. >> now it looks like samsung may be forced to reimburse him. we have also learned a samsung attorney admitted in court as many as 7.5 million tv's manufactured between december of 2008 could have problems. to find out if you qualify for a repair or reimbursable, head to consumer watch. >>> you'll soon have a new tool to keep your personal information private. today the white house announced a coalition of internet giants agreed to add a do not track to their web button. if you click it, your browsing won't have customized ads. >> make it really mariningful by making it mean you won't be trapped 6789. >> providers will still collect information about your internet habits and use it for market research and product development. internet companies have nine months to build, do not tram buttons into their bruisers. >> we have all heard the story. paid layed off, unable to find a new job. professionals are learning there are well paying jobs out there. they just have to learn how to shift some gears. >> i have my two kids. i have to get a job. i have

. >> on the consumerwatch, julie watts tells us owners have complained for years about their samsung tvs suddenly shutting off. >> one day it just wouldn't turn on anymore. >>> reporter: two years ago, brian paid $1,500 for a new samsung l c dtv but recently it began clicking before eventually turning on and then it died. the same problem shown in the youtube video. >> five clicks. >> no idea what the problem was. >> nine clicks. >> but i knew i had a serious problem. >> reporter: and brian found thousands of people online with the exact same problem. turns out repair shops are quite familiar with that problem, as well. >> you can identify the bad capacitors. >> reporter: the problem is a bad capacitor that can overheat and shut down your tv. the good news is, they only cost about $5 apiece. so there's no need to throw out the flat screen. >> it's less expensive to repair and replace these capacitors versus, you know, replacing the whole tv. >> reporter: class action lawsuits filed in three states charged that samsung has known for years about the design and materials defect that res

. >>> seems samsung is taking on apple. >> the maker of the ipad is suing samsung this morning. >> detailsing, and the president lays out his plan for fiscal year 2013 as the country prepare for the coming budget. that's coming up in a bit. off to new york for tech bites. >>> whitney houston's death lights up twitter, news of the passing was tweeted half an hour before the first word from the established news media. twitter was kept busy with people passing the word and retweeting celebrity reactions to the passing with 2.4 million tweets in the first hour alone. apple is moving to stop sales of samsung's galaxy, the latest u.s. lawsuit claims samsung violated four iphone patents including signature slide to unlock feature and voice recognition. that's a threat to the iphone sales. a folk hero for the digital age, thanks to youtube, anchored by somebody posted on facebook. the north carolina father shot her laptop. that's not the best way to handle the situation, but the video has gone viral. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm g

the procedure of the ipad has been used improperly for samsung's own purposes. the court holds that is illegal. >> but the battle is not over yet. the two companies are still locked in legal disputes around the globe. the stakes are just too high to simply give in. following the launch of apple's ipad in 2010, annual sales of tablet computers almost tripled within a year. in 2011, global sales hit 64 million. the figures forecast to rise to 104 million in 2012 and well over 300 million in 2015. the tablets at apple are way ahead of the competition, but samsung has already launched a restyled models of its tablet on the german market. >> it has been confirmed a german steel giant is selling the majority of its stainless steel unit to a finnish competitor. staff a protest against the billion-year deal, which they feel will bring significant job cuts. the sales contract rule out layoffs for the next four years, but it will not stop the closure of a major plant next year. action, german blue chips finished the final trading day of the month with gains but retreated

rampage $1500 for this new samsung ltd.it was just clicking,. >> i have no idea what the problem was. but i knew i had this serious problem. >> and brian found thousands of people online with the exact same problem. turns out repair shops are quite familiar with that as well. the problem is about capacitor that can overheat and shut down the tv. the good news is they only cost about $5 per piece. >> is less expensive to compare and replace these capacitors. >> class-action lawsuits filed in three states charge of the samsung has known for years about the defect that causes bad. the common reaction according to corporate strategy at her. >> they are doing the cold hard mass of what an actual recall will cost them, even if it's militantly inexpensive part, it's part of the significant trends. and citing the expired warranty, he was told he had to pay to get his teeth fixed. >> now it looks like sam club might be reimbursed. i samsung attorney admitted in court that as many as seven and half million tvs in pressure before dece

