of people like showers for two, and now, you are saying one valve for one shower. >> i think you could probably sit flow rates could be adjusted, and you could probably make it happen, but it is beginning to be very tightly regulated. tell us, when people come in to buy, what is it that they like? what are they actually buying? >> a lot of it has to do with style. first is for the lab faucet's. you have the widespread, the two handles, hot and cold. very modern design. >> people like modern. >> people like modern, but we are in san francisco, so we ge

. >> late last week they started announcing that they would have this chrome book, which is hardware. they tried hardware one time before and that was cell phones, decided, that's not what we do. why go into hardware again, do you think? >> they're not making the hardware. they're making the operating system -- >> you're right. it's samsung and it's acer that's doing -- why get involved in yet another thing? maybe that's the better question. >> well that's it. google wants to push the world to where its vision is. if they can create something and give it away and seed the world with these trojan horses for google products, that's very, very good for them. i tried to pin them down, exactly where, how well it's doing, how much does the android system, which is the biggest selling mobile phone platform now, how much that is boosting their searches and revenues, they say, it helps us, people do more searchsearches, but they h broken it down. they're more apak thopaque than. >> go ahead, jon. >> on the chrome book, one of the strange things about it, it only works when you're online. it's

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. >>> google announced its first notebook computers running their chrome operating system will go on sale next month. they say the net books will cost between $350 and $500. >>> a battle is brewing with aspca and the complaint centers around high-profile fund- raising. >> reporter: the music and the animal faces make this tv ad hard to watch and forget combined with a plea from singer sarah mclachlan, the aspca pulled in more than $1 million in 2009. some animal shelters say that everyone know where their money is going. >> how much money did you get? >> we have never received money from the aspca. >> local animal shelters are not affiliated with the aspca and that is at the heart of the complaints filed with the state attorney general's office but it says ads like this one are deceptive. >> it is not say that the money goes back to a aspca shelter which is in new york city. >> we believe it is in the millions. >> we show this ad to people. >> i have seen this one thing i'd do you think it is misleading? >> no, not really. >> i think it is just misleading. >> i received a written res

if you don't like chrome or you want this to be brass or oil rubbed. this can be separated and taken out and replated. or at the very least buffed and polished and made to look better than it currently does. >> which is not bad. >> go to a plumbing show room and find me something with this weight. >> a lot of the stuff is easily accessible. a screw and nut here and you take it apart >> the newer hardware you can't do that. the washers you can take it out and find something that will fit inside. >> books that we will show you a diagram of how to change washers it's not hard. >> i have some old very nice wood cabinet it's painted by the previous owner. what's the best way sanding that is really dusty and -- >> you want to ship it down to the natural surface or repaint it. >> if you are concerned about lead you can test it to see if it's hot and what the lead content is if it's low sand it, prime it and repaint it. >> they have a contractor doing those things coming to your house and strip it. >> well, there are painters in san francisco who make a big ch

it will run on gogol's new operating system called chrome. web based, this laptop will not use any software. if documents, games anything you do with the normal computer you can do on this using gogol's free web based software and programs. think of it as an internet based notebook. everything you will do you will use the web. the major advantage? it's why fire and three g service unable to you could take anywhere in the world and all your computer digital life with you. in that sense a kind of blend the smart phone with a net book. the crown books has a 12.1 in. screen, a full-size keyboard and an oversize multi touch trackpad. it comes into colors the dark silver and white. it uses a solid state hard drive so it puts up superfast it takes only eight seconds to turn on and get to surfing on the web. the new card where its but what gives it a long battery life up to 14 hours. it has a built-in web cam. the samsung google crawl book goes on sale june 15th and cost $429 for the wife i only version and $499 for the y 5 + 3 g. version. gabe slate

water type extinguisher it's a chrome big thing that holds 2-1/2 gallons of water. 30-40 feet away is the maximum, you want to get closer. flood it with water you can put your thumb over the tip and it fans it out. dry chemicals, inside here this is a bc this is one you might have in your car. it's not used on wood, paper, classic fires only on flammable liquid and electrical fires that's what you use in your car. if will have a pressure gauge. metal handle and it will have a good sized rubber nozzle and the label and all that will tell you the fire it's for. pass, pull the pin out. aim the nozzle. squeeze the lever. don't squeeze it and class 6 this happens. don't shoot the instructor in the foot because when you hold it, hold it here and don't squeeze down when you pull the pin and squeeze it will shoot down. keep your thumb out of the way and aim at the base of the fire. you sweep slowly back and forth and move in closer. don't be afraid. the closer you get the more dry chemical powder you will put on the fire and it will go out faster. stay low. before you enter a room feel the do

