microsoft and family stuff, these two will do a pretty good job. i started learning about vaccines and help underfunded they were and what a miracle they were and learn about reproductive health. when you create a foundation, in the year 2000 we had to ramp up pretty quickly to spend that 5%. >> so now he retired from microsoft essentially in 2008, i guess, and you are still the non-executive chairman, but 100% of your time is in philanthropy now. how did you decide that the two areas you want to focus on networking k-12 education in the united states and worldwide health care? >> we decided that our main focus would be something that affects life in a very big way. that is why we picked global help. we saw that because the poorest people don't create a market, there is not much research. if you get those vaccines, they can be delivered anywhere and they are delivered on every place on the earth. they have an enduring effect, not only on reducing death, which is worth a lot, but also reducing sickness. the majority of kids in africa never develop a

his career at microsoft and global healthcare. david rubenstein, co-founder and president of the economic club in d.c. moderates this 1-hour discussion. >> we're pleased and honored to have bill gates as our special guest. as i said at the outset, this is in 25 years the biggest turnout we ever had and i don't think it is because the interviewer skills were so great. it is because everybody wanted to hear bill gates. i think the reason is because of his extraordinary accomplishments over so many years. the don't think he needs and a leopard introduction by would like to make a couple points. today he is the biggest collector past and greatest philanthropists in the world. he has given a $30 billion of his own money -- [applause] -- to his foundation and that foundation has given away $24 billion to causes we will talk about including k-12 education in the united states and health-care in the developing world and he has become not only a big donor to these clauses but somebody actually committed and knowledgeable about the causes a

microsoft. in washington, this lasts about an hour. >> thank you. thank you. can everybody -- we're very pleased and honored to have bill gates as our special guest. as i said at the outset, this is in the 25 years of the club the biggest turnout we've had, and i don't think it's because the interviewer's skills were great, but because everybody wanted to hear bill gates, and the reason is because of his extraordinary accomplishments over so many years. i don't think he needs an elaborate introduction, but i want to make a couple points. today, bill is essentially the greatest philanthropist in the world. he gave away $30 million away of his own money. [applause] to his foundation and that foundation has to date given away about $24 billion to causes we'll talk about including k-12 education in the united states and health care in the developing world. he's become not only a big donor to the causes, but somebody actually committed and knowledgeable about the causes brought to the intelligence an

it is very different from a microsoft product. commissioner murphy: thank you. commissioner clench? -- clinch? commissioner clinch: i have questions about retaining a vendor, signing a contract. >> there are procedures set up by the city on how you go through the process of selecting and negotiating a contract. we also looked at some of the things that we had experienced. this is, obviously, worst-case scenario that you keep on working in a circle and then move on. the biggest stumbling blocks are the legal review. insurance is usually a no-brain year. going through the office of contracts administration. i feel like we have stretched our arms around that and have gotten them to be comfortable to us and respond to our questions. they know that you are very anxious to get this. they know that we are, too. commissioner clinch: first, i sympathize. this is driving me crazy. secondly, do you feel 23 months is sufficient to get through all of this? >> i feel it is sufficient, but my issue is getting and keeping on top of the contractors to make our project the highest priority in terms o

microsoft has sold more than ten million in just over four months. the accessory for xbox 360 game consoles lets users control the on-screen action by moving their bodies instead of a controller. kinect costs about $150. so far, it's added $1.5 billion to microsoft's coffers. >> tom: it seems the rich really are getting richer. "forbes" says the combined wealth of the world's billionaires now stands at a record $4.5 trillion. the magazine is out with its annual list of the world's top billionaires. mexico's carlos slim ranks took the top honors for the second year in a row. bill gates is second; warren buffett, third. and for the first time, countries outside the u.s. can now boast of having more than 100 billionaires. china has 115 while russia, 101. >> susie: with more americans facing foreclosure, tonight's "money file" is here to help. here's john simons, editorial director of personal finance at "black enterprise." >> last year, there were more than 1.2 million real estate repossessions. this year's foreclosure tally is likely to be even higher.

