it's more mankind versus microsoft.icon valley is just one outpost against the evil empire to the north. >> this is silicon valley, the heart and soul of the nation's computer business. here microsoft is respected and feared as a powerful giant whose every foot step sends shivers through the entire industry. >> there's this emerging war basically between the silicon valley culture build up around the web and the microsoft culture up in redmond. it's an economic clash, technological clash, a clash for power. bill gates had to turn microsoft like a super tanker around to have it address the internet. the way they did that was by coming up with internet explorer which they presents as the world's best browser. it wasn't. microsoft stuff never is the best but it was well market and it was pushed and they had a lot of money behind it. >> here came microsoft with its own version of a web browser built into windows 95. their intention was to kill netscape as the browser and make internet explorer its replacement. >> five, four

apple and microsoft duke it out and netscape and microsoft duke it out. it's a spectator sport.y grasped the vision of apple. >> in the mid-1990s apple had a couple more ceos. as a result the company did worse and worse as the decade progressed. >> with big losses in the last quarter, with profit margins shrinking, apple seems destined for a takeover. this is a computer that even has fan clubs. >> i just love the apple. i always have. i can't say why. >> everyone was rooting for apple to survive, but it wasn't clear that apple would be around at the end of the 1990s. >> the troubled apple computer company may return to its core in an effort to boost sagging sales. apple will name steve jobs as its new chairman. he will replace a chairman that was oust the earlier this month. >> steve came over to apple, sold next to apple for $400 million. he had no ambitions at apple at all. but steve jobs was watching apple flounder, and he just couldn't help himself. so he remade the company the way he wanted. there was no one to oppose him because the company was exhausted. >> steve jobs had

what's microsoft's position? >> guest: we like what is taking displays where the laws are as a result of what took place with the -- under chairman wheeler at the fcc. we're pro and for net neutrality. >> host: it's going away as title 2 function. >> guest: yes, and we have concerns as well as many other in the industry you'll see a lot of different associations that tech companies are part of to focus on that area. we plan to educate as well. >> host: privacy issues are in the news. where is microsoft at. >> guest: striking the right balance. in some cases we look at lawful access issues, making sure that the consumer's data is protected and we have rights and reasonable rules when it comes to privacy protection. >> host: now, fred humphrey, what is your background? >> guest: i've been fortunate enough to work at the federal level. worked on capitol hill. i was on he hill for u.s. worked for governor mcwhorter, i work on the legislative staff and worked for a member of congress, bishop. worked for another compan

. >> host: microsoft seems to be researching. is that a fair assessment?est: from my perspective i think we've always been kind of flying high and doing some outstanding things. i think it's been an exciting time with -- microsoft what comes to the cloud we want to be unintelligent edge of one of our missions is to empower persons and organizations on the planet to achieve more. i think you'll find today as you go to different displays we have 1212, with microsoft research since 1991. what you're going to see as result of drone, such as, some efficiencies of help make a difference for farmers and also using tv white spaces which is something the sec is looking at. to help farmers to be more efficient and effective and as a result also be able to do things cheaper. you'll get to see intelligence vehicles to augment reality. you'll see a lot of things when you walk around that have a societal impact. it relates to the cloud, relates to efficiency, relates to a and the internet of things. >> host: it seems there's a big investment by microsoft in ai. a lot of

is microsoft available to everybody? >> yes. it is all encompassing technology for our cloud services. a number of our technology lives in the cloud. apisan call up on these and we can give you a example. you can try this very easily. there is a very simple example of this. say i want to search for things to do. i found a website that is publicly available. queue, ier read a nsa go to that url and i put it in. that, you canted see here all the text. it is what it would look like if i published that to my website. so now i can as get a question and it will find the answer just like that. the whole process of grabbing a , this is where technology, they could trim down that question. what time is a event. is that artificial intelligence? what i can do here in the corner is find other ways to ask a question. example i could ask what it be possible? machinewhere the learning comes in. >> what do you have an the way of cognitive services. very useful technology whether you are looking at a stage presentation or other issues. >> he has

