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. >> reporter: opt tom mist david redman says he's seen a steady increase in patients with eye problems from using mobile devices. >> we see the handheld devices bringing computer vision syndrome to a new level. >> reporter: computer vision syndrome affect about 70% of computer users and can cause headaches, loss of focus, blurred vision, and burning eyes. redman says mobile devices can make the problem even worse because the screen is so small. this avid iphone user just had his eyes dilated after complaining of vision problems. >> i'm just constantly reading and it's such a strain on my eyes i feel like i'm going blind. >> reporter: not really but doctors say you should take breaks and remember to blink when using your mobile devices. >> blank more, take breaks. >> reporter: if only there was an app for that. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> half a billion people served. tech crunch is report that facebook is set to announce its 500 millionth user. social networking is such a big teal that a new movie is set to come outen the big screen. it is called the "social network." and the

david ruder, former chairman of the securities and exchange commission. >> tom: with all the news around banking stocks, the earnings, the goldman sachs settlement and the senate approval of financial regulation, that sector was under some pressure today, but technology pushed to the forefront after the closing bell. google was out with its latest results. ad revenue continued to rebound, and youtube saw very rapid growth, according to google's chief financial officer. profits saw a double-digit jump from a year ago, but the earnings per share figure came in seven cents less than anticipated. the stock was little changed during the regular session, but after the close, shares were down by more than 4.5%. two days after its big competitor intel turned in record results, advanced micro devices reported record second quarter revenues of its own. bottom-line earnings turned around from a year ago loss and easily beat expectations. a-m-d also expects third quarter revenues to grow. while shares were fractionally in the red ahead of the earnings, after hours, the stock jumped 3% if it can hold

david cameron. after that meeting, cameron said he understands americans' anger over the gulf spill and said b.p. must be held accountable. >> tom: still ahead, this chicago duplex is getting a new lease on life with help from uncle sam. we look at a plan rehabbing foreclosures and reselling them. >> susie: apple was the top banana after the market close today. the stock surged more than 3% after the company released stunning quarterly results. apple earned $3.11 a share, 40 cents more than estimates. net income jumped 78% in the fiscal third quarter. revenues were also better than expected-- up 61% to a record $15.7 billion, a billion more than analysts expected. for more analysis, we turn to our in-house technology guy, scott gurvey. scott, wow, that was some quarter. >> it was a blowout quarter for apple, and reason has to be all of the gadget products which every fan has to have. apple sold 8.4 million iphones. it sold 3.3 million of the new ipads, and it also moved respectable numbers of macintosh computers and ipod music players. steve jobs promised more new products in the second half, and apple's stock soared in after-ho

department of agriculture, as with newshour political editor david chalian, the administration apologizes to a fired employee. >> lehrer: plus, a tom bearden oil spill report on the dispute over how to block the flow of oil into threatened tidal estuaries in louisiana. >> woodruff: and, on this 60th anniversary of north korea's attack on the south, jeffrey brown revisits that first hot conflict of the cold war, and explores its continuing legacy with warren wiedhahn, a u.s. marine veteran of the war, plus historians michael beschloss and alex roland. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the campaign to toughen financial regulation in the u.s. reached its climax today. it came nearly two year

david baumforth, senior principle with mwh, montgomery watson hargrove, a major international consulting firm. he's with their offices outside of london and they on do work for us as well. the last speaker is tom franza with san francisco puc. we will have some questions among the panelists and a little bit of discussion, but our goal is to leave a minimum of half an hour for interaction with the audience so we will try to get on with it briskly here, starting with will. . >> thanks so much, mary. first off, what i would like to do is acknowledge somewhere out in the audience is leslie lako of our staff. leslie, can you stand up? there she is. leslie lako is the creator and manager of the project that we have at bcdc to deal with climate change and sea level rise. as usually is the case, she does all the work and so of course i get invited to speak. i want to make it clear that any errors, omissions, oversight or inappropriate comments are my responsibility. any facts, solid analysis and clear logic belong to leslie. leon canetto likes to tell the story about the learned professor and scientist who is on the rubber chicken circuit making speeches about a particular subject and the university p

. >> osgood: mission impossible ii with tom cruise was the number one film ten summers ago. as for this summer's big adventure films, our davidthem. >> reporter: the brontosaurus budget action movies of midsummer are inception and salt. together, they cost nearly a third of a billion dollars. the pre-release hype for christopher nolan's inception was particularly intense. he made the dark knight. fans of that movie had a lot invested in this one being great. now that the movie has been out a week, the talk has shifted to what on earth is going on in it? >> i can access your mind even your dreams. >> reporter: leonardo decap rerow plays a man who can jump into people's dreams and extract their secrets. this time though he and the team that includes ellen page and joseph gordon levitt have to jump into a billionaire's head and plant an idea which is supposedly more difficult than extracting one. they have to trigger dreams, dreams within dreams, and dreams within dreams within dreams. it takes a lot of sorting out. in the end what you get is a clunky formula hodgepodge. oceans 11 visits the matrix with some freud, some buddha a