microsoft is in the top-10 as well. nasa is ninth in rounding out the list of the filling choice teach for america. notice the real financial companies in the top-10 despite the fact they tend to pay big salaries even for entry level employees. they said the most important characteristics an employer can have the financial strength, job security and stability and a best in class reputation. twitter is making changes in its management team as it tries to transition into an even bigger moneymaker. co- founder evan williams to step down as ceo five months ago, is rarely in the office. various rumors that the other co owner may be coming back. on thursday

at microsoft we've implemented privacy by design. we engineer privacy and products and services from the outset and consider privacy straub product life cycle. an example of where we to the principal is privacy features we've developed for internet explorer. most recent version of internet explorer nine was released this week and offers a groundbreaking tool called tracking protection. the do not track feature allows consumers to decide which side can receive their data and block contant from sites they feel has engaged in trafficking providing consumers with greater control over their on-line experiences. we are proud the internet explorer was the first major browser to respond to the ftc call for the do not track mechanism to read we look forward to working with all the stakeholders to implement do not track tools in a meaningful way for the consumers and businesses alike. industry initiatives can be effective in complementing technology tools. for instance, we partnered with network advertising initiatives to the principles govern

barnes & noble a microsoft, microsoft going after barnes & noble for its nook ereader.rs behind that saying that the android-based system borrows patent infringement -- borrows patents from microsoft that deal with speeding up the web and also interaction over reading those online books. it's been a popular thing in the mobile space to sue everybody and we have been seeing a lot of that. linkedin hit a big milestone. 100million members for the mountain view social networker which is planning an ipo hoping to raise $175 million. it's valued at $2.5 billion by the private market shares post. linkedin is doing quite well overseas. 44million of its users are in the u.s. but it says its fastest scoring market was last year, france, india, brazil and mexico. >>> nice gains on wall street, three session winning street getting back what was last last week on japan's nuclear crisis. the market pulled back a little this morning. the dow is lower by 15 points. nasdaq is down by 5. frank and sydnie, the s&p is trailing by two. a little piece of good news, oil pulling back after hit

microsoft don't. >> reporter: and there are more uses for the kinect camera.hrough this virtual window. but what microsoft needs to do now is prove blue sky thinking can be turned into best-selling gadgets. >> guitar strings projected there. >> reporter: bbc news, seattle. >> there you go. >> displaying the first ipad here. >> that is the news for this half hour. check out our fan page. ipad here. >> that is the news for thisnbnb >>> this morning on "world news now" -- nfl deadline. the labor dispute between pro football players and team owners. >> if there's no deal, next season's games could be called off in a matter of hours. it's thursday, march 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and good morning, i'm mike marusarz in for rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. the nfl contract runs out at midnight tonight. we'll explain the standoff between the players and the owners. also the financial pinch on so many people if next season is canceled. you are way into this. i know you can explain this down to the last detail. >> apparently they ca

at microsoft, we have implemented privacy by design.we engineer privacy and our products and services from the outset and consider privacy from the product life cycle. one example of where we put this principle into practice is the privacy features we have developed for internet explorer. most recent versions of internet explorer ,ie9, was released this week and offers a groundbreaking new tool called tracking protection. this do not track feature allows consumers to decide which side can receive their did and what content from sites they view as engaged in tracking, providing consumers with greater control over there on my experiences. we are proud that internet explorer was the first major browser to respond to the ftc's call for a do not track mechanism. we look forward to working with all stakeholders to provide a meaningful tool for businesses and consumers alike. industry can be affected in complimenting technology tools. for instance, we have part and with the network advertising initiative to develop principles governing online

. >> microsoft will stop making the music players. weak demand and microsoft desire to focus on the smart phone platform are cited as the reasons for the demise. the players were introduced in 2000 sick as alternative to the apple i-pod but it if he ever quite caught on. it's finished. >> larry here with all the sports. >> sacramento kings might go the way of soon as well good. night to be named thornton. al had his best game joining the warriors. king though had had his best game joining the warriors. king though had their own thornton and go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. with. >> good evening. warriors play the final game ever in sacramento. kings franchise could move after the season maybe to anaheim. if this was the he said of the northern california rivalry, the warriors certainly made the kings feel like royalty. not so happy 23rd birthday f