now microsoft says we stand behind surface. reports claim 25% of microsoft surface computers are going to break within two years. microsoft says failure and return rates are significantly lower than that. >>> another alarming update to the opioid epidemic. intensive care units are reporting a huge increase in opioid-related admissions and even deaths. new data shows overdose admissions have gone up by 34% since 2009. cost to treat patients jumped 58%. researchers say many hospitals just can't keep up with the growing demand for emergency opioid care. >>> also this morning, mixed reviews when it comes to fast food chains and kids meals. researchers just put out this report. they found that most restaurants do offer more nutritious side and drink choices. they are listed on the website is and menu board. most places continue to list unhealthy options. one-third of restaurants in each chain continue to list sugary drinks as an option for kids meals. >>> maybe eat iing out tonight, friday night, and maybe it's date night. kari hall

so i actually hung up and called microsoft. >> she tells us the real microsoft offered to fix the problem. >> that would be great. >> things weren't so great. after microsoft remotely made the fix, it signed her up for a computer protection service. she says the company charged her a total of $149. they did not tell me this would cost anything. believes the company took advantage of her. i thought i had avoided the scam by the first number then i was being scammed again. >> reluctantly paid the charge with credit card because she was afraid the original problem would return. told microsoft she would immediately dispute the charge with her bank. i said i feel coerced into paying this and i kept protesting. >> she says her bank sided with microsoft. she agreed to this charge. sent the certified letter to microsoft headquarters protesting the charge. nothing, no response. >> after one year of getting nowhere. contacted nbc 10 responds. >> hi, this is harry hairston, wouldn't comment to us, but one day after he got involved, it contacted her with an apology and a refund. >> how did we do for

it was brought by microsoft. u.s.ntel identified fancy bear as one of those key hacker collectives that attacked the dnc with the backing of putin's intelligence agency. while the trump administration sits on the sidelines doubting whether these hackers did hack the dnc. tonight there's a victory of sorts on this battlefield. it started with an american tech company that had enough and spent its own money and time to pursue the russian hackers. the set back comes amid some other news. a key person at the center of that dossier goes before senate about russian meddling. the dossier under scrutiny. russian hackers on the run. all this shows the investigation still kicking into gear even regardless of what the trump administration does. joining me is patrick tucker. patrick, who won today? >> anybody seeking to put some sort of damper or bumper or speed bump in front of future kremlin or nation state spear fishing activity. this is a victory for them because this allows potentially anybody that offers e-mail services lik

it was a scam. >> so i hung up and called microsoft. >> she tells us the real microsoft offered to fix problem. >> when they said they could take care of it what did you think? >> that would be great. >> after microsoft remotely made the fix it signed her up for computer protection service. she said the company charged her a total of $149. >> they did not tell me that would cost anything. >> reporter: she believes the company took advantage of her. >> i thought i avoided the scam and then felt i was being scammed again. >> she said she reluctantly paid the charge because she was afraid the original problem would return. >> i said i feel coerced into paying this and i kept protesting. >> she says her bank sided with microsoft after it argued. so sent this certified letter to microsoft's headquarters protesting the charge. >> no response. >> after one year of getting nowhere [ inaudible ] as they hunker down in texas. >>> tracking potential impakct harvey can have on us. >>> he vigorously defended south jersey dad who maintained his innocence. one who admits to causing the little boy's d

microsoft is leaving in some really cool stuff.he way that a business takes information about customers, communication with customers, mission,t data, that really using data and ai, getting productivity up, microsoft is the leader in that. that a wonderful niche they are strong in. and they will be innovating along that line more in the next two years than ever in history. charlie: it is a path to artificial intelligence? the ultimate dream when you start working on software is the deep understanding intelligence that humans have. it has been the holy grail, when the computer learn to play games, when can it learn to read, when can it understand speech. things like speech and vision made such progress in recent years. you have been tracking this and exposing your viewers to this. even for people in the field it is a magical time. charlie: its potential is to do what, change everything? bill: and the first instance to be the best assistant ever, looking your information and help you know in the few minutes between meetings what you

microsoft bought linkedin. have analysts saying this is the biggest consecutive -- competitive threat for salesforce. how well positioned is salesforce? >> it will be interesting to see what microsoft does with linkedin and what products will emerge. one would have thought the growth rate would slow down in terms of just the largest cloud offering, but in the last two or three quarters we have seen sales accelerate.it tells us that corporate spending is good, and software is one area where you are seeing spending dollars go as people pulled back from hardware or services. emily: we talk a lot about the cloud and how it is only expanding, and therefore it is anyone's game, whether it is microsoft, google, or amazon. where does salesforce fit into the bigger picture in such rapidly expanding yet uncharted territory? >> when you look at a company like salesforce, they dominate the cloud applications market. if you look at revenue of $100 65%ion or so you would say, to 70% of that is cloud applications.salesforce b

