the stocks of microsoft and amazon were down after their reports. but shares of terremark were the star in after-hours trading, surging as much as 35%. verizon is offering $1.5 billion for the computer server farm, or $19 a share. the deal is part of verizon's push into cloud computing. we'll have more in tonight's "market focus." >> susie: caterpillar's going full throttle. it posted today a quarterly profit that quadrupled from a year ago. the worlds largest maker of construction and mining equipment earned $1.47 a share in the fourth quarter of last year. that's 20 cents more than estimates. revenues also came in a billion dollars more than expected, up 62% to almost $13 billion. looking ahead, the company expects annual revenues to top $50 billion this year, bringing caterpillar back to pre-recession levels. when i talked with c.e.o. doug oberhelman, i asked him where is all that growth going to come from. >> we're seeing growth in sales and revenue just about across the globe. and most industries with the exception of our turbine business and l

how are you going to move that stock, get microsoft's mojo back? >> well, at the end of the day, moving the stock, always a complex topic. moving the profits, i understand that a lot better. i got to always remind myself, the thing we control is our ability to innovate, to get winning products, and to drive revenue and profitability. heck, we sold 8 million kinects, people came out of nowhere, $150 a pop, you do the math. it is a phenomenal opportunity invented for the consumer out of nowhere. >> my thanks to steve ballmer. up next on "the wall street journal report," a special look at the gadgets and gizmos garnering attention at this year's consumer electronics show. and an iconic brand partners with an icon uc >>> the thing that has become the hot button on those tablets is media, streaming media, movies, television. that's what's driving more this you can see such a high quality film experience on these wonderful 7 and 10 inch tablets, it has been a block buster. >> welcome to the studio that brought you shrek, megamind and kung fu panda jeffre

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

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

una gran sorpresa para los usuarios de "hotmail", el servicio de correo electÓnico de la compaÍa microsoftue sus mensajes archivados han desaparecido, y esto tambien incluye sus fotos e informacÓn personal.-- por su parte, el equipo tecnico de microsoft dijo estar al tanto del problema y que los ingenieros esÁn trabajado para encontrar un remedio a las fallas con "hotmail". comienza una nueva era poÍtica en brasil. --la economista dilma rousseff, de 63 aÑos, presÓ juramento ante el congreso nacional como presidenta. se trata de la primera mujer que ocupa el Á s alto cargo en esa nacÓn. --dilma rousseff es la apuesta personal de lula da silva, pero segun algunos analistas, esta mujer podria sorprender a muchos en los proximos meses. --"claudia dominguez", nos hace un recuento sobre la vida de la nueva mandataria brasileÑa. como estaran las condiciones del clima para el resto del fin de semana y el inicio de la primera semana laboral del 2011..?--"alejandro garcia" tiene el pronostico. mas adelante en noticias univison 14..... --la ciudad se san francisco se mantiene la frente en el pais en

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

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

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

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

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

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

will protect those investments as they've made those promises to pepsi co let's listen in to what microsoft has to say. the problem is their transparency of oral sedation and number of company is still limited so i would like to come back to this question. or a branding crusher and promoting russia because i do find it a few exceptions and this gentleman one of the few exceptions there are a few really not a good story in russia but there are a few it's many positive story so how to rebranded how to promote it more to make sure that all international community knows about russia understand that this strong country to invest. i really do sense from last year a change in the way that people perceive russia here if last year there was a still a little bit of suspicion and a misunderstanding of russia in the way it does business this year of course helped firstly by the fact russia was expected to recover its economy quicker than those in the west the european union and the united states and also of course this was states of of stakes in v.t. b. all the states organizations that are being targe

. >> microsoft saying they served s problem causing of mail users to lose e-mail's.were disappearing. microsoft said it identified the problem and restore the deleted e-mail's, some people are still missing messages. how mail is the most use a web based e-mail client in the world. >> ipad is getting strong competition as a consumer electronics manufacturers on bail under tablets with right facing cameras and video chat. they're making a bigger push at consumer electronics show in las vegas. they say that 100 different tablet models not all likud to shops. >> the new ship in disney's crew lines has arrived. dream, it is 130,000 t, room 4000 passengers, it is a first of two cruise ships they are building. the big attraction is the act would deck. all water slide extents over the side of the ship. it has interior cabins with portholes that has real- time news of the sea. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. van ness ave some clouds but mostly sunny clear skies. we will be right back.. 6:45 a.m. focusing on the weather because it is chilly, foggy around t