analyst say microsoft co- founder bill gates gave away his title. literally. that's because he donated more than a third of his wealth to fund global health and u.s. education initiatives. gates is still expected to rank as the second richest man in the world worth about $49 billion. mexican tycoon is expected to pass gates with a fortune of about $60 billion. >>> this is fat tuesday. mardi gras. and the celebrations are in full swing in new orleans. ♪ [ music ] >> new orleans could be called the mardi gras capitol of the world and the party started before sunrise there. costume revelers climbed aboard their floats at the superdome and paraded through the city. last year's oil spill on the gulf coast was a popular theme. five women wore grass skirts and hats with bp logo while others dressed as members of an oil clean up crew. mardi gras is traditional bash before the season of lent leading up to easter. >>> coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 in just a few minutes officials will release the latest census numbers for california. and that includes data on

regulations, then in 30 minutes on c-span2, officials from the american civil liberties union and microsoft testify about online consumer privacy. after that, writer and actor, harry shearer on hurricane a katrina, and then liter, a discussion on the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> the communicators is on location at the 7th annual state of the net conference spoon tored by the internet caucus of congress. joining us now is dr. william laer where he's a researcher on the internet futures program. first of all, what is the communication futures program? >> communications future program is an attempt to look across the value chain of the internet, so from equipment providers to service providers to application providers, and not just in the u.s., but internationally. we work together, several schools at mit with industry partners, internationally and domestically on issues confronting the internet and ideas to technology aware business strategy and business strategy aware in technology and bridge that gap. >> what are you thinking about most these days? >> well, with the internet, there's a l

. >> también empresas como google y microsoft. >> la ayuda viene de todos los sectores del área de larias maneras de hacerloi. >> (información en pantalla) . >> puede hablar con la cruz roja. >> puede envíar un mensaje de texto donando diez dólares . >> los cientificos evaluan crear un sistema similar que hace sonar una alarma antes de que el agua toque tierra. >> que pasaria si tuvieramos un desastre natural como lo que pasó?. >> estar alerta es tan importante como salvar la vida. >> alert es un sistema que envía mensaje de texto cuando pasa una catÁstrofe, pero además información sobre vías de escape . >> no es cosa de juegos, lo estamos viendo en japón, es importante que se registren para saber que hacer en caso de emergencia. >> 32075. >> tienes que escribir el codigo de tú calle y el número postal. >> es un sistema gratis que es muy fácil . >> estos son datos públicos que no serán compartidos con el gobierno federal . >> sólo el número de la persona,. >> sólo tienen que ir al condado de santa clara con el número de teléfono . >> es gratis. >> en otra información, un hombre armado

at microsoft we've implemented privacy by design.we engineer privacy and products and services from the outset and consider privacy straub product life cycle. an example of where we to the principal is privacy features we've developed for internet explorer. most recent version of internet explorer nine was released this week and offers a groundbreaking tool called tracking protection. the do not track feature allows consumers to decide which side can receive their data and block contant from sites they feel has engaged in trafficking providing consumers with greater control over their on-line experiences. we are proud the internet explorer was the first major browser to respond to the ftc call for the do not track mechanism to read we look forward to working with all the stakeholders to implement do not track tools in a meaningful way for the consumers and businesses alike. industry initiatives can be effective in complementing technology tools. for instance, we partnered with network advertising initiatives to the principles governi

very i don't i don't know i don't know what to say about this microsoft story except that i'm a little confused as to how they got a patent for a website bonds people based on common interests if the word fringe is enough to get a patent and maybe i'll get a patent for some site that puts people together for. ahman entrusts going to the sahara hasn't come out yet but. soon enough i'm all for this but i think it's pretty awesome but i have to say one that was part of earlier that i thought was remore interesting was the doppelganger dating site which is a dating site for matches people based on how much they look alike and it reminded me of a really awesome mad t.v. sketch a really long time ago that was basically making fun of match dot com you know where like two people who looked exactly alike are dating now to reality finally i've been waiting to see i find that a little creepy i mean if you have your weird little fetishes then sure make it easier for people with similar fetishes to find each other i guess that's what doesn't craigslist do that is answer is going to talk about comic

