that came from ibm. ibm has been able to continuously re-invent itself. incredibly rare, especially in a field that moves at the pace of the field we're in. >> let's take a final look at the stock market action in europe. the financial and social turmoil in greece is weighing heavily on sentiment across these markets. as you can see, the cac 40 still down by 0.9%, the zurich smi and paris cac 0 are also down almost 1%. that's it for this edition of "world business today." i'm nina dos santos at cnn london. "world one" is next.

again, 100 years of ibm and big blue. our guest, bernie myerson, vice president of innovation at ibm. >> susie: interesting stuff to think about. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, june 16. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> be more. pbs.

. >>> 100 years ago today four companies merged to become ibm.to compete with the new kids on the block. michelle miller has this report. >> reporter: it's a logo known the world over, three simple letter that spell a quantum change in information. ibm launched the computer age, landed a man on the moon and developed the world's first super computer. "wired" magazine's john abell says it's a company that doesn't act its age. >> reporte >> it's a corporate senior citizen but acts like a young teen entrepreneurial startup. >> reporter: ibm employees may have looked conventional but founder thomas watson sr. enjurnlgded them to think unconventionally and write their ideas down on the original think pad. >> which is what ibm eres carry around in their pocket. >> reporter: ibm archivist paul lasowitz. >> jot down notes and inspiration whenever it came to them. >> reporter: right here, you listed goals. >> a little bit of motivation. >> reporter: motor gags l >> reporter: motivation led to this, an invention the way the world handled data, revolution t

happy birthday to ibm, also known as international business machines. this is an old company film that tells the story how ibm set up operations in the south bay. here's ibm trivia for you. the company was first called the computing tabulating recording. doesn't quite roll off the tongue, it was founded june 16th, 1911 and the computing giant also produced meat and cheese slicers in the beginning. >> that's funny. thanks for joining us, "nightly news" is next and we'll be back at 6:00.

. >>> ibm scientists develop a bug to terminate super bugs. and... new therapy, how it can helpng patients cope with >> eric: ibm researchers are developing a small solution for about v big medical problem. karina rusk reports on the breakthrough. >>> they are developing a new weapon in the fight against super bugs, mersa. it's a growing strain that kills an estimated 19,000 americans every year. the big breakthrough is 50,000 times smaller than the thickness of human hair. >> this happens to be a cross. microbe that goes into pathogens. >> reporter: they refer to them as ninja particles because it's fast, accurate and precise. >> they have a magnetic quality. searching out the cell walls resistant to antibiotics. here is dangerous cell mrsa sell prior to treatment and this is after an enter counter. >> go in and latch on and take it out and punch a hole through. >> lab tests show that it destroys mrsa without affecting hell their red or white blood cells. they have pawd with a lab in singapore and they hope they can find a niche in modern medicine.

this morning, ibm rang the opening bell on wall street. and the ideas that shaped a century and a company. happy 100th birthday, ibm. let's go back over to tori. >> certainly a big milestone. thank you pam. >>> 7:20, the boston bruins are the new champions of hockey. but many say the fans they appeared to have beat appear to be sore losers. >>> good morning, westbound highway 4, busy here and also busy in other spots. we'll break it down for you, straight ahead. Ñw? >>> 7:23 this morning, police are still patrolling the streets of vancouver, after frustrated fans set fires and overturned cars. police made dozens of arrests the riot started moments after the canucks lost. vancouver was shut out 4-0. it was boston's first nhl title since 1972. police report only a handful of arrests during street celebrations in boston after the bruin's big victory. >>> a new kind of left turn arrow is catching on in some cities, including right here in the bay area. take a look, it's a blinking yellow left turn arrow. it allows you to make a left turn after

