they got the search deal with microsoft where they're going turn things over to microsoft very soon. yahoo's trying to find its new reason for being and it certainly hasn't found it yet. microsoft has bing out there which is nipping at the heels of google in terms of search but microsoft is trying to find its next big act too and maybe it comes from the x-box the gaming platform but microsoft, you know, we talked earlier about whether google is the next microsoft and microsoft is still living off office and windows and the rest of its businesses are just chugging along but not really lighting the world on fire. >> charlie: why is that? >> i think it gets to the innovator's dilemm dilemma conu and have protected office and generates most of their revenue and it's hard to break away from those businesses because they're so good and you know you sacrifice -- how you going to sacrifice office to move it online and not charge for it and go after that. it's hard to do and i think google's going to face the same problems. >> charlie: thank you all. pleasure. thank you, jess. thank you, chri

an insider long-shot is bill veghte, a recent steal from microsoft. he runs h.p.'s software and solutions division. handicappers say someday, but probably not now. and then there's the insider who's also an outsider. jon rubinstein ran the ipod group at apple, and then palm, which h.p. just bought. depends again on how much the board wants a consumer expert in the top job. a real outsider is steve mills, head of i.b.m.'s software group. he has the experience, but people close to him say he doesn't want to leave big blue. for a long shot, try mike capellas, who ran compaq and joined h.p. when the two companies merged. after a short term working with fiorina, capellas left. and now for the wild card, marc andreesen, the man who founded netscape, joined the h.p. board last year and is now supervising the c.e.o. search. yes, i know the guy running the search committee isn't supposed to get it, but there is talk, and stranger things have happened. the firing of marc hurd shook investor confidence and cost h.p. dearly in terms of share price. so, after having problems wi

this after two years after yahoo spent $79 million to fends off a hostile takeover by microsoft.want a bigger share of the online search market dominated by google. >> southwest airline's policies are questioned this morning because there are some children who took flights without adult supervision. this after three kids ages 11, 13 and 15 booked themselves on an airline adventure without their parents' permission and took off. >> they're still unpacking after a real spur of the moment trip. three under-aged kids who flew from their hometown of jacksonville, florida, to nashville, tennessee. 13-year-old bobby nolan asked their friends tuesday morning if they wanted to hang out. bridget texted her idea for a flight to nashville after saving $700 from babysitting. the tickets cost $238 for an afternoon flight so bridget, bobby and her 11-year-old brother called a cab and rode to the airport. they bought their three tickets at the counter. >> we paid and put the little -- the flight things on the bags and then he said you better run because you might miss your flight. >> the kids sa

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notably missing from the list are amazon and microsoft. the patents owned by allen's "interval licensing" use technology to recommend products to a user based on their searches. facebook said it will fight the suit. the other companies haven't commented. auputuuuuuub >> tom: the u.s. economy grew by less than 2% in the second quarter. developing countries are expected to grow by better than 6% this year. all this week, we've been looking at the bric economies-- brazil, russia, india and china. tonight's "market monitor" says the higher growth comes with stronger corporate profits. jeff everett is founder and portfolio manager at everkey global partners. always nice to see you, jeff, welcome back. >> thank you. >> tom: so you have found emerging market companies are providing much bigger profit margins for investors, like yourself, than developed markets, some household names here in the u.s. why is that? >> higher profitability in terms of return on equity, a better balance sheet-- less debt. comes from the fact that they're run very, very

they showed it off at the microsoft global exchange. here it is. microsoft. control-atl-delete.it fits. this is -- someone sent this to me. this is from a soccer game in iceland. it happened on sunday. one of the teams scored on a penalty kick in extra time. and then did what i believe could very well be the greatest celebration in the history of sports. [ cheers and applause ] isn't that great? and then they gutted him and ate him and he was delicious. here's another one from a foreign land. there's a new station in taiwan that over the course of the last year, they've been animating american news stories. they did it with tiger woods. i think that was the first one i saw. since then, they've done it with a bunch of stories, including what's been going on with sarah palin lately. i'm going to narrate this, because it's in chinese. you guys don't speak chinese. as you can see, sarah palin was flying in a helicopter with john mccain and began shooting bears out of the helicopter. and then, an obama helicopter got too close and sideswiped her so she parachuted out of it, directly