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

following link, we will have elizabeth grossman, at microsoft corporation. and finally, batting cleanup will be dr. -- [laughter] dr. mark cooper you all know and love from consumer federation of america. >> we need to get on base and the cleanup batter drives demand. i like that relationship. and it is an honor to be here and part of this wonderful panel. i thought it would quickly run through the three revolutions that have taken place on our watch at the pew internet project. we've seen three big things happen. we're about to see a fourth revolution occurring. and all talk a little bit about the consumer environment in the context of that. the first revolution was the internet and broadband revolution. if our first survey in march to thousands of the 46% of americans were on the internet. now the 79% of adults. a group from 73% of teenagers in 2000 to 93% of teenagers now. broadband is a part of that story. we watch the switch from the dial-up environment to the broadband environment. different kind of internet users as they transition to that higher spee

there's microsoft internet explorer 9, google's chrome 10, lots of versions of apple's safari.ly, though, it adds up to more choice for the consumer. rob and peggy, back to you. >> interesting stuff there. as firefox, they wanted to use the name phoenix at first, then they went with firebird, a play on phoenix, that name was taken and they suddenly settled on firefox. evolution of the names. >> more and more popular all the time. >>> coming up, new marketing ploy from the lead singer of kiss. >> you will not believe it. m the lead singer of kiss. >> you will not believe it. want one of a kind eyes? individualize with the covergirl exact eyelights collection. green eyes -- heres the look for you. blues, hazels, and browns ave their look too. individualeyes! with exact eyelights from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. >> announcer: "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >>> all right. this story's a little wild. this one is crazy. back in 2002 this company condom mania -- >> oh, sure. >> -- they partnered up and started releasing the first color photographic image of a

. >>> microsoft is suing barnes and noble for patent infringements. they are using android in their nuke e-reader. last year microsoft started signing licensing deals and refused those that paid to pay a licensing fee. >>> let's check in on wall street. a surprising response after that huge stock market rally in japan overnight where the nikkei up more than about 4.5%. european markets did not respond as well either. in the u.s. you can see a live look at the big board. the dow jones down seven points to 12, 029. a few other things offsetting that here. concerns about the gas prices and also consumer nice prices. disney does not know when it will reopen its theme park. they apparently have no major damage from last weeks earthquake and tsunami concerns over pour outages have delayed the opening. >>> time is now 6:52. why some people are penning the night outside of a san francisco apple store. >>> good morning, northbound and southbound 880 traffic is looking good here. some other areas aren't quite so good. we'll tell you where. >>> george to you wel

keep slagabe slat's tech report microsoft has donated $100,000 and google to order $50,000. has set up an easy way to don't thr donate through itunes. and google has donated $208,000, at&t and verizon. google has donated 200 could be thousand dollars facebook $250 k = google. so far, $80,000. and zinga, shall loing to raise $2 million. is it is asking users through virtual goods and frontier all of its virtual stores. twitter is updating with refreshing disinformation and directing people to resources. and were threshing-the reformation, and the blog dedicated to the relief effort. google is a crisis response center with types of resources, the shoulder inflammation, message boards, and a person binder's system. chauffeur- information. person-finder. shelter information. also, video uploaded to these resources www.kron4.com gabe slate's tech report >>pam: the monday commute is hampered by the golden gate fog. north and south appear to be moving well despite that fog. the san mateo bridge and the headlights = east. and it is a bit slow. the right is west. not so bad. we will

. >> of a group with 30 kids, we were microsoft kids but it wasn't a problem. i don't see what the big deal is. >> by at their day's students per class. i don't think it's something the teacher can not handle. >> they have to stop spending. to me there's a lot of problems out there that they're not cutting out. pink slips going to teachers and may lose their jobs must be sent there by tuesday. it's also the day there will give exact numbers on how many teachers are affected. >> james: now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: what a surprise we will get used to this trend the good news is we're starting off dry for now. already starting to get a few sprinkles. here is your shot of the bay bridge approach as the storm brushes through still looks like an san francisco and the north bay anywhere between a quarter of an inch and three-quarters of an inch of rain. south bay less than a quarter. the north bay brings as 2 in.. right now, here's your radar started to notice some showers on 101 as we head towards interest seeing some showers through the bay and als