it should have been zero. >> reporter: now it looks like samsung may be forced to reimburse him. they reached a settlement agreement in one of the class action suits. we have also learned a samsung attorney admitted in court as many as 7.5 million tvs manufactured before december 2008 could have problems. to find out if you qualify for a repair or reimbursement, head to cbssf.com/consumerwatch. >>> for the second day in a row we had record high temperatures in the bay area. good evening, everyone. in fact, let's go ahead and call on our live cbs 5 weather camera towards the bay bridge. take a good look. that's what history looks like. another weather day in the record books. 80 degrees today in santa rosa. 77 in livermore. both records. winds beginning to back off ever so gently. redwood city up to 1. 15 out of the west in half moon bay and in san francisco. san jose now under 10-mile-per- hour. but the winds will increase again during the evening hours. and we will see that wind advisory extending until 10 p.m. tonight for the north and east bay hills as well as the diablo mount

samsung and apple are involved in litigation around the world. they are both seeking injunctions to block sales claiming infringements of technology patents. >>> share prices are changing this morning. the nikkei index stands up by one point at 8,803. the broader topix is trading a bit higher with a gain of half a percent this session. sources say investors are less optimistic about the u.s. economy. that is after the economic data on consumer data and home prices were released. yen buying is a safe haven currency. the yen is trading at 76.18. the euro is 99.57 to 63. ongoing talk was greece and private creditors are not making much progress and that is rekindling concerns over the debt crisis. this caused the slide of the euro and bringing the dollar down against the yen. a look at the latest long-term interest rates. the yield on the bench mark ten-year bond is down by one point. >>> japanese's three leading shipping companies are likely to post losses for the first time in 25 years. for the business year ending in march, nippon yusen expects a

samsung and u.s. rival apple are involved in patent litigation in several countries around the world. both seek injunctions to block each other's sales, claiming infringement of technology patents. >>> housing starts in japan improved slightly in 2011, but remained below 1 million units for the third year in a row. the land and infrastructure ministry said on tuesday that housing starts totalled 834,117 units last year, up 2.6% from the previous year. new condominiums posted 29% of growth on expectations for recovery and demand, mainly in the greater tokyo area. the construction of apartments and other buildings has been sluggish since the collapse of lehman brothers which triggered the financial crisis. they say incentive for homes reintroduced last year is likely to push up housing demand, but says a rapid recovery is unlikely because construction projects are susceptible to unemployment and wage trends. that's the latest from business. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> recent photos s

apple and samsung will fight it out over the future of the phone, the samsung galaxy nextous in a californiaourt. apple says things that nexus can do, swipe to unlock, find numbers inside your e-mail are straight out of cupertino they want to ban sales of the phone. apple's the 600-pound gorilla in the fight. samsung's trying to get iphone sales banned in other countries with its own copyright claims. back to you. >> thanks. >>> the president is targeting the rich and corporations as he lays out his budget plan for 2013. >> we need to restore american manufacturing by ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs oversees giving them to companies here in the united states of america. >> mr. obama pitched his plan this morning during a visit to a community college in virginia. the president is asking congress to boost spending in transportation and education. he also wants to cut government spending and increase taxes on wealthy to reduce the budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next ten years. republicans say the budget is a nonstarter and they warn tax hikes will kill jobs. >> we mention