>> we worked every day up there many, many hours and this is the least we can do. >> reporter: ibm's offer to help couldn't have come at a more desperate time for the city. yesterday the council voted to cut budget by $150 million, the largest deficit ever, and lay off dozens of cops. without volunteers, a city biologist says they would have to make due without the vital data. >> well, there is one of me. and that would make my job a lot harder. it definitely -- we have a lot of creeks in san jose, we have over 150 miles of creeks, and i can't be everywhere at once. >> reporter: all the free work that these volunteers are doing collecting these water samples is not cheap. if you add it up over time, it could cost millions of dollars. what if you asked the mayor for the millions of dollars? [ laughter ] >> well, i think we would probably end up pretty low on the list of priorities. >> reporter: ibm fellow laura haas says even during a budget crisis it's important not to lose sight of the big picture. >> it's very hard, i think, to get the city to put money into, quote, none essentials

the ibm name came in 1924. among some of big blue's invention the first hard disc drive t floppy disc, the atm, bar codes, thank you very much, the strip on the back of your credit card we can't live without. i can't. this is interesting trivia, skoxt if you bought a share of ibm in 1924, it would be worth $539,000. >> one share. >> one share. >> that's phenomenal. and the hard drive in almaden valley. thank you very much. the summer son sert series you might think about going online and searching for a deal. scammers know you're coming. vicki nguyen shows us how to make sure what you are buying is legitimate. >> reporter: there's nothing like saying i was there, man. >> but in the scramble to get the tickets we sometimes let our guard down. >> i'm frustrated. >> reporter: keenan did. he skyped with us from canada where he was swindled out of $2200. >> i'm flat broke. >> reporter: he put on ad on line to the sold out music festival. he was quickly contacted by jason who said he was affiliated with stub hub. but

. >>> and happy 100th birthday to ibm.lue as it's known helped launch the computer age, developed the world's first super computer and helped land a man on the moon. at its peak ibm employed over 400,000 people. in recent years ibm successfully reinvented itself switching from hardware to software. in 100 years, betty, wow, incredible. >> a lot of history there, a lot of people affected by the computers. appreciate it. >>> a scare for soul singer josh stone. two men were arrested near her house accused of plotting to rob and possibly kill her. police found swords rope and a body bag in the car. it's unclear if stone was home at the time. the 24-year-old singer says she is doing fine. >>> in cleveland get ready for a stinky exhibit at the rock 'n' roll hall of fame, lady gaga's meat dress she wore last year at the mtv awards. again, last year. it goes on display today. officials say the dress was kept in a meat locker and treated by taxidermists. wonder how that smells today, hmm. >>> the motion picture academy is making ch

>>the project is still in its research and testing phases and ibm isn't working alone. they've joined forces with california's department of transportation which provides data from thousands of traffic monitoring sensors. meanwhile, at the university of california in berkeley, professor alex bayen is sharing his research on mobile sensing. >>bayen: we are working jointly on developing algorithms, and we have some data agreements which enable us to exchange data in the proper institutional context. >>reporter: this real time congestion map of the san francisco bay area has been created using transport agency data plus data from smart phones. >>bayen: typically the smart phone is able to capture its position, its speed, lots of different parameters. and if you have a lot of this data you can put it in models that can recreate traffic at a global scale. >>reporter: being able to see into the future might help one aspect of your journey. but getting from point a to point b is only part of the challenge. >>harrison: so you've made it into town using all the latest technology

and ibm, i am trying to connect these things on pretty much a lack of information at the moment. it seems that salesforce has done a pretty nice job in their architectural work with respect to their campus. one of the comments i noted in the paper was that they seem to have opened up the campus to the public with access ways and open space areas. that kind of attitude seems to me to be very good for san francisco. when companies take that attitude, i noted in the paper there is a proposal from apple to create a new campus with some kind of circular building that seems to be totally the opposite of what salesforce is doing. of course, i do not have details. there may be penetrations into that, but the secular space of the courtyard in between does not seem to be as penetrable as the salesforce campus. some clips from mr. jobs also indicate that he may not be quite as attuned to what apple may do for cupertino as salesforce seems to be doing for san francisco. he basically said they could not build it here, we would just go somewhere else. >> [inaudible] commissioner sugaya: is in