. >> it was microsoft's first business. susan hogan explains why consumer reports pulled its recommendation for the tablet and why microsoft disagrees. now a week after the accident tey sent a firefightero the for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >>> a lot of people have been concerned about the rookie who was seriously injured on the job last week. we get an update on his condition. we've learned he is still critical and has a way to go to recover from his injuries. we also heard from some of his fellow firefighters and for some of those who trained at the dc fire academy. >>> engine company three just a mile away got there fast and on the first arriving truck attempting to get around a s

i had that with steve ballmer, as microsoft got going. both in my family and in the foundation, it's melinda. >> rose: how much time do you spend at microsoft? >> i'm there about 15% of the time. and i get to work just on the r & d part, brainstorming with people, thinking, okay, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. it's a very exciting time in software, and, you know, there's five companies that are, you know, in really strong position. microsoft it leading in some real cool stuff. >> rose: like ma? ( laughter ). >> the way that a business takes information about customers, about communication with customers, looking at data, that mission of really using data in a.i., and getting the productivity of all those workers up because they see more information, microsoft is the leader in that. and it's a well niche. you know, it's a multihundred-billion-dollar niche that they're strong in. they will be innovating along that line more in the next few years than ever in our h

. >> a warning against microsoft product. why one well-known consumer group is telling shoppers to skip the company's laptop and tablets. >>> shots fired in the early morning in redwood city. one teenager wounded the other behind bars. they found an 18-year-old man suffering from two gun shot wounds. they arrested a 16-year-old. the suspects and victim knew each other. the victim in critical but stable condition. >>> data reveals 25% of microsoft surface computers will break in two years. unexpected shut downs. microsoft fought back saying they have been tested for performance and reliability. back in a moment for more. north korea -- us secretary of >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, president trump ramps up the war of words to north korea. his secretary of state in the bay area and what he had to say about the nuclear threat of the north. >> we will have all your local news covered also at 6:00. hope to see you then. >> bye-bye. >>> tonight trump's new warning the president doubles down, ratchets up the rhetoric and says the fi

we went to see intel, oracle, and microsoft. we were at microsoft, bill gates was talking about someday the data business for you guys will be bigger than your television business. and i said to bill, would you consider investing in our industry? because we are putting all of this fiber optics, this thing that no one knew about. wall street hated it. our stocks were low. we were spending capital. this is one of the cycles where you can not always know the answer, but feel like you should invest and hope that it will work. and he said, i think fiber will change the game for you. how can i help? i said why don't you buy a percentage of the room, and then everybody laughed. and i said ok, just buy comcast. and he put $1 billion from microsoft into comcast. non-voting stock, no board seat, no microsoft products. david: what kind of return did he get on that $1 billion? brian: 400%. and it started the broadband wars that have been the beneficiary by consumers the last 20 years. david: are you worried that maybe people will say, i don

and why consumer reports is pulling their recommendation for microsoft laptops. and melissa magee is back with a closer look at the seven-day forecast. when "action news" at noon continues. >>> there is dramatic new video of a car slamming into the ground there as it plunged seven stories off the side of a parking garage. police say that the driver's bmw went of the ledge in austin texas. the falling vehicle fell off the suv that was parked in the alley below and landed on its roof and both drivers survived. and the garage was previously cited for unsafe barriers. >>> dash-cam video captured a hit and run on a highway in california. the woman's car game wedged underneath the truck and the driver that caused the crash kept ongoing. nobody was seriously hurt and police are trying to track down that driver, and three people are dead after border patrol -- it was a high speed chase and the suv veered off the freeway and went of the guardrail and plunged 100 feet off an embankment. three people were killed and one is in serious condition. >>> and emergency landings of

. >>> we move on to a consumer alert about microsoft products.nd tablets. finding up to 25% may have problems after just two years. eva pilgrim is back with the details. >> reporter: good morning, george. when you buy a fancy new electronic device you expect to be able to use it for a few years. and that's why "consumer reports" says it yanked its recommendation of two popular microsoft products because its new survey shows the surface laptop and book just don't last. ♪ get the surface pro ♪ i like the -- >> reporter: the recommended badge gone. "consumer reports" calling out microsoft devices for breaking too soon. >> we wouldn't recommend that anybody go out and purchase one of these machines right now. >> reporter: microsoft's surface laptop and surface book once on the top of "consumer reports'" list of devices to buy now at the very bottom. "consumer reports" surveyed nearly 91,000 people who bought new laptops and tablets between 2014 and early 2017 finding 25% of people had issues with their surface devices breaking in the first two years.