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> obviously a story we will continue to follow here. to other news, it's in place a massive piece of the bay bridge will make up a signature tower. tom vacar has been out there all day long and is out there with more. >> reporter: frank, let's go upstairs to chopper 2. what you are look at is the current construction going on on the bay bridge. which has been going on for many, many years, of course. but this time what they are doing is putting in the initial parts of what will rise and be a real icon for the san francisco bay area. in fact, we have not seen this scale of construction since the depression. shown here sped up with the giant barge crane, bridge crews touted up what will be the signature span of the new eastern bay bridge. >> as beautiful as this remarkable tower will be -- and it indeed will be beautiful -- the critical factor of this seismic retrofit is our emergency preparedness. >> reporter: these structures will fund the base of the 5 0- foot tower but more than its beauty it will be prepared for just about with anything mother nature can deliver. the tower is made up of four independent legs. it's connected togeth

david leigh of the "guardian" and media watcher alex jones on the journalism impact. >> ifill: holly pattenden of "business monitor international" in london looks at the corporate shake-up at b.p. >> lehrer: tom bearden reports from the alabama gulf coast on kenneth feinberg and the complicated mission of compensation. >> and the lead is still tied up they still compensation hasn't been forth coming. >> when i was a young person working in these places, didn't see a way out. and i certainly didn't think the way out would be this. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the big release of afghan war documents continued to rocket through official washington today. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage of the wikileaks story. >> reporter: as u.s. troops prosecuted the war in afghanistan today, officials past and present worried about the effects of wikileaks making all that mater

david, our own executive director. [applauue] and of course, house republican leader john boehner. [applause] and our own president. charlene will now introduce the attorney general tomcorvinbin. >> thank you. two years ago during this convention in virginia, we heard from bottoming donald. we are very proud of our attorney general. tom corporat, corporathe is knos fair and unwavering prosecution of officials who betrayed the public trust -- [applause] and for making pennsylvania a better and safer place for all of our families include our honorable band members. please, welcome him. [applause] thank you. i certainly appreciate the invitation to attend here today. on behalf of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, let me welcome you to pennsylvania, to my home town. we certainly enjoy it here. how many of you are from out of state? wow. come here and spend a lot of money, please. [laughter] we certainly need help with our budget. i hope yet had an opportunity to see southwestern pennsylvania, and especially pittsburgh. we really enjoy the beauty we have here. i always come home to western pennsylvania. it is a beautiful vibrant city in pittsburgh. i encourage you to go s

david olsteen. [applause] and house republican leader john baynor. [applause] our own president, dr. wanda f ond. [applause] charlene will now introduce the attorney general, tom corbett. [applause] >> thank you, darling. two years ago, as you recall, we had the privilege of hearing from the then attorney general and now gov. bob macdonald. we in pennsylvania are very proud of our attorney general. in fact, tom corbett's decisive victory in november 2008 for reelection was probably one bright spot in a day we would otherwise like to forget. as attorney general, he is known for his column and forthright demeanor, his fair but on waiver of prosecution of public officials who betrayed public trust. [applause] anbar making pennsylvania a better and safer place for all of our families including our unit test and the most vulnerable family members. please welcome attorney general tom corbett. [applause] >> thank you, charlene. i appreciate the invitation to attend today. on behalf of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, let me welcome you to pennsylvania, my home town. i know tim will say the same thing. for those of you, how many of you are from out of state? can i se

joined by tom scully, the former head of the center of medicaid and medicare to discuss their future. "washington journal" is next. . . over at the white house, president obama meets with david cameron at 11:00, followed by a working lunch, and then the two men will hold a jet -- a joint press conference. another fight is brewing and capitol hill about whether or not elizabeth warren should run the new consumer protection agency. created by the financial regulation bill that president obama is slated to sign into law this wednesday. we want to get your reaction this morning. what do you think? effigy run that agency? "the wall street journal" has the headline, "democrats agonized monday over whether or not president obama should take the lives of more and to be the first finance regulator, an indication of the intense fight to come. she is one of at least three finalists for the post created by overhauling financial regulation. many bankers and republicans claim that she would be an activist regulator, pushing for policies that would crimp of bank profits and consumers access to credit. she would need some republican support to survive senate confirmation. liberals have push