. >> a group with 30 kids in my class and did not turn out to be microsoft but it was not a problem i do not see why it is such a big deal with 30 kids and a class. >> i also had a 30 children in my time. i do not think it is and hitting the stolteacher cannot handle. >> they need to do this on both points, there is plenty of fat that needs to be trimmed. >> pink slip must be sent out by tuesday. tuesday is also the day the will to get exact numbers on how many teachers are impacted. j. r. stone, kron 4 news. >>pam: sunday streets it officially kicked off today. the announcement of the new roped in chinatown. and new- event in the chinatown and also in embarcadero march 20th. each month until october. (music) >> jacqueline: taking a look of this video. ocean beach. high surf advisory because of the weather. the waves are kicking up. the high surf advisory of stormtracker 4. up until the coast until 11:00 p.m. large swells up to 15 ft. and along the coastal version. this will expire tonight at 11 let us take a look could we conceive of the rain. a steady stream of moisture. helping to

microsoft is in the top-10 as well. nasa is ninth in rounding out the list of the filling choice teach for america. notice the real financial companies in the top-10 despite the fact they tend to pay big salaries even for entry level employees. they said the most important characteristics an employer can have the financial strength, job security and stability and a best in class reputation. twitter is making changes in its management team as it tries to transition into an even bigger moneymaker. co- founder evan williams to step down as ceo five months ago, is rarely in the office. various rumors that the other co owner may be coming back. on thursday twitter announced that former google executives, is coming on board as director of product management. be right back. >>catherine: it is warfare at the box office this weekend, an old-fashioned battle between brothers. but first a battle of the mind and sucker punch. sucker punch battles with the big screen. of violence ban on alice-in-wonderland. take place within the min

. >>> the guinness world records organization reports microsoft sold 8 million connects devices during the first 60 days on the shelf for the period that ended in january and makes it the hottest selling consumer electronics device ever. it allows people to play xbox 360 games without any handheld controller. >>> facebook is opening up. they are rolling out a new page explaining the policy in simple language. we have links the page on ktvu.com onto the web links section. >>> national public radio is generating some serious static. it has already called npr's president and ceo to step down. jim vargas will look at the potential fallout. >> reporter: he resigned today after hitting camera footage shows him blasting the tea party. he was fooled into thinking he was talking to men backed by the muslim brotherhood. in this clip, they speak first. >> basically they are, they will be deterred. middle american, gun toting. >> they feel that npr was biased in this coverage and it shows what many of us expected. >> reporter: although they support public broadcasting, they are moving to eliminate

companies like twitter, microsoft, all of the virtual games that you play, they raised in 36 hours more than $1 million for japan earthquake relief. we'll look at that more tonight. local companies reaching out to raise money with social networking. it happens just like that. >> very nice. thank you. >> you bet. >>> continuing coverage of the earthquake and the tsunami in japan. go to nbcbayarea.com. we've posted live videos. >>> on to other news tonight, still ahead at 5:00, it may be thinner and faster but can the ipad 2 outsell the original ipad? >>> a weekend break-in at an east oakland elementary school impacts some of the bay area's neediest children. i'm jodi hernandez with a live report. >>> the key deadline linked to the san bruno pipeline explosion. >>> i'm jeff ranieri. we continue to follow these aftershocks in and around japan. 24 today. 5.0 and greater and the largest one a 6.1. meanwhile, back here at home, we're trackingowers. showers. we'll have a time line on how long this will last coming up. >>> a story in the east bay, vandals ransacked an elementary school targetin

>>rob: the i pad we can talk to each other on video, microsoft to talked which of our video. that's for going we just need more bandwidth. there's a lot of young berliners were counting on it. >>catherine: he saw the movie eduardo was one of the co-founders who he tried shutting out. he's on the list. he's a handsome brazilian guy. >>rob: the naps are guy, he was hated for what he did to not start and that he smelled an opportunity on facebook. >>catherine: stay with us rob will be back to end your e-mail's. stay with us. @ >>catherine: in national news, the president and the first lady's smiling and talking. they posted a video and bullying. the president began with a joke he said he wasn't here to request a french ship from anybody. it's his way of taking off the conference of getting children to stop hurting each other. >> this is an issue that make headlines every day but it affects every single young person. >> did something that we care about not only as president first lady but also was parents. it's tough enough being a kid today. our children deserve the chance to le

