brown's case has sparked an online campaign. here to talk about his sentencing and the implications senior staff target at the electronic frontier foundation. her work focused on open government transparency, and privacy issues jennifer, thank you for joining us, so barrett brown didn't hack stratford why was he son convicted. >> well that's very true. he didn't hack stratford he was convicted -- his ultimate conviction was related to some threats he made to an fbi agent, and posted on youtube. but the initial prosecution against barrett brown was actually for just sharing a link to the stratford cloud. he share add link like most of us do about every day when we communicate on the internet. he didn't share the files he just shared the link so that anybody could download them. on to their own computer who had access to that information. you can fortunately those files also contained tens of thousands of credit card numbers and access codes and so the government used that against him in one of the two criminal cases against him.

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they expect to be able to learn online and do their homework online and get tutoring online.expect to be able to learn online. companies like chegg are giving it to them. learning to more communities and more people, online ought to be the area of focus, not just bringing more people in where they have to leave their jobs and take time out of their work. >> i things that are online, because they are in new york surrounded by the freezing cold for a change. thank you very much. five years after a massive earthquake, put one million five people out of their home, is this country opened for business yet? we will talk with a telecom mogul next. ♪ >> today is the five-year anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated haiti. now the government says the company is open for business. stephanie ruhle traveled to haiti to see for herself. i am so anxious to see this. it is a place i visit and a place that has seen unbelievable suffering in the past century. >> indeed, it has. it has such a far road to go. haiti's government has been saying it is open for business. i went

. >> he revolutionized online ex-. but now he has a new challenge for bay area school ls and teachers want change. what california teachers think of tenure and seniority rules. now here's nbc bay area's jessica aguirre. >> hello and welcome to our education special in class action. we examine trends politics and controversies. in one of the most important institutions, our schools. tonight is no different. we begin with president obama's proposal for free community college. at this point it's only a concept. but it has generated a lot of debate. waiving tuition for any student who attends community college on at least a part-time basis. when he unveiled the idea a couple of weeks ago, it took a lot of people by surprise. last night he made it official in the state of the union. >> by the end of this decade two in three job openings will require some higher education. two in three. and we still live in a country where too many bright striving americans are priced out of the education they need. it's not fair to them. it

the connections of computers talking to the modem and making the connection to go online. that's how most americans made their way into the online world back into the mid-and late '90s and the 21st century. >> what were the key things in 1995 that really propelled the internet to the powerful medium that it is today? >> it was a discussion of a lot of media types and there was a great deal of media hype about the internet and what it could do and that helped propel the interest and it was also a time in which many of the mainstays of the digital world and outfits and companies that we recognize to this day as an important and significant had their start. amazon.com started selling books in july. almost no one noticed or realized that there was a book somewhere out there but it has become of course this dominance in the online world and in the commercial world for sure. ebay had its start in 95. the predecessor to craigslist again in 1995 and there that was also the year match.com got going so online dating and online relationships also began to take form. >> a great anecdo

we are picking the stories making the online headlines.allies staged across the globe in solidarity for the people of france and a man frantically trying to escape award of hungry zombies. as we can say from these amateur documents posted online by french web users, hundreds of thousands of people took heart in the rally sunday, january 11, to show their commitment to the values of the republic. an unprecedented show of unity which has been echoed across the globe with a number of marches and demonstrations of the weekend. in europe in particular, dozens of rallies took place on saturday and sunday, from madrid to prague, from dublin, to budapest. hundreds, thousands of people took to the streets with the now internationally recognized slogan "je suis charlie." as we can see from these online pictures crowds gathered in new york city, moscow, and when osiris. patriots marched outside local nationals and rejection of any form of terrorism. and the muslim world was also present. there were rallies in cities including ramallah casablanca, and

future of political party speech online. later, president of the american association of community colleges on the administration's plan to guarantee high school graduates free tuition to committee college. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. host: good morning it's thursday january 15th, 2015. lawmakers are away from capitol hill today as republicans held a joint strategizing session in hershey, pennsylvania, and democrats held their own in baltimore, maryland. the president is expected to appear at that senate democrats meeting today before returning to the white house for dinner with prime minister david cameron. ar-15 to discuss cyber security -- they are expected to discuss cyber security and heightened security. our phone lines are open. we are happy to your thoughts on this topic. the numbers are on the screen. you can also catch up with us on social media. a very good thursday morning to you. we begin today with a headline about a 40 planned assault on the united states capitol, this from the "wash

