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and, you know, they can watch c-span online. they can watch other things online. it's really3pz -- that's where future is and that's where a lot of the affiliates are worried about -- you know, as you're moving forward and if more people are going to watch video online, the people who control that video and control that content, how are they going to use their market power to prevent other companies from getting it? >> host: joelle tessler, anything to add to that? >> guest: one thing to add on the boxy exchange which amy was talking about is that i believe that -- there's some difference of opinion about exactly who made the decision to block hulu content from boxy because essentially i think -- that was nbc that pressured the management of hulu to do that. meanwhile, at the hearing yesterday, jeff zucker said oh, that was a decision made by hulu's management. but going back to the broader point, the -- what this really gets at is the internet is -- as amy said, more and more people are watching video on the internet. and the question for a company like comcast i

all online.had never met before we came down here to las vegas. >> yup. >> this is the most fun i've ever had in my life. >> yes, ever. >> i'm closer to my online friends than anybody in real life. >> yeah, pretty much. >> definitely. >> oh, let's hear it. >> rushkoff: the kind of relationships people forge in these games seem to have a particularly intense quality. >> nice to meet you. >> rushkoff: it's not uncommon for in game romances to migrate to real life, even lead to marriage. >> they met in world of warcraft. >> and now we're married. >> and now they're married. >> rushkoff: evidently, almost a third of female players have met a romantic partner inside the game. >> you know, we went out and had dates in real life, but to me i'm always going to consider my first date the time when he broke into a castle to come meet me. i just thought it was so romantic. >> we still play together, we have our computers in the same room so we can talk to each other. we sit back to back, play the games and

people can watch c-span and other things online now. more people are going to watch video online. the people who control the content, how will they use their market power to prevent other companies from getting it? >> joelle tessler, anything to add to that? >> i believe that there were some difference of opinion about exactly who made the decision to block hulyu content. i believe it was nbc that pressured the management pressuredhulu to do that. at the hearing, he said it was a decision made by hulu's management. what this gets that is that the internet -- more and more people are watching video on the internet. do they see the internet as a threat to their core cable business? it is really unclear. they say they do not. they say they actually think the internet is the thing that will span their business, and what to allow people to watch programming in any form on any type of device that they want and that will deliver to them wherever they want it. but it is a significant threat, and the question is, are they going to move programming that right now is available for free over

. >> i think what we're gonna see is a change in the cultural perception, that public means online. >> from the newseum in washington, d.c., this is "the future of news." welcome to the knight studio and our conversation about media and news in the digital age. i'm frank sesno. our guests today are both experts in technology and the information needs of a democracy. aneesh chopra, appointed by president obama, is this country's first chief technology officer. he's charged with bringing innovation to the government and the economy. ellen miller is the co-founder of the sunlight foundation, a group committed to using the power of the internet to increase political transparency and accountability and to helping citizens and journalists be their own best watchdogs. welcome to you both. let me start by asking you, aneesh chopra, what's at stake here? >> well, in a sense, there are 3 key elements. first, this is a key pillar of how we have a government that works. second, our society is transformed incredibly by these emerging digital technologies, so how we communicate with one another is

december 15 ranked as the heaviest online shopping day in u.s. history. the big winners in the online holiday wars were retailers amazon and wal-mart. >> tom: that morning glass of o.j. may soon cost you more, thanks to mother nature. it now looks like last month's freeze in florida slammed citrus growers in a big way. more than 4% of the orange crop and more than 3% of the grapefruit crop were lost. and that means the state's citrus production will be sharply lower this year than last. florida's the largest producer of oranges in the nation, and most of them go to make juice. orange juice futures are near two-year highs. >> suzanne: it's day three of violent protests in south africa. demonstrators near johannesburg want mining companies to hire more local workers. south africa's investment in infrastructure has attracted countries like china to invest in mining and construction companies there. but due to south africa's labor laws, some chinese firms are experiencing a bit of culture clash. shannon van sant reports. >> reporter: engineers for chinese-own

be a certain online content of comcast.i understand it, comcast will purchase 51% of nbc universal. general electric will retain 49%. since the merger or their sale -- the sale has been announced, we have heard the usual predictions that this is the end of the media world as we know it. . . of the media world as we know it. put me down as skeptical on that. i don't think that's going to happen. i hope good things happen for the viewers and the folks that provide the content to the media. but let's let the market make those decisions. we should allow companies to take risks. we should allow companies to seek out niche markets. we should allow companies to use their natural competitive their natural competitive advantages to ser up material for the marketplace of various interests. it's a testament to our system that even in these uncertain economic times there are people, some of them are at this table, that are willing to take such market risks. there are some analysts that have expressed doubts about the economic case for