. >> reporter: shiny chrome and fresh paint is nice to look at. it's what they can do with these trucks that is exciting. >> it's rewarding when the people that are doing the work have some say in designing it. >> reporter: you heard right. firefighters, emts all had input as to what equipment to get. which means an engine 15 is design for east view. engine 57 for spare owes point. >> in particular here at sparrows point we have a ladder tower that can gain access to some of the higher buildings. hopefully mitigate an incident a little bit sooner. >> reporter: with some of the latest technology at firefighters' fingertips, the $1.8 million of equipment is worth every penny. >> the money we spent for this equipment and the millions of dollars, but it's well worth it because we're going to use it to save lives. >> reporter: the new ambulance are going to dundalk to help heal an old wound. >> coming out of the near 2010 , watching ours go down literally in flames, you know, that's hurtful. that was a lot to deal with. we were there. and then for it t

that critical part, seen here in fluorescent green, is a tila mere, they are the caps at the end of chrome zones that protect your food. >> tila meers have been compared to the tips at the end of the shoe lace. >> reporter: doctor har lay can accurately measure the lengths of an individual tila mere. as to why length is important. >> very short tila meers are what are behind a lot of age- related diseases. >> reporter: just like the tip of a shoe lace shortened tila meers can you at a high risk of cancer, dementia. chronic stress can do that. >> they do shorten them. >> reporter: tila meers are the one part of your dna you can actually change. >> they can shrink or increase in length depending upon your lifestyle and risk exposures. >> reporter: the idea? get an annual tila mere checkup. >> if you have short tila mere lengths and their rapid reductions in the length of the tila mere it may be indicative there is a problem in the health area. >> reporter: they may prescribe a dye et, stress reduction, which may slow down the shortening of their tila meers. a change may occur in as little as

. >> that's one of the reasons why samsung is one of the first countries to come out with a chrome bookthe next couple of months, it's got ssd. almost instant on. not taking terribly long to fire up and get going. and using the cloud. >> that's right. so again, i think the cloud is a business model is a key paradigm shift we're seeing in this industry. as is this, this instant-on type flash storage that is enabling smartphones, tablets and all these other disruptive consumer electronics devices. the notebook manufacturers are going to step up their game and follow suit to have the tablet-like experience. >> you think it could be a game-changer in the laptop market because of this? >> it's the cloud in general will continue to play a role in sort of changing or being a game-changer in terms of how people utilize pc technology, laptop technology. tablet technology and how and where they store and access that data. >> there's a point that the server market, too, could come into a need for flash. there is so much less power used. and it's a huge issue for the huge server farms is the tremen

. >> reporter: sheeny chrome and fresh paint is nice, but it's what they do with the trucks that hashe crews excited. >> it's rewarding when the people that are doing the work have some say in designing it and that's something we are proud of here in baltimore county. >> reporter: you heard right, firefighters emts and instructors of the training facility had an input of what equipment to get. eastview is designed for eastview and sparrows point sparrows point. >> we have a ladder tower that can gain access to some of the higher buildings in and hopefully mitigate an incident sooner. >> reporter: with some of the latest technology at firefighters fingertips, the 1.8 million dollars worth of equipment is worth every penny the county executive ken kamenetz. >> the money of dollars spent for the equipment is well worth it because we are going to use it to save life. >> reporter: the ambulance medic 106 and engine 6 are going to dundalk to heal an old wound. >> coming out of the fire in 2010, watching ours go down literally in flames you know, that is hurtful and that was a lot to deal w

their annual development company conference was overshadowed by their new music service and the chrome from and recorded in instantly stream them use the cloud on their portable electronic componentry. starting thousands of titles available. competitive the priced at $1.99 >>gabe: this is a big deal, that apple has offered this and now android cannot rent movies on their devices. renting to the and for market. now, and for is able to rent movies. after you make your choice. you have 30 days to watch it. and then you have 24 hours. after 24 hours it will expire. with streaming and the quality is great or you can download police to your tablet, or smart phone rent and watched! with the and tried marketplace. withthe android marketplace. and updates are coming soon for their additional accessory components using the android platform. >>pam: a picture has gone of viral just six months ago that a video showing six year-old getting it passed down. now, this pat down. this eight month old baby is being held. two of the two s eight agents. we have heard that this stroller set off the alarm. fr