and microsoft is expanding its supporting program for russian startup companies each company will get several million dollars earlier microsoft announced its plans to invest more than three hundred thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years for the first time the corporation is ready to invest into start up companies directly before it just supplied them with free software. and russia's car giant after vos resume production on monday the company suspended production for a week in august due to of normal heat in the summer region after vos has seen a sixty percent boost in sales for july year on year as the car giant continues to benefit from the state sponsored cash for clunkers program and continues economic recovery. russia's first low cost airlines sky express is facing the prospect of having its license revoked because of financial problems and a lack of reliability it was supposed to be a pioneer the new world of low cost have trouble in russia so will it ever be possible to fly cheaply in russia template called a find. this airplane costs about ten dollars an hou

microsoft is expanding its supporting program for russian style. companies each company will get several million dollars only microsoft announced its plans to invest more than three hundred thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years for the first time the corporation is ready to invest into startup companies directly before it just supplied them with free software. plus markets again an evening session with energy majors leading on both of forces those hydro the top performing blue chip on the gas is leading on the r.t.s. norilsk nickel is the top winner so far on the r.t.s. over three percent banks also highwood. one percent in the block. and now let's cross over to europe where markets are rising up to german exports reached the highest levels since late two thousand and eight and indications that the economy is recovering oil and energy majors are leading with world dutch shell repsol and all up between one point three and two percent. gain two percent after it said cementing procedures. in the gulf of mexico have been successful

according to forbes magazine apple is top of the list thanks to its i phone model beating weibo microsoft into second place no russians might be lined up wish comprised of mainly text would have the details later in the program but first this hour the russian government says it won't just nickel to settle its bits a shareholder dispute billionaire. bidding to rival logical time in accusing him of monitoring the gulf of tonkin on monday appointed an ally as president suggesting he's go nowhere a spokesman for president david says he won't step in but don't want a third party to buy the world's top nickel why not end the crisis. russian realestate prices are on the rebound even though the global economy has yet to emerge from the financial crisis but dana looks at the reasons behind the reiss. it seems the slowdown in russia's real estate market may finally be over in the first half of this year alone prices grew by fifteen to twenty percent and it's not only the price level which is growing but also the number of deals signed most of the developers now declare that there. is about three ti

and microsoft is expanding its supporting program for russian startup companies each company will get several million dollars earlier microsoft announced it plans to invest more than three hundred and thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years and for the first time because the corporation is ready to invest into start up companies directly before it just supplied them with free software. and news from a tourist industry the hotel rooms in moscow or empty and it's not just because of the heat and smog according to a survey by a real estate company knight frank the average annual lock up the average annual occupancy in moscow is slightly more than fifty eight percent the sector did grow three percent somewhat but the figure is much lower than in most european countries however average hotel prices are among the highest one night in a typical moscow hotel will cost you up to three hundred dollars while in paris he would pay just two hundred and thirty dollars. and sold the update for now i'll be back with more in about forty five minutes join me again. i am this nature a

will get several million dollars to microsoft the now plans to invest more than three hundred thirty million dollars in russia over the next three years for the first time the corporation is ready to invest to start up companies directly for just supplying them with free software. taking a look at the markets now the russian markets finished the day in the black with the r.t.s. point seven percent on the rise it's gaining slightly over sent. me with a top performer. one of the huff percent. was the top when all the r.t.s. with the sat. let's cross over to europe i want gets a rising up to jell going to exports reached the highest level since the late two thousand and eight and indication that the economy is slowly recovering oil and energy majors are leading with show. up between one point three two point two percent oil giant b.p. gain two percent after it said cementing procedures well in the gulf of mexico have been successful to travel is leaving over three and a half percent siemens is. up two point eight. that. out of the u.s. stocks are all of the rise follow european gains as