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, while they move it behind access to programming why our online or will you have to pay similar to the way you pay for television service like cable. >> host: joelle tessler, both you and amy schatz mentioned that congress really doesn't have a role in saying yea or nay to this joint venture or merger. but to use the congress and individual members working to get concessions from nbc and/or comcast to sign off on the steel? >> guest: yes, i think actually and amy can jump in here but i imagine that i'm sure they will weigh in with the company's but i imagine the oppression -- pressure will fall more on the fcc and doj, likely to influence the analysis that goes on of the agencies that are actually doing the review of the process and that's how they could influence the outcome of the reviews and what types of conditions attached. >> guest: it gets dicey because a lot of members of congress accept campaign contributions from these companies and so if you are a member you can't say i really think this deal should be approved, fcc, you should do that. ming gets really bad actually if you h

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that's why we are laying out the top five online scams to keep you safe.first are the free trials you have seen for things like weight loss and teeth whitening. better business bureau say they are scams. >> what happens is they put their credit card in and get occurring unathrised charges. >> reporter: it is hard to stop the payment cycle or contact the companies. another one that's hard to stop. overpayment scam. they are common on sites like craigslist or ebay. you buy something online. seller sends you a check for too much money. the check is bogus. you are on the hook for the money. uncle sam says he can get government grants to fix up your home. the problem is they don't give out grants to any old joe. you should not give bank information for anyone who claims they have government or still dollars. stay away from work at home opportunities. don't believe the hype of making understand the of cash from home and don't pay in advance to be part of their business do. your research first. scam five. all about death relief. per net ads in local companies cla

one example of this is for online content.e concept of tv everywhere, which basically involves packaging cable networks and allowing them to be viewed by your broadband customers. i think comcast brands their x finity. we went to comcast and the other networks and asked for rights to access that programming for our broadband customers. to date, we have been denied that access. a cable example. we were negotiating with a network that comcast has a significant investment in. during that negotiations, the network refused to include the rights to their advanced programming that they were developing. the bottom line is this, we're not here to whine or ask for special advantages, because we are the smaller guy. i believe in competition as my peers hear have said. it breeds creativity, innovation and a clear focus on the customer. i think our jd power and consumer report ratings val daid date that. we ask for a thorough and thoughtful consideration of specific conditions that may be imposed so that we can continue to preserve and pro

when they check online, there's a cost of being cut off. angry customers that have not received what they have asked for. order after order cancelled. >> it is not just the money, we have lost their trust. >> out in the desert is the very end of the chinese great wall. keeping order in the kingdom has long been a chinese priority. critics say that chinese risks cutting itself off from the flow of ideas and progress. >> 20 years since nelson mandela walked free fom jail as the man that steered his divided country away from its racist past. tomorrow the people from south africa will celebrate the momentous day. our correspondent there reported his release in 1990 has been back to south africa, where the man that freed nelson mandela asked if this was one of the biggest days of his life. >> one of them. i realized that after the announcement that i made, south africa would be changed forever. >> not to diminish what you decided in did, but to suggest that south africa was under intense pressure, internationally. there was a run on the financia

they councilled one family whose daughter started a steamy online affair in front of them. >> while the mom was cooking dinner and the dad was watching television, the daughter, who was 11 at the time was carrying on this conversation with this older man. >> so here's a little speak 101. >> nifoc is a term they will use. it means naked in front of computer. and kpc, keeping parents clueless. and tdtm. >> it means talk dirty to me. if you see that on your child's screen, they are talking to somebody they shouldn't be. >> al with wired safety says there are several online dictionaries and translators to help you. niles has used them and monitors her son's online time. >> get involved with your child and try to stay, you know, stay in the loop of what's going on. it moves really fast. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >>> so here are the answers to the codes that we gave you earlier. cd9, it means code nine or parent in the room. 8 stands for a sex act and marijuana. you need to know these codes. go to our website, wusa9.com and look under 9news extras for a code breaker guide. >>> midweek, time to

the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more about the employment picture on our "making sense" site, we have a web-only video with an economist who calls for a federal jobs program. plus, we surveyed small business owners asking them how best to create jobs.