unlike the i phone for antenna gates, microsoft's smart phone could not be fixed. nobody bought it, it completely filled it was the first and probably last attempted phone that they created in the microsoft labs, it was pulled after a couple months. it was an odd clam shape looked all night just could not catch on. and same thing with schools attend that is smart phone their necks is one that the bill flock. it was a hit with engineers and geeky circles, but did not catch on with the general public. it was released and told in 2010. another global failure, bull was an attempt at social networking to sue people from twitter and phrase book. very few people use it hurt how tnot many people know t pain, it is confusing and has many limitations. so far pain has flopped. games like kron4 news. >> so the white fang is that like a white car. >> lots of nice weather coming up though. but tamara afternoon looking mostly sunny and dry weather through the entire week. so looking fantastic. >> looking forward to it that is it for now. we will be back more.

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

big names, microsoft, cisco systems, goldman sachs, whole foods in four seasons hotel.hen of the best parks at the four seasons hotel. the best-perks, they can stay anywhere for four seasons, for free. no matter the location, and the of 150,000 job openings right now. in new york. >> and internet reporter, kimberly sakamoto. what bay- area companies make that list and why. >> these bay-area icompanies take care of their employees. google = #four. with mountain view, and they've created the 4 01 k a match - and free food, and the 10% cash bonus. and holiday bonus. also, number one in 2009 was a net to end this is a relief rebound year for them. hiring hundreds of new employees. 20 = cisco, san francisco the largest providers of on a child child care. and 90% of the employees can work from home or on their own. no. 35. that 20 percent off for pet projects, sabbaticals, and courtesy vehicles. stay with us. the news 4:30 is coming up, next. >>

when you have intel and microsoft saying this is absolutely critical to our future, i believe them. >> host: so at what point is there going to be a spectrum crisis if no action is taken? >> guest: i think we're on the verge of a spectrum crisis in some major u.s. cities today. the great excitement about the announcement of verizon with apple was the fact that a lot of the at&t apple people were frustrated because the at&t service was perceived as a little bit difficult in some areas of the country. so this will give a choice, and there's certainly a lot more to go in that area. but the challenge is not just the service, the challenge is we're moving to full-motion video in everything we do, and if you want everyone to get it with not only youtube and netflix but all the other services that are about to come or coming, we need the spectrum. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program, our guest is gary shapiro. joining in our conversation, paul kirby, senior editor of "telecommunications reports." >> host: you mentioned fewer than 10% of americans get their tv from over the area

had gone out of the way to give microsoft an unfair advantage in the bidding process. the judge agreed. the interior department has not said if it will appeal. >>> on wall street stocks rallied that blew analysts predictions right out of the water. entrepreneur rang the closing bell as traders celebrated news that private payrolls came in 3 times higher than forecasted. it is a clear sign the economy is beginning. the dow jones was up more than 31 points. the nasdaq gained about 21 points. >>> a 17-year-old nebraska teenager warned that his school drove him to violence. the school shooting happened at lunchtime and sent students fleeing into the cafeteria kitchen. no students were hurt. say that principal is stable tonight but vice principal is in critical condition. the tablier's -- teenager's body was found about a mile away in his car. police said he shot himself. >>> said to be okay after a school bus hit her. says the bus was turning left just after 2:00 p.m. the girl was walking with a friend when the bus hit her. paramedics took the girl to the hospital because

microsoft said they will have something similar in their next version of internet explorer. and the popular fire fox one processor is close to releasing a do not track me feature to its web browser. for a direct flight log onto www.kron4.com and look for my check page. games like kron4 news. >> isn't a movie date tomorrow,? >> i think to mar its board be questionable. tonight is a movie night. it is a little wet out there. i will show the radar he heard that will show there are showers around the bay area that will continue till tomorrow morning. but after 9:00 a.m. we will be looking better, there may be a thunderstorm in the morning but parsley sunday by the afternoon and next week looking nice. >> thank you for that, good night everybody see you in the morning.