the ibm guys are like, we're happy with partitions. no, no, pre-structured driving. and of course there is a bunch of back-and-forth about that. i mean, they were basically -- they basically came to us and said we want to buy all your software. you know, where do we get an operating system? languages seem great in any way, the rest is history. so we were really coming into, as kids and are late 20s, young men and early 20th company know, we knew was going to be fake, but we have no idea how big the opportunity because everybody wanted to make ibm. >> with a space question. what do you expect from spaceship one? a true commercial spaceship company, maybe an early lockheed? >> well, richard branson has rdt can capacitance in the license to the spaceship one technology and i think it not too long poster flying people what paying passengers into space and basically it goes straight up and come back down in a period of half an hour and it's amazing. you're floating away if her about five minutes. that's going to be exciting. but when it is logically played, i was used to

please describe interactions with ibm late 70's. so basically microsoft, you guys said, were not going to where ties. >> a famous story. he forgot to bring in time. they had to buy ad time at the last second. but by the time in seattle, you know, it was just really, you know, i was on pins and needles. the basics we were going to do, i was so afraid that there would be but said, which there were. just a couple. a couple of bugs in there. i put hooks and so that i could replace any bad areas. those turned out to be invaluable. the basic thing about ibm is that they didn't, there is a story in the book where we are arguing about the fact that they're always delayed. and i this section should be in two. zero. ibm wanted partitions. this list of directories. i cannot claim credit. they were part of unix back in the day. you know, ibm guys are like tomorrow, we are happy with petitions. and then, of course there were a bunch of back-and-forth. they were basically told you know, came to us and said, we want this pc. we want to buy yoursel

"time" magazine has i believe of of thinking machines on its cover them here we are 61 years later ibm plays a good game of jeopardy and suddenly it is the crowning moment of human achievement, never mind the question. it seems we are very eager to assign the idea of the power of thought to these machines at the same time we are kind of terrified by them. >> guest: one thing that's happening as we move to bar something humans use to be good at is remembering things. even calculating numbers. it seems crazy now, but it used to require a lot of intelligence to remember things and to compute the first computers were humans. it wasn't until the 20th century there was a decent mechanical calculating machine. well, now because computers do these things so well we don't have to remember anything and we certainly don't have to calculate our arithmetic. we've got machines in our pockets for these purposes and psychologically i think what we do is downgrade the value of the skills we think well calculating, that's not intelligent because you've got a machine for that. >> host: we can relearn if

ibm watson place of reasonably good game of jeopardy. suddenly jeopardy is the crowning moment of human achievement. it seems that we are very eager to, you know, you know, the idea of power of thought to these machines. at the same time we are terrified by. why is that? >> one thing is happening is that we moved the bar. you know, something that humans use to be good at was remembering things. even calculating numbers. it seems crazy now. they used to require a lot of intelligence to remember things and to compute. the first computers were humans. it was not really until the 20th century that there was such a thing as a decent mechanical calculating machine. well, now, because computers do these things so well we don't have to remember anything and we certainly don't have to calculate arithmetic. we have machines in our pockets for these purposes. psychologically i think what we do is downgrade the value of those skills. we think, well, calculating. that is not intelligent. >> that's not going to do it. >> you have a machine for that. >

they partnered with ibm they are working on hundreds of projects all over california.they have homes that are making the most sense. it is are you years since ibm was founded. and the sky went dark in many parts of the globe. and it is spectacular. it was not visible in north america. we have these pictures where the moon commeetly disappeared. it is disappeared because of the ash from an erupting volcano in chile. >> this is one last check of the spectacular weather. >> we'll look at the national pictures today. it is 100 degrees in phoenix . 95 in miami. you can see in the northern half of the nation temperatures were moderate. there is a rapid snow melt occurring in that area of the sierra and because of the warm weather and deep snow pack that build up. and it is high temperatures lowered today and especially inland locations 10 degrees or lower. highs only in the 80s . it is 68 to 70 or 72 degrees. it is losing over the breath taking weather. it doesn't take much. >> when we come back. the stanley cup . one final game will decide who gets it. [ female announcer ]