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we get feedback from customer that's call in or contact us online. we look through the internet. we look at nhtsa data. we look at a number of different sources. we get reports from our dealers. we have product reports. all of that information from my side gets put together in reports and they go to japan to the quality site. to say that i'm not involved in quality, i am from an antenna standpoint. >> you also said that communication is pretty one way with respect to safety and reporting back to japan because

to protect your online bank account. judy reveals the simple steps to take to protect your information in tonight's "word on the web". judy? >> most of us know the drill. online password should be difficult to crack. it should contain numbers, letters, and special characters. but one thing many folks may not know is that using the same password for multiple websites is a big security no, no. a new report from the online security firm trust year said 73 percent of bank customers use online banking account password on, at least, one otherless secure website. about 47 percent of users share user name and password with, at least, one other on non-financial site. security experts urge users to create different passwords for each site you sign up for. you can be the first to know about breaking news, weather and traffic with mobile news. get text alerts and streaming video on on your phone. sign up now on foxbaltimore.com or text wbff to 45203. i am judy kurtz, and that's tonight's "word on the web". >> the ravens say improvem

one example of this is for online content.e concept of tv everywhere, which basically involves packaging cable networks and allowing them to be viewed by your broadband customers. i think comcast brands their x finity. we went to comcast and the other networks and asked for rights to access that programming for our broadband customers. to date, we have been denied that access. a cable example. we were negotiating with a network that comcast has a significant investment in. during that negotiations, the network refused to include the rights to their advanced programming that they were developing. the bottom line is this, we're not here to whine or ask for special advantages, because we are the smaller guy. i believe in competition as my peers hear have said. it breeds creativity, innovation and a clear focus on the customer. i think our jd power and consumer report ratings val daid date that. we ask for a thorough and thoughtful consideration of specific conditions that may be imposed so that we can continue to preserve and pro

a price war is under way in the online brokerage market. fidelity investments today slashed the cost of buying stocks and exchange traded funds to just under $8 a trade. they were as high as about $20. and fidelity has a special offer for its customers: they can trade 25 i-shares exchange traded funds without paying any commission. rival charles schwab got the price cutting started a month ago. that's when it lowered its online prices to just under $9 a trade. >> tom: one small step for the obama administration. one giant leap for private industry. today nasa awarded $50 million in grants to private firms for commercial space development. the bulk of the money goes to two companies, the sierra nevada corporation and boeing. nasa wants the private sector to build nasa's next generation of spacecraft. they'll carry astronauts and supplies to the international space station. >> susie: take a good look at the retail shops in your town and your neighborhood. many of them could be closing their doors this year. merchants all across the country ar

you can find plenty online.e biggest of wall street's big fish the 10 million and up in bonus pay, they can still only afford a piece of the most expensive island in the world, manhattan. a nice little town house for 20 million anyone? perhaps if this year is good for them those poor wall street folk also be able to get a place with a yard, too. now, those who support the bonus system, shep, would obviously argue that if every one of those wall street workers spends every penny of his or her bonus, it would amount to a pretty good stimulus package for new york city, at least. the average american taxpayer, of course, still struggling to pay off his or her own mortgage might beg to differ. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt channelling robert leach life on wall street tonight. jonathan, thank you. even as the money was rolling in on the street, regular americans were not feeling so good about the economy. according to a new survey by the private group, the conference board, consumer confidence fell and sharply over

online search market slipped in january while microsoft saw a gain. this week, the company announced buzz, its offer to compete with facebook, twitter, and other online social media sites. and iran says it will permanently shutdown google's email service there. a.i.g. will be one to watch tomorrow after today's double digit percentage gain. it was the second biggest gainer on the big board with the buying coming on four times normal volume without any new significant company news. earlier this week, there were reports a.i.g. was nearing a deal to sell its alico life insurance unit for $15 billion to metlife. others speculate it may be a short squeeze, driving the price of the stock up, hoping to force those who are short the stock to have to buy it in order to avoid future losses, and that helps push the price higher. a new 52-week low tonight for dean foods, the biggest dairy processor and distributor in the u.s. an earnings miss of six cents is bad enough, but accompanied by a weak first quarter and 2010 profit projection, and that's the makings of

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"special report" online starts right now. >> shepard: they meant well, that seems clear to everybody, but trying to take dozens of kids from haiti with no paperwork? tonight the americans held amid the horror. i'm shepard smith. this is fox news. haiti has been holding the ten church members since last week. officials accuse them of trying to sneak dozens of kids out of the country. >> there is a process. there are laws. >> shepard: now the church group's fate is in the hands of the judge. tonight, answers and accusations from haiti. first, it was the gas pedal. >> they built the death trap. >> now word some toyotas are having big problems with the brakes. tonight, new crash case triggered new investigations. plus, why is iran trying to launch turtles into space? but, first from fox tonight, it's another underwear bomber tried to attack the united states, the feds could stop him, the director of national intelligence says that's because the government has made changes since that botched plane attempted bombing heading to detroit. but dennis blair says a more skilled terrorist might be