in our minds it has been how can online education go up the value chain. what can be done with the physical environment? could it be more projects? more inquiry? >> and the affluent who can take on these tests. this is a huge game changer. >> pretty exciting. the sat has been one of the things that maybe you don't exactly learn in school and on top of that the affluent might have access to test prep companies and get special training. so the new sat, the goal is to be more aligned with what students actually learn in school. this is the first time a college board has done this. they recognize that there is a perceived and real inequity that the middle class might be able to afford it. we are working with them and we will launch in the spring on free test prep. >> so when i go on how will it work for me? >> you will show up and start answering some questions. it will really try to build an understanding of what you know and don't know and give you exercises that will be the best yield for you. >> it's almost like a college kons lor. >> it is a virtual tutor

that you happen to be browsing online.nd of does the work for you. gerri: andrea, 40 million folks are amazon prime members, paying that 99 bucks a year. that is a lot of people. they have really hooked a lot of us. thanks for coming on the show. great information. >> thanks for having me. gerri: we want to know what you think. here is our question tonight. how often do you shop on amazon once a week, once a month, never, never go there? log on to gerriwillis.com. vote on the right-hand side of the screen. i will share results at the end of tonight's show. >>> we have an important "fox business alert" for you. seems one step forward, two steps back for turbotax these days. after agreeing to refund customers forced to spend 50% more on their software tax software this year, more secrets are coming out. according to "usa today," the company that makes turbotax intuit has a database database which keeps all your information, talking names, e-mails addresses yes even social security numbers. now if you're thinking, ithe progra

how most americans made their way online into the online world in the mid-and late 90s and into the 21 not century. >> host: what war the key things in 1959 that propelled the internet into the powerful media its today. >> guest: a discussion of a lot of media attention and a great deal of media hype even about the internet and what it could do and that helped propel the interest. and it also was a tomb in which many of the -- a time in which many of the mainstayed on the digital world, outfits and companies we recognize to this day as important and significant, had their start. amazon.com started selling books in july of 1995. almost no one noticed. almost no one realized there was this book seller out there but it has become this -- that dominates the online world in many respects. ebay had it start in 1995. the predecessor to craigslist began in 1995. it was also the year of match.com government going, in 1995. so online dating and online relationships also began to take form. >> a great anecdote in the book jeff bezos stuffing books in packages to send to people and he wanted to bu

online, you can bring that same kind of magic to an online classroom. we have a unique platform. the are trying to do a case method online. we are trying to make it interactive. you cannot spend three minutes on our platform without having to do something, interact with your peers online. once we put our minds to it, we learn there are many things we can bring to an online setting. that is hard to capture some of the method. >> do you believe it may lead to a degree qualification? >> as of now, we are committed to not having it compete with our degree program. we are doing online and education as pre-mba and something that will provide lifelong education. but we do not think it needs to replace the mba, which we still think is a degree that stands for judgment immersion, a deep investment in learning. i do not think our online program or any online program will easily rival the degree programs we have. >> so you do it for your own edification? >> the first product we have created a something called hbx4 three introductory courses. basics of accounting, economics and analytics. we

>> reporter: the end of his marriage is sparking a major meltdown online. his fans tweeting, how am i supposed to believe in love anymore when he's getting a divorce? another saying, i've lost hope. and, love does not exist. >> it's true. >> i think people are so emotionally connected to the story, that there's a blurred line between reality and fantasy. >> reporter: sparks now leaving the happy ever after. i'm juju chang in new york. >> i still believe. thank you for watching abc news. tune in to "gma" first thing in the morning. we're online at abcnews.com. good night. you know how my mom is coming for thanksgiving? yeah. last night, i sort of... ...invited my father, too. what are you doin'? ey're divorced! you can't invite them to the same place anymore. they legally agreed to not like each other. it was an accident. he told me he was gonna be in madagascar for thanksgiving so just to be nice you know i said, "oh, it's too bad you can't come, too. we're gonna miss you." and then last night, hehe called and said he put the whole trip off and he's coming.