some are comparing this move to when sun sued microsoft back in 1997. microsoft ultimately paid sun $1 billion. >>> coming up tonight, quick fix or a fussy baby? the one adjustment many parents in the bay area say has made all the difference. >>> higher education with vague as odds? really. see how bay area college students are making money by betting on their own grades. >>> first, a new meaning to the office smoke break. is it exaggeration or will legalizing marijuana change the workplace for everyone? >>> and good evening, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. 65 in livermore and down in the san jose, 61 for you. coming up, we'll have details on a warming weekend forecast. >>> good evening, i'm raj mathai, late word tonight regarding former raiders quarterback jamarcus russell. what he's saying about his drug use. >>> also, the current raiders, their preseason opener in dallas against the cowboys. we saw some big plays tonight. don't >>> showing up to work high on marijuana? a new report from the california chamber of commerce says that's what will h

some are comparing this move to when sun sued microsoft back in 1997. microsoft ultimately paid sun $1 billion. >>> time is 4:38. we want to check in again with mike. the latest on your commute. an early accident and construction to watch out for. >> i told you about the first accident at 580, that's cleared from the foothill road on-ramp. new accident. westbound at airway boulevard, four lanes reported blocked this is huge for folks coming through livermore. reports of an overturned big rig and cement bags on the road as well. then reports of slowing out of vasco. two reports, significant difference on where they are i saw some slowing out of the altamont pass. four lanes blocked somewhere between airway and vasco road. that's a big stretch, i'll bring you that coming up this is a problem for your friday. >> we don't want congested area to be even more congested this morning. >> ria taormina has the forecast and i'm watching closely because i'm not usually off on weekends. i might have it off. >> you picked the right weekend to have it off. it will be

microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space with be stored for retrieval and analysis. >> the department of public works they maintain what goes on in the right-of-way, looking to dig up the streets to put in a pipe. with the permit. with mapping you click on the map, click on the street and up will come up the nchgz that will help them make a decision. currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francis

on a computer, probably running microsoft. so the problems that are going on are in many ways deeply rooted in the u.s. infrastructure and decisions made by u.s. companies by regulatory authorities at every level of government. we should not say it is not a threat. this is a great photo that i think from 1905 to 1910. german scientists with a detective camera. amazing that cameras that small in 1905. when i was looking for pictures i found this one and i like it so much. there is espionage. i don't mean to say that it is not a threat, that it is not real. but i want to focus a little bit more on different kinds of threats. this is one threat, and espionage. for that matter, before i leave that, i think understanding cyber-conflict within the view of espionage and intelligence is one that makes a lot of sense. i think we can see what is going on in government right now is the idea is whether cyberspace is more like intelligence work or military conflict more like tom clancy. the tomkins -- it will predetermine a lot of the judg

. >> and microsoft, yahoo, ms nbc, a 0 l, discovery are all implementing a new advertising tool.s annoyance, more appealing by letting you select what as you want to watch now, instead of sitting through it was pre-roll. and once this goes into effect, this choice of your screen, 2-3 products, topics. to choose what you want to watch. >> and researchers are showing that twice as likely as you opposed to one is chosen for them. and online advertising is raising up to 60.8 billion the world wide. all online video is not going anywhere, you can bet that this is a kit for websites. and all websites will implement this. what do think about this online advertising delivery method? you can tweet or e-mail at the station >> if you'd like to whsave money? web producer, kimberly sakamoto. perhaps these are items that you should be getting for free? >> yes, the u.s. world report. 15 items you should not be paying for. let us take a look with a credit report, the annual credit report is the only truly pleased to see all three reports. you can do that for free, and with a library, paperworbac