fred humphries, vice president of government affairs at microsoft and ranveer chandra, and microsoft researcher share their thoughts. >> thithis is a complete into ad system we are able to ingest data from centerpoint service we provide is specific to the farmers. we are working with each one of them. >> watched "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> members of congress have a little more than a week left before the end of their august recess. some lawmakers continue to hold town hall meetings in the meantime. next we'll show you one with senator elizabeth warren and congressman l keeping in marshfield, massachusetts, where topics include health care law, the presence transgender military ban and the partisanship in washington. from thursday, this is just under one hour. [applause]

vice president of government affairs at microsoft and microsoft researcher share their thoughts.ystems a complete between data from sectors to be able to provide useful services. what services we provide is once on what someone precision and working with each other. >> watch "indicators" monday night -- "the communicators," monday night, at 8:00 on c-span2. >> this might be the only government class ever take. you will be a voter and europe forever, so i need to give you tools in those pursuits in line to do them well. >> high school teachers discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> as a history component, this is a chance for them to learn about their story. their story starts with people who have someone before them, who have shaped the way the world around them operates. if they start to realize that this does not just start with me but with that contribute and where i'm coming from, it is part of this bigger story. allowing them then to take another people's opinions and perspectives to social media, video, it gives them a chance

. >>> consumer reports has pulled its recommendation for microsoft surface tablets and laptops after the devices break too soon, within two years of purchase for 25% of those polled. that's much higher than other microsoft disagrees, saying they stand firmly behind the quality and reliability of the surface family of devices. >>> coming up, blowing the lid off an explosive secret that russians never wanted you to know. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ when school was back in session ♪ ♪ those germs were shared with you ♪ each year kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. but lysol kills 99.9% of cold and flu viruses. ♪ >>> a cyclist, researching performance-enhancing drugs stumbled onto a massive russian scandal. >> it could turn out to be one of the biggest scandals in sports history. we're up all "nightline" with dan harris. >> reporter: russia cheated, taking advantage of its home turf. >> dozens of russian athletes, medal winners were part of a state-run. >> duane:ing doping program. >> two people connected with the russian doping program are already dead. >> there n

fred humphries, vice president of government affairs at microsoft, and a microsoft researcher share theirhoughts. >> with this, it is a complete system able to adjust data from sensors, drones and cameras and provide useful services. what services we provide is up to the farmer. somebody once these position maps. >> watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. continues.on journal host: welcome back. we will speak now with mark bray about the antifa movement. he joins us from dartmouth college even he wrote a book called "antifa: the anti-fascist handbook." thank you for being with us this morning. guest: a pleasure. host: what is your relationship to the movement? guest: sure, i'm a longtime activist and historian. i was involved in occupy wall street in new york city back in 2011.

. >>> consumer reports is no longer recommending four microsoft surface tablets or laptops. in recent reliability surveys some owners reported the devices froze or shut down. others said they had problems starting up. based on the data, consumer reports predicts 25% of microsoft tablets and laptops will present problems within two years of ownership. microsoft says the findings do not accurately reflect surface owners' true experiences. >>> consumer reports also has tips about selling your home. home sales are expected to reach an all-decade high this year. 7 on your side's michael finney has for. >> when selling your house, first impressions matter. so consumer reports has some tips for preparing your space for the most important visitors you may ever have. prospective home buyers. starting with rooms most important to buyers. kitchen and baths. >> realtors said the costliest mistake is ignoring grime and clutter. >> tighten up loose handles. fix drippy faucets. if you have an outdated bathroom, the money spent on a small countertop or new flooring can boost the sale price

fred humphries vice president of government affairs at microsoft and and microsoft researcher share their thoughts. >> this is a complete into in system, able to and just data from sensors, madrone campus and provide useful services. what service we provide is very specific to the farmers. we are working with each of them. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> next, a look at recent political violence in venezuela and other parts of latin america. and how threats of terrorism are impacting the region. from the hudson institute, this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> dear friends, it's my pleasure to welcome you all to our conference on terrorism, global and latin america.