so ibm, big blue ringing the bell there this morning. looks like we're headed lower already and we'll talk about why coming up in business news. >>> we'll smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us on the ktvu morning news thursday june 16th. i'm dave clark. >>> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. >> in the news right now a dispute over some baggy pants and shorts sent a young man to jail. 20-year-old de sean came back to san francisco to attend a funeral of david henderson. henderson played football at lincoln high school. he died this month eleven days after getting shot in the bay view. now his teammate, de schon, accused of breaking u.s. airways dress code by refusing to pull up his pants. his mother says he was targeted simply because of the way he looks. today he's facing charges including battery and resisting arrest. >>> there's a new call this morning to help identify a suspected killer in oakland. take a look at this. newly released surveillance video. police are looking for the man on the right. he's se

workers there joined volunteers from ibm to set up solar panels, the devices are used to save money bysing power from pg&e. >> the systems installed by grid are saving 20,000 for low income people. >> the ibm people say the employees working on the project are working on their own time. tomorrow marks the hundredth anniversary of the computer giant. >>> and starbucks expanding the use of the popular mobile application to android phones. iphone users already had it. and today, the android users can download the application at the android market. it is in use at almost 8000 starbucks, including locations at target stores. soon they will be in safeway stores. the application is reportedly used for one in every five starbucks transactions in the united states. >>> and a new twist tonight in the debate on cell phone use and whether it is linked to cancer. a new research study from finland says no. scientists looked at the location of brain tumors in cancer patients, saying the tumors are not clustered where the phones are held, saying there is no connection between the radiation. however, o

it does not matter if ibm in district 10 or the fillmore. i am still sicker than other parts of our population dealing with these illnesses. we are dealing with the black coalition on aids. if the way the contracts are designed, it is indeed someone from the fillmore comes over to get services, we are not supposed to give the services because of the way the contracts are designed. i just think we need help with things like that. last, but not least, and i really want to emphasize this -- bca has been around for 25 years. this will be the first year that we will not have hiv prevention services for our community. that is just unacceptable. i need help. supervisor cohen: i need you to get to the question. >> i did. all three of them. you know, can we get some help around the budget that looks at social capital? can we get some help that brings together all of our programs across districts? and lastly, my agency, can we get some help providing hiv prevention services to the african-american community? [applause] >> very quickly -- kurt you will

ibm has developed a program to find traffic jams before they happen. boksburg the open access program would do that for cabdrivers and passengers. currently the program is off the table because they said it would ruin their business. the truth is, john [unintelligible] has been reticent about developing that aspect of his business for some years. with open taxi access, every person in san francisco with a hand-held device would be able to see all of the cabs in san francisco. all of the people meandering around would be able to find their cab within a few blocks. touch the screen, speak to the driver nearby, just to pick them up. they would be able to say yes, that is me waving. i cannot imagine a better program. something that would empower the people more. it would make every person into their own dispatcher. it would be the google map of dispatch. service has nothing to do with the number of cabs on the road. it only begins when the passenger gets in the vehicle and that can only happen with this batch. please revisit the program. it would be a fant

a- ibm a whole -- i'm a hope- holic. actors are supposed to see the world upside down and ask questions. i am concerned about our divisions. i am concerned about how big the gap is. not only who has a to doesn't have, but who knows and who doesn't know. that sends me and upsets me because is not just have you learned enough to have a trade, but i see how many people don't get as you have. just the joy of learning. to be cut off from that is really not good. it happens everywhere, even people with access to education. i have real questions right now about our values and how we can turn that around. tavis: i have allot more questions, but no more time. you are at berkeley now. >> coming to this stage in july. i will see you again and i will decide if it is really better not. let me down easy is the play. remembering the life of a cancer awareness advocate. stay with us. when the movie producer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, she vowed not only to fight the disease for herself, but for millions of women across the