congress has been looking at online privacy. last year, a testament -- i testified on this issue. we're trying to do better notice about what kind of information is used for behavior all advertising and to give people a choice over which categories are used and whether they can opt out entirely. that is what we are demonstrating here today. >> you are making two different technologies. what does each of them do? >> 1 gives an icon and label that comes with the ads. with an ad will come a label the user can click on and find who is serving that add to them. they will find where they can opt out of that advertising. with that choice, they can go to our ad interest manager and city categories we have about them. they can either opt out of selected categories or out of all behavioral targeting categories on yahoo!. we think that is the kind of choice that will give consumers more comfort. >> why bring it to the internet caucus? >> this is all of the members and the staffers who are really interested in technology issues. this is a key technology issue that the energy and commerce comm

from castro about the death of the prisoner was emailed to the foreign press by we have been looking online. it has not appeared on state radio or television or the official government website, but it is on par said it to actually regret the death of a prisoner. -- it is on precedent to actually regret the death of a prisoner. they did not say how it was the result of the united states, and he also said there was no torture in cuban prisons. the only torture takes place at guantanamo bay. but the death of this dissident and jail has really focused world attention for the moment on the plight of political prisoners in cuba. they say there are about 200 here. the human rights commission puts it at that number, about one- third less when raul castro came to power. the cubans and says the are no political prisoners, the call them mercenaries in the pay of the united states. >> any more about the reports 30 other dissidents have been arrested for attending the funeral? >> this is what we're being told by the dissident groups and by the cuban commission for human rights. the potto was from a prov

i would like to work on the earmarks reforms that i mentioned in terms of putting earmarks online, because i think sunshine is the best disinfectant. but i am willing to have a serious conversation of the line-item veto issue. >> we have a version we think is constitutional. >> let me take a look at it. >> i would simply say that automatic stabilizer spending is mandatory spending. the discretionary spending, the bills that congress signs that you sign into law, that has increased 84%. >> we will have a longer debate on the budget numbers, all right? >> shelley moore capito, west virginia. >> thank you mr. president -- thank you, mr. president, for joining us here today. as you said in the state of the union address on wednesday, jobs and the economy are number one. i think everyone in this room,

the trouble starts once an unsuspecting student accepts the online friendship. that is when the culprit uses their name and attaches it to pornographic photos. >> parents need to be more alert. there were so many kids who had posted and replied. if their parents were friends they would have seen the same thing i did. which is inappropriate. >> reporter: 200 students who attended chevy chase high school were bee friended by this pornographer who used a name that was close to an actual student. parents are talking about how to keep their kids safe online at momslikeme.com. >>> caught in the breeze. a look at why washington was feeling like the windy city today. we'll check in with topper to see what the weekend will look like across the area. stay with us. with fios you have instant access to news, traffic and weather without changing the channel. i will be ready for whatever the day throws at me. uh, looks like torrential rain, bumper to bumper traffic and some kind of weird smell downtown. i will be working from home today. my sister's coming. i can make it. i'm

well, i should ask you later on, i think most freshmen today feel that all information is online. and that too of course is a grand illusion because it isn't. so we've got to work our way through these, if you like, colossal cases of collective false consciousness to greater understanding of things, and that's what i'm trying to do in the first of these three books that have come out. this is called "the case for books" and it deals with a series of interconnected issues. i'm simplifying slightly, but despite i'm sounding optimistic about the case for books and i'm convinced that the kodaks is one of the greatest inventions of all time, and that it will continue indefinitely. despite that, i think it really would be naive to say that book sellers, publishers, authors, even readers have it easy. these are hard times, in fact. why? well, because of a series of interlocking problems. just looked at from the perspective of the world of learning, university presses, grad graduate students, students of all kind, you could begin with the spiraling cost of scholarly periodicals, especiall

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well comcast commit to not give its online properties preferential treatment? for example, making a really hot show available to a competitor for on-line distribution after comcast customers have already enjoyed it first? . . stribution after comcast customers have already enjoyed it first? i await your reply. >> okay. going to do my very best. i hope you'll bear with me that there were a lot of questions there, and i appreciate you've covered a lot of ground. i think what we said in my opening statement which you may have caught some of or maybe not have caught some of or maybe not all of is that we are prepared with the . >> having that litigation remain in place after this transaction is completed, i think we will continue to abide and have lived with -- is not the motivation for this deal to see a massive change in the oversight the fcc has on our conduct or behavior. we are going to stress the point to underscore that it is not a motivation for this deal to suddenly take cnbc off of direct tv or try to change that relationship. frankly, those are the secon