some researchers at microsoft are working on technology sew solve that problem.it compensates for the small movements that happen when you snap a photo. it fixes your pictures making them sharp and clear. engineers are working on perfecting it and there's no word when this technology might be in cameras. >> all right. it's not because we're shaking as we're taking the picture. it's the subjects, the little kids running around not standing still when you're trying to take the pictures. >> that's an age-old problem technology has not managed to fix in a couple hundred years. i agree! >> all right. not exactly blue out there but thick and sticky. >> if microsoft could, you know, fix that. >> fix the fog? >> yeah. make it clear, make sunshine for those who want some summer. >> want to go to the pool. >> wouldn't that be nice. just once in a while. >> let's take a look outside and show you what is going on. looking at sfo. notice how low the clouds are. let us know just how long the flight arrival delays are. with our flight tracker at abc7news.com you can check out t

microsoft is being more aggressive in positioning that today. do not expect to see them as the only one. when you look at the past that ibm and many other cloud vendors are on, you see the managed private cloud model in their future as well. some of the traditional webb players like google, probably not. but amazon has been on the fence. you could potentially see that in the future. what you will more likely to see from somebody like an amazon is a virtual private cloud and community cloud. virtual private, the vendor cars off and if fashion. at any given point of time running on a dedicated set of servers and a wall of environment versus everyone else running in their cloud environment. imagine if amazon can wall off part of the data center as a it is only for you, but starts to that poll in any given point in time. what you decide to have done is change the level of regularity in sharing from a virtual machine to an entire -- -- machine. it gives you additional security and control. community pride at clouds are looking at limiting cloud compu

that maybe have special features like antivirus software or microsoft software that are already packaged with the system. >> reporter: so what do these changes in buying habits mean for retailers and their stocks? >> electronics retailers are starting to level off, like best buy, and they are not seeing the growth that they have seen in prior years. i mean circuit city closed down, another concern is weak spending by college freshmen could signal trouble for retailers this holiday season. but ellen davis, of the national retail federation, says back-to- school is not always a reliable predictor. >> we're dealing with a much smaller market, and many people see back to school as necessity spending. and the holidays have a lot more wiggle room for that budget. >> reporter: as for chanel and symone, they still have a lot of necessities to buy. >> the laptop mostly... clothes, i need clothes. i don't know what else. >> reporter: and you symone? >> i would say like the laptop, ipod... clothes, definitely. like the stuff to decorate my room... those are like the stuff that i want. >> reporter:

this that is one of many being considered for microsoft the not competition.inner will be selected soon by a panel of tech blockers appeared to read all about the app is our whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. >> live check of tuesday traffic of the top of your screen traffic headed towards the bottom deck of the bay bridge. he concedes barely moving at all and the bottom of your screen southbound 101 not much better its crawling along as well. we'll be right back much more news ahead. in national news a man walked into a beer plant in connecticut and shot and killed the people before shooting himself,. union officials are now saying the man work there but he been caught on videotape stealing beer. they believe he was outraged after being asked to resign and let 20 route the gun. the man's name will are he been a driver for your to your the mother of his girlfriend to complain of racial harassment who and that his bosses didn't respond. the company is denying that the city had never made any complaints of racism. a tragic story in louisiana seven teenag

you can basically burst out to either microsoft or dell or hd, whoever. there will be multiple appliances. we currently have a platform as a service compliance based as a service that you can order. you can have that. we're in discussions with other people who have cloud offerings would be able to deliver an appliance on to a customer site. so really what the appliance is is basically what we used to refer to as turnkey systems. at the end of the day, that is what they are. and by the way, off the official word of my personal viewpoint, it is a transition until we get to the extra clout in the sky that we will all eventually end up using. the electric utility, the power grid. another question. >> of the beginning of your talk, you mentioned that a lot of vendors of clouds services and that they are all non interoperable and work in different ways. do you have a pretty consistent vision for how most i.t. will be delivered in the future by different specialists companies like payroll processing companies? what kind of work you think is needed in the future