honestly, it is still shocking that we haven't really pushed for more online learning.use fewer institutions and fewer professors who can teach more people online for a lower cost than ever before. technology allows for it. there is a number of things that we can do. >> let's take the online learning aspect of it. maybe because the preponderance of online education has been the for-profit schools that have offered really crummy results at a very high price and left a lot of unpayable student loan debt behind so the online education hasn't shown the great success that it might get otherwise. >> you are absolutely right. those have been very difficult for students, for families, for the economy. they have very low graduation rates. when they graduate, they have very low employment rates. they have the lowest tuition of paper but the highest debt per student. clearly, the for-profit institutions that have been leveraging low-cost college loans to make money are not the right answer either. but the capability for the institutions we are talking about, there are 4000 college

they bought intel's online tv service. they put three different executives in charge of mobile video. where aol comes to the business, aol has programmatic ad technology. in other words a form were now the rhythm decides where certain advertisements are placed. sort of advertising 2.0. not relying on human beings to make ad decisions. you rely on computers to do that. you can package that with a mobile video service and all of a sudden your content stars to generate money. that is the idea for verizon. whether they get into a partnership with aol or somebody else or a straight up acquisition has yet to be seen. >> i know they have made mobile video a big part of their partnerships. there nfl partnership. they had highlights for the 49ers this year. >> great highlights. >> it has been a big part of the platform for the last two years. what is different today? >> the idea here, cory, is what verizon has not released yet and we are seeing it today in essence. a package where you can just get your tv service over your phone an

verizon is looking to expand its presence online and actively touring partnerships with online services, such as aol. people are familiar with the matter says prize and has approached aol about a joint venture or takeover. the company is not having significant acquisition discussion and is more interested in partnership. what is it about aol and its advertising technology that makes it attractive to present? joining us is -- to verizon? joining us is alex sherman and paul sweeney. alex, what is it about this deal that makes sense for verizon? >> rice and to get into mobile video. it is something -- verizon once to get into mobile video. it is something they have discussed. everything that dish network is doing, trying to get into the mobile wireless service. the name for the game for these companies is to try to come up with a mobile video package and bundle it in with your wireless distribution service that you are buying from rison. -- verizon. they bought intel online tv service. they put three different executives in charge of mobile video. where aol comes in is they have pilgrim at

so we're doing our online education as pre-mba and we're doing our online education as something that will provide life-long education but we don't think that it needs to replace the mba which we still think is a degree that stands for judgment, it stands for a deep investment in learning a set of things. so as of now i don't think our online programs or in fact any online program will easily rival the degree programs we have. >> charlie: so what happens? you do it for your own edification? >> no. so the first product we created is something called h.b.x. core, a suite of three introductory courses, the basics of accounting the base six of economic, base six of analytics, and we offer it to undergraduates. we're trying to say if you're a liberal arts or science major, you can continue to be a liberal arts mainly but you want a head start in business, then this gives you the basic vocabulary of business, and you can start a career and you don't have to do an undergraduate degree in business. some day you might consiéeu doing an mba. but we think there are hundreds of thousands of liber

you've got online options. you have the massively open online courses and innovations on campus. will that eventually bring down the cost for traditional college model? >> online courses, moocs -- they are called moocs and a bold experiment, i think they have the potential to revolutionize higher education, not in the way that a lot of hype suggests. they are not going to make on campus learning obsolete, quite the contrary, they are going to supplement what can be done on campus. they are already making available high quality courses to millions of students who otherwise would not have any access to them. the question is not so much what the technology will do, but what we will do with the technology. and my hope and my plan at penn is to enrich the in class learning we can have with having moocs, flip classrooms where you -- the students learn online outside of class and then they interact more with their faculty in class. but we already have 3 million students who have accessed our online courses, who would never be able to come positive penn and have an on campus experience.