that's why it's burning out of chrome. there were early reports of an explosion. point, we don't know what may have caused it. smoke can be seen all the way to l.a.x. and the 110 freeway. there are no evacuation but there are homes nearby and we'll keep you updated throughout the newscast. >>> analysts believe this year tech companies will add about 150,000 jobs. among the companies hiring, palo alto-based facebook. stanford student matt bush is one of the new hires. >> i know a lot about the company, thought a lot about it. written papers on it. >> facebook is one of the many silicon valley companies in the process of expanding and leasing more office space. others include google, hewlett- packard and motorola. >>> one silicon valley giant has toppled another for the title of world's most valuable brand. apple's brand value going up 84% in the past year to $153 billion. the cupertino-based company passed a previous number one google which saw its value drop 2%. it's now number 2. ibm, mcdonald's and microsoft rounding out the top 5. >>> it is 6:26. coming up, the

i'm expecting them to get a new thing called the chrome os a form of laptop when you turn it on it'smmediately in the browser no windows no mac operating system you do everything in the browser. this is google's vision of the world so to get laptops on the market today that are ready to be operated could be one of the big announcements. >> how do you keep up with all this? >> work at it really hard. >> forever changing. >> that should be interesting. you will have windows, mac and just the web. so the vision here is that the web is the operating settlement. and you no longer have to have the operating system that you have to measure with the bugs, issues, it gets slower the longer you have the computer. the web would be where you just go immediately -- the problem is when you're disconnected you don't have your stuff. >> do you ever get overwhelmed with all the changes? >> every day. every day. yes. [ laughter ] >> i try to swim back to the top. >> thank goodness you come on every week to keep us updated. >> cnet editor at large brian cooley, thank you. >> thank you. >>> it is 6:51.

remember they laughed at us when we came to indy because we cleaned the floor up in the shop, we had chromeheels or polished wheelsz and they said they're the -- polished wheels, and they said he's the college boys. he was the bedrock of our penske racing team. >> charlie: do drivers have one common quality, that's what you have seen? >> the ones we hire are ones that know how to win. we have not hired a driver in, i think, in our career as penske racing that haven't won in some series. i think first they have to understand how to win. they've got to have the technical expertise to communicate with the engineering team because today it's very technical and i would say third they've got to communicate commercially because -- with the sponsors today, it's important, so this is a well rounded individual and i would say the business-to-business relationships that we have with our major sponsors is so important, and to me we ask them to do a lot off the track and on the track, but to me, they want to win and they're committed. this is not a place where you show up with your helmet on a saturday

you don't have files on this chrome operating system. basically the browser is your operating system. i asked larry page, larry, you're a search company and you have two operating systems. and he said to me "only two?" >> rose: so other than facebook, what's the challenge for google? >> i think the biggest challenge is thinking like a small company when it's big. and this is something that has bedeviled the founders, particularly larry, since the company started growing at a rapid rate really in the early 2000s. >> rose: have to maintain the culture they started with? >> and the nimbleness. the internet is getting products out in a big hurry, even if they have to be in beta for years. they want them out there and they want their people to feel creative and non-constrained and not have to answer to middle management. i looked into the hiring process. one of the things they really select for very closely is ambition. larry's a very ambitious person. he feels... >> rose: how do they measure ambition in the process of hiring employees? >> th

from the money from washington that we kept and loaned the conglomerate that built the building for chrome interest rates were 18% those days. we loan that is zero and just a couple of years then when they paid it back half's to be washed through the economy twice before the city could take it. then it went to cooks in america and when i came back to office i said you do not need city money. i was going to put it back in the budget but trinity said a couple million bucks. we said we would embellish the endowment from the building of the of building at state center. that is how that happened. there are so many other things like where you take the money you give from texas so you can fix a certain area. fell was done with techs entombment all the spin macquarie put a million dollars into the performing arts center, i said you keep calling this the ocean state theater. this day long give you one time. the last 304,000 -- $300,000.2 change the name of the theater. what to? i said anything with the name providence the new is the providence performing arts center if they change the name of the t

and one of the things the engineers at mountain view talk about was this product called chrome. and that was a year away. so, they knew they could trust me to keep my mouth shut and not preannounce products there. but knowing about a lot of things that were going on at google that weren't public opened up a level of trust. people could talk to me about something which wasn't public. i think they came to feel that they could unburden and other things, and i also have to give google a lot of credit. a lot of time i would begin an interview and there would be a communications person in the room, more often than not, and sometimes they would look over at the person, you know, at karen, who is in the audience, can we say this? and she said, be frank. be frank. go ahead. and they did. and after a certain amount of time -- i was talking to eric once, and he was asking me how it was going, before we went into our interview. and i said, it's funny. learning to play guitar. at certain point you stop looking down at where you're fingers are and you just play the music. that's the way i fel

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