in those sectors. >> when we talk about what's priced in for tax reform, i would say those name, microsoft, google, apple, they have over a half a trillion dollars overseas you bring that back here, you know, and so what are they going to do? make big acquisitions? probably not they probably do what we expect. i bet you see facebook -- you don't start buying back their own shares this is what apple has bought $160 billion of their own shares back so there's a lot of stuff that they're going to do that may not instill growth. >> do you think those are one-time events people have now learned from where you have the major dividend, rather than adding to the dividend >> my point is those five nasdaq names. >> right. >> i think they are anticipating some form of tax reform whereas the rest of the market may be not. built into it. when you know apple has $260 billion in cash, net $160 billion, that gives you confidence in the name you know what, you couldn't give it away when it was below $100 trading near ten times last year but now as we have tax reform on -- you know -- >> do you think it's a

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they could unlock your potential but not in the way microsoft wants you to believe. but to be hard coded into your system trust me you don't but with one brief look will show that terrifying competence what these algorithms to for the office. regimen a world and this is the precise problem that we encounter. sure public policies are losing funding but google has the ability to make a celebrity is facebook defines that as an appropriate. so for me, that is my presentation so i invite you to ask me any question is related to the book. [applause] >> our sherbrooke structured ?. >> i start with day idea of how they get the identities of a terrorist then i move on and to produce a relationship of control with that gender theory how those that we do not think of over a our behavior to connect all the rhythmic ideas so what is privacy and what does that mean?. >> i have never ben asked that. >>. >> i wonder in the terrorists example you can talk about the nature and how that differentiates between human judgment as you said a couple of times to identify a pterosaur a drone

and microsoft stands behind the quality and reliability. >>> we could see lauss for a third straight day. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all sell yesterday on continued jitters over the tensions between the u.s. and north korea. they had their worst day in nearly two months. the dow on pace for its worst week since march. while the nasdaq on poise for its worst week of the year. back to you. >> thanks. have a nice weekend. >>> breaking in philadelphia, police looking for a driver who shot another driver right in the middle of an intersection. coming up, how a good samaritan stepped in to help. >>> still ahead highlights of carson wens starting off strong. >>> breaking over night a driver opened fire at another driver at a philadelphia intersection. now police are looking for the person who shot the man through the window. >>> pepper spray attack. now officers are looking for a couple who took matters into their own hands. >>> now the birds are back. fans made the trip to the fields. highlights on the way. >>> good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy

was complained microsoft favoring its own software.nap misses the mark on daily active users by 2 million. the company's second-quarter earnings, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: snap shares are plummeting in late trading after reporting second-quarter earnings. their growth fell short of estimates, fueling fears that aggressive competition from facebook is blunting snap's potential, just months after their ipo. missing $180 million that $185 million estimate. we will give you headlines throughout the hour. cakmak andd by james cory johnson. both have been digging over the numbers. shares are down 15% in after-hours trading. james comer, talk about the fact that they missed. is it daily active users they are worried about -- lack of monetization? james: i agree that the shares are plummeting. i disagree the headlines that this is a facebook affect. wehink 100% of the problems see it snapchat are self-inflicted. they're not doubling down on core areas of expertise that they could capitalize on, like the content side of the picture.

that is a core business to microsoft and google.ompete in filesharing but those are newer for them. they are not the revenue generators like microsoft office. dropbox is going into this market from scratch. they have a product called paper which just started. filesharing, home turf competing.we asked the ceo and cofounder that question and also, why does the world need another collaboration project? his feeling was that what we have now doesn't really get the job done. he gave the example of, if einstein were alive today he would spend half the morning clearing out his inbox. hiss a humorous example but point is the way productivity and collaboration software works right now as you spend a lot of time working for work. he thinks drop lock in -- dropbox can cut through that. you will have to convince people that his vision is better. , how robots are becoming our primary caretakers in space. how one hotel tighten is trying his luck in las vegas. this is bloomberg businessweek. ♪ oliver: welcome back to bloomberg businessweek. i'm oli

it's showing me that salesforce and red hat and everybody in that cloud space, microsoft, obviously, taking bits and pieces of that, scott, which is something that everybody has to kind of keep an eye on, because it's then all about aws. >> and they expanded their partnership with google today, judge. they announced that today at the top of this program, i believe they announced that. that's another piece of good news that can help lift the stock. >> stock just shy of $100. coming up, double the najarian, double the trouble i mean, unusual activity >> the fun >> all right, double the fun one is watching a metal maker, the other is into plastics both showing signs of moving soon that is next first, the s&p sector check. green day on the street. there's tech leading the way, up 1.25% as a sector. we're back right after this on halftime so you miss the big city? i don't miss much... definitely not the traffic. excuse me, doctor... the genomic data came in. thank you. you can do that kind of analysis? yeah, watson. i can quickly analyze millions of clinical and scientific reports to help