get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com. >>> right now at the live desk monitoring the first police task force under way over at the news newseum. police commissioner charles ramally and george mason university professor lori robinson. the task force is looking on how to strengthen the public's trust in police after the shootings in ferguson staten island and cleveland. the group talking about body cameras, also disrespectful language that was used by police officers back in 2013 in d.c. about 26% of citizen complaints were about police using value garr vulgar and disrespectful language. >> it leads to an escalation and often unnecessary and inappropriate uses of forc so if deescalation is an important new direction for policing this is one place really to begin. >> this is the first time that the task force is meeting. they're calling this a listening meeting where they're taking in input. they are expected to give their proposals, their recommendations to the president by march 2nd. barbara? >> all right, thank you. and we'll see you again shortly. >>> right now we ar

what started as an online spat about the ethics of gaming journalism quickly escalated into a full-blownulture war. >> women shouldn't be mere disposable objects or symbolic pawns in stories about men. >> reporter: and a small but hardcore group of gamers resistant to change. >> god ordained that it is one man, one joystick. >> reporter: but gamergate doesn't just affect boys playing in a basement. the stakes are much higher than you might think. we're now spending more money on games than movies and music combined. to the tune of $21 billion. and what might surprise you, there are now more adult women playing video games than there are teenage boys. we're talking about fantastical scenarios like the ones in bio shock, epiced a ventures in games like mirror's edge. what is it that's so disturbing in some games that's making women like anita willing to face death threats? >> just when you think your hurt the worst example, the most misogynistic example, you find another one. escapism is big business. half of us are playing games like this one, "grand theft auto 5." critics say in these vi

you don't pay for anything online. what that has done ironically enough is made the physical experience far more worth it. that is why ted is so valuable. it is what people go to events. which means that we are not going to disappear into the digital ethos and there will always be the physical experience. but to do well in this world, particularly as an entertainer or a thinker or as a writer, you have to be able to perform. you have to be able to entertain. >> in your talk, set it up if you don't mind, the whole use of the "vertigo" clip. ? did you get that have you use this for a long time? >> for me, i have always had an obsession with hitchcock's "vertigo."\ i have always been a huge cinema person. it's one of those films that attracts excesses like me. every time you see it, you feel another skin. for me it was an opportunity to write about silicon valley because i always thought of technology is the great seduction, the thing you: love with. -- the thing you fall in love with. and you fall in love with one thing

go online, go to another store. >> it's hard to shop online., and you have to send it back. again, i don't understand. there's this huge overweight population -- >> i know. you could think -- >> why would they do that? >> if a store does not cater to you, that does not mean you're being discriminated against. >> that's right. >> that means you discriminate against them and move on! >> that's right. that's what i'm saying. keep the government out of it but i think overweight people should be mad. and there's a lot of specialty stores, and there's so many opportunities for free shipping online, it's just the gift that keeps on ip giving. [laughter] everyone knows being a parent isn't easy, but one blogger says couples who choose to have kids don't have a right to argue about how hard it is. is he right? it's a hot one. we debate. ♪ ♪ .. ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer hear

when amazon put something online and i put something online, we both had to take the same path over thenternet. >> now amazon writes a check or builds its own delivery network, and you cannot. >> now the vast majority of web traffic never touches the public background. instead of having to go through regional networks and up to the main national fiber networks and back down taking dozens of hops along the way, now when i do a google search it is just a few hops. instead of using the backbone, there is a direct fiber connection between comcast and google. the reason this has happened is because we are all very sensitive to tiny slowdowns in latency. >> is this -- >> it is now the de facto structure of how the internet functions. >> is this something, see, the system works? >> i think the real concern is less about bandwidth which is mostly what policymakers have been talking about, and much more about latency. the single best established fact about web traffic is higher latency, waiting a fraction of a second longer between when you click the button and the page loads, it is impossible t