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>> let's talk about samsung for a minute. that's really an extraordinary numbers game. you look at samsung and a report today said they're estimating about $17 billion into research and development. then look at the japan side. panasonic and sony lost about $17 billion they're estimating. so certainly it is going to be a very tough climb. so what we saw today are some reports of some semiconductor chip makers merging, renassis with panasonic and fujitsu. perhaps by integrating their resources, they may be able to catch up. certainly when you look at the numbers, when you compare what happened with sony and panasonic with samsung's look at the future, certainly it's going to be a tough haul. >> i'm sure we'll be checking in with you for reports on how it's going to go. kyung, as always, thank you so much for that. nina? >>> u.s. stock markets moved higher in tuesday's session, wiping out early losses on the hope that greece is nearing any kind of position of securing more bailout money. that was the closing bell on wall street. the dow jones industrial average rose at th

iran as you mentioned angry at samsung. samsung says it had nothing to do with the ad. the prime minister of canada may not allow research in motion to be sold to a foreign company if such a bid were mai made. that would be hike google or apple. this in order to protect canadian business. the prime minister not only making research in motion shareholders not happy, they are making -- quite serious, the only value sleft hope that some other company will drive it. >> thering to see. >> still to come on tob, san francisco police looking for the person who stabbed a homeless man to death. >> what oakland is doing to try to make sure another crippling protest doesn't happen again. >> we've got gusty winds wiping rain across the bay area. we'll tell you where it's the heaviest and when it's expected to clear. >> as a result of those gusty conditions these wind farms are going to make a good harvest. we also have a good stock of cars on the road. coming up for the souay. whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh, don'

to show how the samsung galaxy note is revolutionizing the way we live. >>what's going on friends, we're on our way to brooklyn, and who are we going to meet? >> the lovely people of glow interactive, a video game design company, and see some epic street artists and amazing murals we're doing it all with the help of the samsung galaxy note. >>graffiti and technology, two of our favorite things. >>let's take a picture. i'll send it to megan so she knows what we look like. i'm going to use the s pen to accomplish that. >> there's several other brooklyns around the world but we find that brooklyn, ny, is the most legit one. >> as an interactive designer, what inspires you? >> living in brooklyn and seeing powerful graffiti, and seeing how these artists make things people can connect to. >> hey, megan, you should come take a look at this mural. >> cool, let me just take a note. put him on speakerphone >> the s pen >> yeahhh, make a note going to write the address >> that's amazing multitasking. >> hello, you're sending me a map? great! >> you know it's cool y

against android, not just samsung, samsung hold as significant share of the market, but it's reallyt android. >> thank you for joining us. apple, it is up 24% since it's first close above $400 back in july of last year. we crunched the numbers to see which stocks have done better than apple in the same timeframe. tech stocks motorola, mobility. novellu systems and on the nasdaq, seegate. and fastenal and o'reilly automotive and ross stores. >> and let's mention, apple did so much on this. if you take out apple out of the s&p 500, boy, a different picture. >> you know, s&p said that the tech sector is over bought right now. >> you up next, student loans, on fire. literally. in a new, faster-acting formula. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >>> well fire tearing through an office at the university of hawaii, i

it is not a samsung era. it is not a hewlett-packard era. it is an eco system and everybody knows the music of yesteryear. i was shocked. i think it was another apple $500 call to action. >> additional reports today from some that the u.s. air force is going to buy 18,000 -- put some of the flight logs on the ipads, save a lot of weight in flight and therefore saving fuel. eating into market share from r.i.m. >> how many apple devices do you use now? >> i don't know how many we have in our house, frankly. we have the ipad, itouchs, the computer, the laptop -- i don't know. but i worry about it being a closed system when i think about trying to put everything on itunes and then the difficulty -- if you want to go with google in some fashion to organize something, you want to go to the cloud in another way -- i don't know. call me crazy. >> we had a great story this morning about the convergence that everybody's into hardware, amazon is shooting against them. facebook is shooting against them. it's such a juggernaut. it is so hard to derail. w