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

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

they were invited at the microsoft campus in mountain view. also there, congressman mike honda, commerce secretary gary locke and a number of white house economic advisors. >> asian americans are in a leadership role in driving innovation. many of them live in california. we talk about recovery and getting this community into it is absolutely crucial. without it, we can't turn the country around. >> in about a hour, congressman honda is set to deliver his remarks on technology, innovation and recovery. >>> many people woke up to ice on the windshield. one man says he has been waking up early to wipe the ice off his wife's car. redwood city, the fog made it difficult for at least one driver to spot a christmas tree in the middle of interstate 280, about 5:00 this morning. the acura hit the tree, rolled over and landed with its wheels up along the embankment. the highway patrol says that a person inside suffered minor injuries. >> checking out with our meteorologist mark tamayo with a look at the forecast to see if this fog will continue. >> the

microsoft is not causing -- is not saying what caused a problem by many hot mail users.ot mail has 360 million registered address, making it the world's most largely -- w idely used. >>> coming up at 5:00, facebook, the bay area's-based social networking site is now a wall street rock star. the company raised $500 million from investors in a deal valued at $50 billion. now there is word that facebook plans to move for second time in two years for the sprawling f ormer home of a silly can't valley giant. and jean quan is being sworn in at this hour. these are live pictures rice n ow. the-- pictures right now. quan will be the first female and first asian-american mayor of oakland. we'll have full coverage on this historic day on oakland coming up at 5:00. >>> that will did -- that will do it for us. thanks for watching. have a great day.

microsoft connect motion control system delighted gamers this year. it's been a huge success. it's the text box version of the week. did you don't need a comptroller your body is a controller. it picks up your body movement and translates them into the game. if the map book air from hubble came out this year to impress apple fans in most techies. its whole new kind of notebooks. if the first laptop with the solid state hard drive which is an incredible design, that this laptop there is. its limbs down to one-tenth of an inch, hundred 2.5 lbs., turns on and off in a matter of seconds, does not get hot, the battery lasts twice as long as others, and apple offers a base version for a thousand dollars making it pretty affordable for high- end laptop. lastly we had to give a shout out to face book for the first time the website surpass google for internet traffic in 2010. there ceo mark was * person of the air, the second youngest ever at 26 years old. it facebook has over 500 million users. it's safe to say it everyone you know is on it. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> brian and i know

. >> more about microsoft. [inaudible] [speaking chinese] >> translator: i want to thank congressman smith gary much. [speaking to chinese] >> translator: i remember doing a father's day speech. mr. obama said something like his courageous mother and grandmother raised him and gave him love and discipline and made him who he is today. if you can remember the regret and avoid he had when he was a child without his father, this kind of foolish is no government or individual can feel. [speaking chinese] >> translator: i want to tell mr. obama that my daughter and my son truly understand what you meant. my 17-year-old daughter and my seventh-year-old son have been missing their father very much. it has been so painful for them. maybe when you are missing your father you know where he is a. my children don't know where their father is right now. maybe he is no longer live or being tortured by many people right now in rural china. [speaking chinese] >> translator: how many times because we don't know where he is woul

microsoft also hear the cries for privacy. they said to have a similar feature in the next version of internet explorer which is i e nine coming later this year. the popular fire fox web browser is close to releasing a do not track we feature to its web browser. for a direct link to try out gogol's anti tracking feature log on to www.kron4.com and look for my tech page. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> a live look up side for our roof cam, clear skies over san francisco the rest of the bay area. it will have fog over night. it will talk about that coming up in a bit, the news at 6:00 is next. not 6:00, after daybreak the underwater search will resume tomorrow for 4 year- old missing. >> tabitha cardenas as well she does not believe for ex- boyfriend would harborside, she doesn't think jose rodriguez knows how to care for the boy and a 4 year-old may not know what's happening at all. >> also hear from the mother of the suspect. >> it's scary turning himself in, what he did kidnapping you know. >> kron 4 has steam coverage. in russia,

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

microsoft surprised with better than expected profit, but concern over the weakness of overall computersales kept shares flat. amazon.com missed targets in the fourth quarter, sending stocks tumbling nearly 9%. elsewhere, the u.s. and japan received sharp warnings from the imf and ratings agencies thursday to tackle their huge budget deficits. standard & poors cut japan's credit rating for the first time since 2002. and finally, even the girl scouts have a bottom line. due to poor sales, the girl scouts are giving the axe to thank you berry munch and dolche cookies. do not mess with thin mints. then you'll be in trouble. >>> tiger's first round of the year and the latest tennis news from down under. plus, dwyane wade and lebron james hook up on the now familiar miami alley-oop. the knicks beating them wasn't so familiar. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> finally, a nice quiet weekend with no major winter storms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night a s