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finally, in business gossip, microsoft co-founder paul allen claims former partner bill gates plotted to water down his stake in the company before allen left for cancer treatment in 1983 and tried to buy him out on the cheap. allen makes the claim in an upcoming expert from "vanity fair" says gates later apologized. >>> the wizards tangle with the heat and the blues pound on the wings and carmelo comes up big again. plus an absolutely shattering experience on the ice in north carolina. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> on this last day of march, we're watching wet weather exiting the east coast while the west coast, you're warming it up. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, carmelo anthony and the new york knicks rallied from way behind last night to beat their cross river rivals. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. the nets called last night's game their super bowl, an opportunity to show the world they c

if you take somebody like microsoft who wants to hire engineers, that is our bread and butter. it is a real challenge. there are strong elements from these different systems. singapore, korea, the one that was a shocker was they took a piece of china in the most recent data and it outscored everyone. these educational port is that theoecd and analyzes, these are phenomenal reports. they are extremely well done. i am amazed that they did so well. they interviewed the teachers and talk about class size. they got into all the different elements of why some of these systems do better than others. >> questions? please, a ch governoraffee. >> on the flip the curve, where you show the cost for people and the ratio of adults per 1000 students, when i was mayor, my school enrollment was declining. we went from 20,000 students to 18.5000 and our costs were going up. what is going on here? the answer was, more children are coming in with special needs, what it is and is a new phenomenon a,dd, and we're spending much more per the supreme court ruling of the 1970's and the public school sys

the microsoft zune. bloomberg reports this morning that microsoft's ipod killer has itself been kill. the company will wind down its zune hardware line. software will stick around so if you have music downloaded for zune which can you play on your iphone or xbox, probably the only person who did that, still the only person who can listen to it. >> a lesson somewhere. saw how much business the ipod was doing and competitors tried to build an ipod killer and now they are seeing how much miss the ipad is doing and so companies like hewlett-packard and motorola trying to build an ipad. you never know. >> such is business. >> history is not on their side. >> that is business. 6:26 right now. you can share your concerns over san jose mayor judge reed's budget plan at two meetings today. the san jose city council will hold a public hearing on the budget message. at the end of the afternoon session today and then during the session at 7:00 tonight. the mayor's plan outlines goals for close the $105 million budge

bloomberg reports that microsoft's ipod killer has been killed. the company will wind down its zune hardware line. the zune software will stick around, so if you have music downloaded from zune and you are probably the only person who ever did, you will still be able to listen to it. >>> this is really going to bring up the whole concern about ipad competitors. this is the zoom, not zune, but zoom ipad competitor from motorola, and you can't help but sort of draw parallels in your head. lots of companies decided they were going to try to compete with ipod, brent and laura. they saw all that business that apple was getting and said we'll build something similar to the ipod. they all failed. now they are doing the same with ipad, and i think it's reasonable to at least suspect the same thing will happen. >> all right. thanks a lot, scott. appreciate t.time now is 5:26. up next, continuing coverage of the disaster in japan, including worries of a possible nuclear fallout. >> and why some bay area businesses are keeping a very close eye on the recover

i'm actually -- i'm here in dc, but i'm from microsoft research.the disclaimer that was made about not predicting the future, that's my every day hazard. i'm going to talk about things that are a little bit further out that may or may not be true, but they will be interesting and hopefully a little bit thought provoking. again, everybody has their favorites. mine is tomorrow looks like today, but the day after tomorrow looks nothing like the past, and so that gives me an excuse to talk for about 30 seconds about the past to talk about the future, and i'll talk about the past in a very narrow sense in terms of the past of computing. if you look at computing that started in the 1940s compared to physics, it's a relatively new science. one of the things that cakessed the first -- characterized the fires first decade of computing was scarcity. we heard about this. it used to be computing power was expensive and computing storage was expensive and computing between computers was hard. you spent -- computer scientists spent a lot of time thinking about h