. >>> ibm is marking its 100 year anniversary by giving back to the community. panels -- put up solar panels in the bayview points neighborhood. the solar panels will help the homes to be totally self sustainable energy wise. >>> the warmest week of the year so far could create problems at yosemite national park. we will explain the warning being issued this week for visitors. >>> and meteorologist mark tamayo tells us a pulldown is coming. >>> you can watch bay area news at 7:00 and all of our ktvu newscasts on your computer and mobile device. we are streaming live online at ktvu.com. ♪ [ alarm buzzing ] another victim of frequent flyer red tape. [ tires screech ] seat restrictions got him stuck in a vicious circle. it's just not right! i keep earning miles, but it seems like i can never use them. the all-new rapid rewards doesn't have any of that nasty red tape. here he comes again. let's set him free! [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ and started earning loads of points. you got a wea

ibm opening the bell 100 years for ibm. and this youtube video.his is a kid in colorado, he is 1 years old. the lion is saying hello. how are you. or is he just going to eat the kid. >> oh, my gosh! >> he thinks he's getting kisses. i think the lion is trying to eat him. pretty sure that's what is going on. >> frightening. >> the kid is fine. glass between him and the lion. >> my gosh. hey, here's a cute kid. robin williams from the bay area, he's got a daughter named zelda. not the most common name in the book. how did he come up with it? turns out he got the name from a video game. >> i became a hero. i saved your kingdom. >> dad. >> yes, zelda. it. are you mixing me up with the princess again? >> hard to say. you're both magical. >> that's the san francisco native along with his daughter zelda in a commercial for nintendo. apparently his daughter is named for the main character, the legend of zelda. the game comes out on sunday, father's day. >> interesting. hey, lady gaga's meat dress will become an exhibit in the rock 'n roll hall of fame. i

about 100 ibm employees are donating eight hours to test and collect water samples in the city's creeks. volunteers are collecting samples with a new phone app that the company created. >> it's very hard, i think to get the city to put money into, quote, nonessentials, right? there are people who need the help and it's right in front of your faces. but this is really important for the quality the drinking water. >> ibm's offer to help is perfect timing. yesterday san jose city council voted to trim the budget by $115 million, the largest deficit ever. >>> sofas, tv sets, even a kitchen sink. no, it's not a new superstore opening. it is the side of one bay area freeway. christin ayers with more on a clean-up job that gets more expensive and disgusting every year. >> reporter: people are leaving bags of trash along the highway as a visual reminder to keep it clean. >>> reporter: it's become something of a trashy treasure hunt. a few times a year, caltrans cracks down on litter and you wouldn't believe the kind of things they pick up. >> honest to god picked up a kitchen sink that fell off

i did not think limiting the duration of measures is a good ibm. the other point is, i think we should know exactly which measures might get affected. i went to the board of supervisors website and i did a bunch of crunching. with all the different highlight colors, these are the policy declarations and ordnances passed by supervisors or the board or the mayor. started adding up a few of these things. there are over a hundred of these second affected. no one really knows which ones are going to get affected as a as part of the nervousness that is going around. i think we should get that squared away. and the part about the voter initiatives. thank you very much. supervisor wiener: if i could respond, in terms of the 20 states, that allow their legislatures to amend or repeal under certain circumstances, there are 21 states that have voters adopted legislation. it is 20 out of 21. how what is california. i received a number of e-mail about this claiming that this would limit the duration of the voter adopted ordinances as if they would automatically

in 2005, lenovo bought ibm's personal computer organizations. this buyout would be the first time a chinese investor had bought out -- bout out a proment company here chinese investors were repeatedly considers as potential stakeholders. the same goes for car maker opel. but those deals came to nothing, either because the target was not attractive enough or the political hurdles to hide. at this time there are no such obstacles. >> shares surged wednesday. we have more from frankfurt. >> after badconoc data in the united stes and the ongoing security crisis in the greek debt crisis, it closed down 1%. at different picture with the median shares, up 20% after the chinese pc maker lenovo issued a takeover offer of 30 europe's per-share -- 30 euros per share. the takeover offer was well priced and well received. >> t market figes with the blue chips in frankfurt, the dax index, closing at 7217. the euro stoxx 50 lower. in new york, the dow industrials, 12,000 to 90. and the euro trading at $1.4321. >>> belarus has asked the imf for a bailout loan.