linkexchange and research but a hundred people -- ended up with 100 people or so and sold it to microsoft1998. i remember when it was just five or 10 of us and we're working a round-the-clock, sleeping under our desktops, no idea what date was. but we did not note any better than to pay attention -- we did not know any better about paying attention to the company's culture. and of course, it went downhill. we got our friends to work with us, but eventually we went through our friends and then we have to hire people we did not know. by the time we got to 100 people, i dreaded getting out of bed in the morning to go to the office. it is kind of weird with a company that i co-founded. there are so many people that are different persons in the office verses at home or on the weekends. people leave as little part of themselves, or in some cases a big part of themselves at home. we want to create an enormous where you can be yourself up the office. we found up when that happened, that is when creativity happens. that actually improve the productivity of the company. tavis: your zappos story has

to give the least half their wealth to charity in response to a campaign by warren buffett and microsoft's bill gates. matthew price reports from new york. amity billionaires' were handpicked by this man, warren buffett. the investor who had already promised to give 99% of his wealth to charity. now over dinner, he explained he wanted others to do the same. carnegie hall is perhaps one of the better known monument to american deland derby, a tradition that extends back many years and across many of this country's super rich families. organizers of this new initiative hope in these economic hard times that it will inspire plenty of others to start giving away their cash. >> movie maker george lucas has pledged to give up at least $1.5 billion. media mogul ted turner promises around $900 million. new york mayor michael bloomberg, $9 billion. and what they have no reason to be worried about their future, and i think it is great that they are willing to do that. >> those charities that are going to be the beneficiaries or recipients of that money -- they do good work. >> many, of course, have

would like to do is to contruck a sed indicate radio -- which paul allen -- one of the co-found, of microsoft. >> that's right. >> that will allow to us look for extra terrestrial signals 24 hours a day, seven day as week and currently we've only looked out at the 1,000 near stars in the galaxy of 200 billion stars. once it's completed assuming we get the private funding for it we'll be able to look out at the millions, over a decade. that is a tiny fraction of our entire gallon axe. >> do you want to get this on the conversation, dr. michael meyer? >> i'll repeat what has been said. and that is we are in an era of such paucity of information that the only real thing to do is a lot of visionary technologiologists. >> a final word from dr. pete err ward. >> i agee with seti, we got to keep looking. >> doctor michael meyer. >> we got to keep looking but looking on several different fronds are fronts and the universe is looking more and more interesting with the possibility of life going further back in time. >> you share both those view, do you not? >> i do. nasa's cepler mission will tell thus

microsoft founder and chairman bill gates. and he was at the annual aspin ideas festival to talk about his charitable work and health care. as chairman of the foundation, he manages the $33 billion endowment and fund health care and education initiatives around the world. this is one hour. >> thank you i very much. [applause] >> welcome to aspen. bill days. [laughter] -- bill gates. quest this started with some downbeat talked from neil ferguson and others. i will ask you to uplift us as it you are the preacher we sometimes have in this revival tent. what are you optimistic about? >> most things. if you avoid politics, that helps. if you look at the last 50 years, what has happened in the world in terms of health, education, women's rights, almost any metric you can pick, and fact every metric that goes into what we call the human development index, there has been unbelievable improvement. one of my favorites is the under fire at -- under 5 childhood death number which in 1960, it was 20 million. it is now because of increased

of a mouse and some instructions from those who know how to do this i was able to hack into the microsoft program that tabulates them both change the election vote and then exit from the program now as side i did it and so then that means that i can and know that it can be done. to. collect called me and tell me that he has resigned from yang why were you resigning in the first place because they are crooked. and if they're ethically challenged i don't want to be their. i gave him a listing of firms that we did business with and tell him if he were made available through an existing contract i would then be able to contract with him so you went to the florida department of transportation after you left yang enterprises yes correct yeah i'd like an eight million dollar contract right was right and they found i was working there and they went ballistic they start calling all over the place and i need to calm as soon as possible because you might go and. yang is now calling you after you went to work after right they were in the room talking to the mumbling in the background you know and mik