experts say that microsoft, court on a and amazon alexa have strong and weak points and the partnershipcould fill in the gaps for each of them. the alexa customers will be able to access the cortana features and alexa could also help by asking them to turn on the air conditioner and they are seeing a increased reliance on the voice assistance.>>> today is 20 years since the death of princess diana. prince william and prince harry visited the garden dedicated to the late princes at the palace with the number of people gathering to pay their respects.>> i was privileged to meet diana when she was a youngster before she got married. to me, and had diana lived until today she would've made a wonderful queen.>> william and harry greeted a number of people waiting in the rain to pay their respects, princess diana, her boyfriend and the driver of the car were killed when they crashed in the tunnel in paris. >>> the california senator kamala harris in the bay area and what you said about the topics ranging from healthcare, to charlottesville, to immigration. >>> the destructive wildfires burnin

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based on the results, the magazine ple dikted that one quarter of microsoft's laptops and tablets would have reliability problems in the first two years of ownership. >>> the air force needs new fighter jets, but they're expensive. so, it's doing something unusual that could give smaller contractors a chance to build a cheaper plane. morgan bren p reports from holloman air force base in new >> in the middle of the desert, fighter pilots have been conduct testing in a new kind of experiment. >> we took a problem we saw or area we thought we wanted to experiment and engaged industry to see if we could do things in a diffo it is unusual. >> the air force is testing light attack aircraft built by three contractor teams. sierra nevada, air tractor which partner with l3 and texttron. just as the pentagon is undergoing a massive acquisition in structuring, air force officials say this exercise allows this em to test aircraft available and do so without having to decide on dedicating huge sums. it marks a huge shift on how the service could buy future equipment. heather wilson, who's been at th

microsoft said the move makes sense for both of them because more people depend on the boys systems. -- boys systems. >>> 20 years ago today diana died in a car crash in prince harry and prince william went to the gardens to pay tribute to princess diana. many people came by to pay their respects. >> i was fortunate to meet diana before she got married, and to me if diana had lived today, she would have made a wonderful queen. >> prince william and prince harry greeted many people waiting in the rain to pay their respects, princess diana, her boyfriend and the driver of the car were killed when they crashed in the tunnel in paris. >>> senator kamala harris hosted a bay area town hall meeting and what she said about the topics ranging from healthcare, to charlottesville, to immigration. >>> we have the latest on the destructive wildfires burning in northern california and we know now how the fire started that has burned 10 homes. >>> traffic is still mostly good but we are getting problems including the problem on the nimitz freeway farther south from here. we will let you know what i

the system costs $499 and microsoft is billing it as the most powerful console.in stores november 7. in the space race, it is no longer between the u.s. and the ussr. now a commercial contest is pitting billionaires against everyone else. they are investing in everything from commercial space travel to interstellar package delivery. there are over 225 private investors. ventures. space that is according to space angels, they network for space investors. we hear a lot about the billionaires and their efforts. how will smaller companies take on the big guys? >> that is a great question. i think we have seen some companies be successful already. spacex is a great example. they have -- in 2012, there was not much. the u.s. share of global commercial space launch was basically nonexistent. today, spacex is 65% to 70% of that market. they have done that by focusing on basic business principles and transparent pricing which i think does not get a lot of credit. emily: how do smaller companies take on the elon musks, jeff bezos', and richard bransons of the world? >> the

microsoft disagrees with the findings. apple tops the list for most reliable laptops and tablets. >>> amazon is making a move in the ticket selling business. they are looking for a partner to distribute tickets for concerts and sporting events. that would put it in a direct battle with ticketmaster. the two companies have had talks about working together but nothing has developed so far. >>> and if you go to a miami heat home game, bring your smartphone. the team is now the nba's first to require mobile only entry. teams are shifting to the technology to reduce fraud. the club says about one-third of its customers entered americanairlines arena with mobile tickets last season. >>> when we come back, chairs, tube, even up problem -- umbrellas tossed on a beach. >>> preseason action and one team already has a quarterback controversy. >> uh-oh. [upbeat music] >> announcer: no one loves a road trip like your furry sidekick! so when your "side glass" gets damaged... [dog barks] trust safelite autoglass to fix it fast. it's easy

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