the aft -- apple's market cap past microsoft in may of last year and is worth $60 billion more than its main rival. >> thank you. australia's worst floods in decades are forcing more people in rural areas to evacuate. the floodwaters have inundated territory the size of france and germany combined, bringing the biggest coal mining operations to a standstill. thousands of crops have been destroyed. authorities say the flood waters have yet to peak. >> the flood waters cover huge areas of land, completely swamping some home. the water is up to a meter deep in some places. thousands have fled and makeshift barriers have gone up in some places as homeowners and businesses do what they can to protect buildings. police have been going door-to- door to persuade residents to leave. >> some people, once reluctant, when the full circumstances are explained, they're quite willing to leave their homes. >> but many residents stayed behind to ride outhe dangers and help their neighbors. >> it is the true australians spirit. the people have rallied together and you can understand they are extremely un

the woman being handed a baby is melinda gates, wife of bill, founder of microsoft. they have given away $23 billion of their fortune to fund health care, especially new vaccines. but she gave a stark warning. unless governments around the world pledged more money for immunization, children will suffer. >> it means they die, children like a saw here today. beautiful children got this vaccine. the chance to get pneumonia is very high in a country like this. 3000 people in this country die every year from pneumonia. when i think about that, i try to think about a child living because of the vaccine. >> a pneumonia gem is cheaper in africa and europe, but the cost is still too high, according to charities. >> it cost 2 pounds 20. that is already discounted. it is still very expensive. we really need pharmaceutical companies to work as hard as they can and find ways to drive the price of this vaccine down even lower. >> every year, 8 million children worldwide never make it to their fifth birthday. most of those deaths are preventable. world leaders have set a target of

and again, the statements on intellectual property, i mean when microsoft reports that one out of ten microsoft products that ends up in china in use is paid for, nine out of ten are-- you know, that's really international banditry on their part and continues. but you know, i think the president handled himself well. he does that very well. i don't know -- >> what did you think. >> i was most impressed by the level of self-criticism by the obama administration and correction. and that's really the story on economics but also the story on china policy. i think there is a wide spread recognition that they came into power saying we've gotten to gauge china. we will open up to them. we will talk to them and this was perceived as weakness by the chinese and they began to walk over the obama administration. and they also began to think this openness was a sign that americans knew their power was in decline and were being more gentle and therefore it was necessary to shift, do some openness and engagement but also do some toughness and strike that balance and allow the china watchers thought

it was our first and last attempt at a fall that they created in a microsoft lot.t was pulled from store shelves after a few months of low sales. it was a lot clamshell's shape of flip phone that could not catch on. the same thing with kugels attempt at a smart fall this year. the index is one that they built a flop. was a hit with engineers and kiki circles in the tech community but it did not catch all of the general public. it was released and pulled from the market in 2010. another google failure this year? google was. it was their attempt at social networking distill people from facebook and twitter very few people use it know how to work it or even what it is. another social networking flopped apples paying digital tunes has and social network built into it. the a lot people do it's confusing has many limitations and seems to push you to buy music. so far pink has flopped. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> right on the way tonight and more into saturday night it's got to be really good will talk about a coming up. >> san francisco live at the scene near pier 39 and

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

when microsoft the colleges that one out of 10 elements of their product that goes to china at is notpaid for, and that the chinese government is one of the major malefactors of this whole thing, of course it doesn't. but there are other realities. china holds $1 trillion in u.s. bonds. one was the last time you talk with a banker? -- when was the last time you got tough with your banker? that is one part of it. the other reality is that china is anxiety-ridden country right now. it is uncertain of himself. you can see it by its actions in the region. it has alienated korea, south korea, alienated japan, crossed with india. all of a sudden, these countries and this region are interested in the united states playing a larger role. >> that is not a sign of anxiety. that is a sign of aggressiveness of a rising power asserting itself, as it has in the south china sea -- >> military buildup. >> claiming areas where the philippines are against the claims of all the other places in the region. it tests a stealth aircraft while our secretary of state is on the ground in china as a way of demo

of course microsoft connected motion control delighted gamers this year. it's been a huge success of the x boxes version of the week which you don't need a comptroller your body is the controller. the centerpiece of your body movements and translates them into the game. the map book air from apple came out this year to impress apple fans and most techies. the first laptop with a solid state hard drive which gives it an incredible designed the thinnest laptop there is. it slims down to one-tenth of an inch, under 2.5 lbs., it turns on and off and that second, it does not get hot, the battery lasts twice as long as other laptops and apple offers the base version for just a thousand dollars making it pretty affordable for have led top. lastly we have to give a shot out to face book for the first time the waves website surpass google for internet traffic and to attend. the seal was * person of the year the second was person ever to 26 years old. facebook has 5 million users. it's safe to say almost everyone you know was on it. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> coming