and i'm not saying online is the only tool. it is one tool in a tool kit. but if target can reach me everywhere i go, i don't believe that people who are looking to buy a child victim for a night should be able to be free from that either. and so that is a second area of focus for us. the third area of focus for us is the work we do through our technology task force. so we run a technology task force that includes 25 companies, including google, who has been a founding member for four years now. and the idea of that is channels the best minds to think about this issue and to collaborate further. so the publishing of a sound practices guide for learning from the expertise of top companies and making sure the start-up companies moving so quickly that often they don't think about child safety have tools in their tool kit from the beginning to implement practices that can reduce the likelihood that their platforms will be used for trafficking and child exploitation. and then the fourth and final area is the research we do. making sure that we understand directl

the number of consumer reviews posted online is mind boggling. the time that the "newshour" is on the air tonight, some 2,000 reviews will be posted on yelp alone, making the task of identifying deceptive entries as well as keeping one step ahead of the perpetrators an ongoing challenge. yelp is a pioneer in aggregating consumer reviews of local businesses. its slogan used to be "real people, real reviews." now not so much. yelp labels about 25% of submitted reviews is suspicious or not recommended. >> you would be surprised how many small business owners might claim their page on yelp and actually go ahead and open up a consumer account and write a five-star review of their business and a one-star review of their competitor and leave it at that. we catch that, of course. >> reporter: in just over two years, yelp has caught 400 companies trying to game the system and let consumers know with something of a scarlet letter. it cooperated with an investigation by the new york attorney general which led to 19 companies being fined for generating false

you have online options and massively open online courses and all kinds of innovations on kavrpts campus. will that bring down the cost of the traditional college model. >> online, mooks. they are called mooks and they are a bold experiment. i think have the potential to change education. they are going to supplement what can be done, you know, on campus. and they are already making available high quality courses to million s of students who otherwise would not have any access to them. the question is not is much what the technology will do but what we will do with the technology. and my hope and my plan at penn is to enrich the inclass learning we can have with what are called mooks with what are called flip classrooms wrsmt the students learn online outside of class and interact more with their faculty in class. but also we have already 3 million students who have accessed our courses who would never be able to come to penn and have an on campus experience. those courses are free. they still don't substitute for getting ing ting a degree and g interaction but i think just like the prin

there is commentary online.less users have taken to the social media networks with their thoughts on the trial. it was more than 1.5 years since the double blast in apple 2013, and many have posted tributes to the victims of the bombing that killed some and injured others. justice will finally be done. and many have shared their sorrow and bewildering over the attacks of 2013, and others voiced anger. some are urging the american authorities to hand over the death sentence. some are saying he does not deserve clemency and that he should pay for his crime. but not everybody shares the same sentiment. some say he should be sentenced to life in prison. lethal injection is not the answer, and they would like to seize up our son nailed rot in jail for the rest of his life -- would like to see dzhokhar sarin a of -- tsarnaev rot in jail for the rest of his life. and this video was posted online to illustrate the scale of bushfires tearing through southern australia over the past few days. a lot of people have been sho

now they have put online a step by step detailed set of instructions how people can build bombs to get past all airport securities except frp the body scanners. and people tell me, they extremely concerned that the information could be a threat to u.s. aircraft. >> that is why authorities are on alert. thank you. >>> the crash of air area flight 8501. authority rs have sound the area where the black boxes are. when they went to the bottom of the sea this evening, they were missing. navy divers believe they are buried about 100 feet below the water. >>> and an icy mess of freezing rain from arkansas to new england. and check this out. freezing rain turned to ice on the ground. falling water rock solid. and making trouble on the happies. a truck here after skidding out on i-40 and that storm is on the move at this hour. senior meteorologist rob marciano is here. and rob, this storm is moving fast? >> that is the saving grace in this case. right around the freezing mark. and take a look at this map from missouri to new england. we have advisories and an ice warning for independence indian

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with multiple devices going online -- west."ple devices going online, we had a conversation with the chairwoman of the fcc at the consumer electronics show. >> the real question is how can the internet of things not sacrifice consumer privacy and security? i think that companies need to view this all the way through things. security by design. think hard on designing a product. they also need to think about long-standing and immunization. companies need to be thinking hard about whether or not they are mining rich data. >> even if there is a theater -- theoretical reason to keep it? >> do you really need it? when you collect and store a lot of data, there are multiple possible entries. finally, there is the giving of greater control to the consumers. i think that those three key steps are essential for making it successful with protection of consumer privacy. >> in the two years that you have been the chairwoman you have spent a lot of time with technology, printing or settling cases with snapchat apple, amazon purchases at&t fo