. >> ibm's watson won again. >> shania twain is officially a star. here is from on the red carpet.com. >> big story in hollywood. shania twain can call herself a star from this moment on >> shania twain. look at the scene in hollywood, five-time grammy winner was awarded a star on the legendary walk of fame. she join others with the star on the walk of fame . watson honored internet achievements. he beat two of the greatest champions on the quiz show. beautiful baby girl kera catherine great time gorgeous hair. i caught wup him in the american music awards to talk to him about the summer tour with the back street boys. >> we are excited about something new coming together and we are in it 150%. and nko t b. in san jose. i am george with on the red partnershipet in los angeles. - carpet. in los angeles. >> it could be group ons biggest deal with. congressman anthony weiner made his last commentos the twitter photoflap. >> how safe is the neighborhood you are planning to move into? there is an app for that coming up on the news at 5:00.=x=x=x=xx oaklan

those of you who are former attorneys like ibm -- -- like i am, it is challenging. i think he goes above and beyond in his responses. he currently has incurred a significant amount of compensatory time. he is nearing his limit for vacation time. he rarely digs of. those -- he rarely takes of. those accruals will increase, and we will be forced to pay him out of time, which will be more costly than what we are paying. i am happy to take questions. supervisor chu: thank you. mr. rose? >> madam chair, members of the committee, our total recommended reduction for this department is $200,236. the dispute -- i would like ms. campbell to briefly respond. >> the recommendation is specific to an understanding said wide -- citywide, and employees on standby can receive 40% of their rate of pay and receive a pager or cell phone or 25% update. the concept is they have to be near a location of a telethon to be available. gradually the apartments are moving away from that and providing -- departments are moving away from that and providing a cellular phone. it is understood city-

. >> ibm jeffrey levine. i have been a 20 year resident of san francisco and a neighbor of the brickyard on union street for about 20 years. i 100% support the management and the establishment of the brickyard, and all of the issues are positive in the neighborhood. fahey. -- thank you. >> this reminds me of what i experienced in chicago. i lived across from a german bar, and i love the hollering. just by sitting in my apartment, i was able to know when there was a home run or a score. it was great. and now, a live across from a theater, and it reminds me help quiet of the neighborhood is, a in a really wish the theater would put in an open window, and that which i consider the lecture series, and that would be a good thing . i think rowdies' boards bars are a thing . -- icing browbeat sports bars are a good thing. -- i think rowdy sports bars are a good thing. >> the brickyard is frequented by many people, and i serve on the board of directors of a group, .and many of our constituents in the brickyard is a g

it was 100 years ago today the computing tabulating recording company, now known as ibm was born. it gave us the personal computer, hard drive developed in san jose and was the inspiration for "hal 9,000" in this movie "2001" and brought us computers that could play chess and jeopardy and to this day a tech leader and huge employer with a stock price just ten bucks away from its all time high. the stock market not so kind to the much younger pandora, the oakland based music service tumbling after a strong ipo. they lost 24% of their value on the second day of trading falling below its original ipo price. >>> a bad day for research in motion, the company that makes blackberry phones, because of competition from iphone and android models, sales are down and research in motion said earnings got hit and will lay off an unspecified number of people and its stock price fell 15% in after hours trading tonight. >>> brings us to apple. its i-phones selling well but a rumor getting attention. apple is working on new technology that will block iphone users from recording live events like con

>> we have a resolution commending the international business machines corp., ibm, on its centennial in 2011 and its global day of service. >> we have a resolution with the finding. supervisor farrell has made a motion to adopt the resolution. is there a second? seconded by supervisor elsbernd. i just stated that. you want to do two separate motions on that? so we need to do to the appeal separate ones. i have not had to do that in my time here. that is good to know. we need to consider the separate late? there is a motion by supervisor farrell to make the finding. can we take that without objection? that should be the case. the motion by supervisor farrell and seconded by supervisor elsbernd. can we take that without objection? that should be the case. we need public comment first. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could take a vote on the underlying resolution. without objection, that could be the case. the motion is adopted. colleagues, at this point, would you please read the en memoriams. >> the meeting will be adjourned in the memory of mr. johnso