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. >> etsy is an online marketplace where makers can open up a shop online. >> carrie shakeman is author of "the handmade marketplace." >> there's a big difference between having a hobby and a lot of your friends saying you should sell that and you decide to manufacture something by hand that you want to sell and then selling it. >> she says that etsy is tailored to meet the special needs of crafters who seek to turn their talent into businesses. >> i think that for someone starting out doing etsy is a great way to start out. >> reporter: anna joyce of portland oregon began what's become a sr. successful etsy shop five years ago. it's called anna joyce designs and sells handcrafted clothing and accessories using her own fabric designs. >> i think when i started myself i saw myself an artist wanting to be a businesswoman. and now i think i have equal parts of both. >> paul is hoping for the same kind of success on etsy. >> i think i'm very much at the beginning of the selling part of the process. >> paul is just beginning his portland-based etsy craft business. he said etsy helped organiz

they have a strong online support.hat is -- we're used to associating far right wing protests with young thugs. we look at these protests across the country it is family and students taking part. they are attracting a cross-section of the population. >> you have read their manifesto. what does it say? >> to have been called racist and anti-immigrant. it doesn't seem to be. pegida says they are accepting of germany who have faced war or persecution to germany. this should be done in a controlled manner. a stance against migrants in germany, or not what they call the well integrated in germany. the language does become looser when they describe islam. they speak out against what they call a misogynistic and violent ideology that is threatening the christian judeo-dominated culture. the manifesto i not be entirely cohesive. scare tactics and by often exaggerating claims how far islam is affecting german culture. the rhetoric tends to be empathetic. members of the community do not feel at home in germany anymore. dresden h

get online. 40 to 60,000 are online at any given time. >> hire a photographer.n't, call on a friend. remember you and only you should be in the photos. when it comes to your profile, smell and grammar check. stay positive and concise. 350 words max. pick a great user name and headline. make two lists, one describing your dream woman or man and the other characteristics of people that make you happy. throw away list one because list two is who you should be looking for. speaking of looking -- >> i ask women what do you do if you see a handsome guy looking at you? 99% tells me they look away. what do you think that tells the guy? you're not interested. see if you can give him the smile. it's an eternity. i'll tell you what, it works. >> like everything finding love can take time. have a long term mind set. you're not in it for a minute. you're in it to win it. >> in it to win it. like weather. >> modern day twist from the birds and bees. >> i've got more tips for you. bella says once you put yourself out there, set goals. it can make a big impact on finding love.

. >> time for us to turn to what is happening online.web news is up next. >> welcome to the web news with our pick of the stories making online headlines. standing up for "charlie hebdo." controversy over the suggestion the u.k. is to bear -- ban encryption. and visit boston from the comfort of your own home. the three police officers killed in last week's terror attacks in paris were honored by french president francois hollande in an emotional ceremony on tuesday. the official twitter and facebook pages of the national police force display a message thanking the people of france for their support. this is followed by drawing sent in by the public, hailing police for their bravery and professionalism during the terrible event that rocked france between january 7 and nine, and paying tribute to those who died trying to save the lives of their fellow citizens. the national police has also praised security forces across the globe from countries including the united states mexico, england, spain, and scotland, for their messages of support

to do to be accustomed to having classes online. and i think it's a fabulous experience. i'm really engaged. >> reporter: minerva students live together in one building in san francisco. starting in their second year they'll move to a different city every semester. >> i'll be going to buenos aires and berlin for my sophomore year. and then after that the plan is to go to hong kong and mumbai for junior year and new york and london for the last year. >> i think to understand the world's biggest problems we need to live in different cities and see the different problems that people have and how they try to follow them. >> reporter: a former harvard dean heads up academics at minerva. >> what we have done is basically pushed the reset button for the 21st century. we can start over and do what we think makes sense in a way you simply can't do in an established institution. >> reporter: for a generation of students who grew up online taking a new kind of college experience isn't so far-fetched. >> i like the idea of redefining what it me

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