apple against samsung.r versus his daughter's laptop. >> paula faris has more. >> whitney houston oppose the death of lights up twitter. news of her passing was tweeted a half-hour before the first word from the established news media. twitter was busy with people passing the word. nearly 2.4 million this tweet in the first hour alone. apple is again moving to stop sales of samsung's galaxy, the latest u.s. lawsuits claiming samsung has violated four iphone patents including the signature slide to unlock feature and the voice recognition. apple says that is a threat to iphone sales. a full zero for the digital age banks to youtube-- a father has become a full zerooldk hero for shooting his daughter's laptop. >> that's one way to get your point across. >> has your snow excitement peaked on the weekend? >> no. >> it did bring some cold temperatures. >> it did. and gusty wind. here are some of the call this number is i could find. 13 at garrett county at wisps' he resort -- wisp. no wind right now with high pr

apple and samsung combined, which is why this is a big deal.he nokia lumia 900, it's going to hit the u.s. market this summer. it's already being called the best window's mobile phone yet. what exactly does that say? could this be a device, a game changer for nokia? mike isaac is here, as well as scott sutherland. mike, listen, my desert island magazine, if there's one i can take, i'll tak"wired." you reviewed the lumia, compared it to some of the other smartphones. the magazine gave it an 8 out of 10. why do you like this phone so much? i was shocked. >> you're not used to nokia phones as the newest, greatest phones out there. nokia is basically betting the entire company on windows phone. and them being the operating system for their smartphones, right? so the emphasis on nokia is on design. everything goes into the hardware design on the phone. they've got this sort of bow house funky look that's not like any of the android phones you see out there right now. they have their oun apps that they make, that you can't get on other hardware manuf

. >>> apple and samsung are at it again. what's the deal?s that samsung's phone actually, its smartphone, is too much like its iphone. it's claiming that the galaxy nexus violates certain patents. there are reports that apple has asked a federal court to block samsung from selling the galaxy nexus phone. last year, apple sued samsung accusing it of copying the design of the iphone. while that lawsuit continues, apple maintains that samsung is copping its technical features too. one of them is a feature that lets you unlock phones by sliding an image across the screen. the stakes are high, because the sales are really neck and neck. the "wall street journal" says apple's products accounted for 23% of global smartphone shipments. samsung is close behind with 22%. but, kyra, apple not doing too bad today. apple shares have hit $500, trading at $501 apiece. you know where apple shares were in 2009? they were at $100. nice run-up. what do you think? >> if we only knew then what we know now. >> if we only knew. >> we'd all be retiring. >> yes, we

i think the issue with samsung aside from apple they do build great phones. they have a great technology advantage over apple for now. and they create these great brilliant screens viewable from 180 degrees and consume a lot less power. the big differentiator for us is apple ecosystem. your pictures in icloud, apps and in the future tv shows and video, it will be so hard for you to move. >> very interesting discussion. thanks a million. appreciate it peter and jon. >> before you head out to buy apple if you don't already own it, here's something you should know. it's up 24% since its first close above $400 july 26th. but here are five other stocks that have actually outperformed apple in that time. motorola mobility soon to be part of google up 60%. novellus up 41%. mastercard up 27%. and f 5 networks up 25% in that time. >> who knew. meanwhile the s&p retail index hitting a new all-time high today. it seems consumers can't get enough of luxury goods with the market at nearly $300 billion in global sales. and if you need anymore proof of the health of the hig

back then, apple had claimed that samsung illegally copied design features from some of its products from, for instance, the iphone and ipad tablet computers. that case is still ongoing. apple will get its day in court probably later on in the year in summer. there's still no love lost between these two companies. apple and samsung are waging at least 20 legal battles across ten countries and all of it hinges on the lucrative handheld device market, manisha. >>> still ahead, basketball's overnight sensation. we check out the linsanity surrounding the new york knicks latest star. >>> remembering a singing sensation as the music world mourns whitney houston fans are snaing up her legacy. >>> you're watching "world business today" live on cnn. from hong kong and london. welcome back to the show. >>> yes, indeed. new word on the street in new york, linsanity, it's been coined to describe the remarkable rise of this guy, the basketballer jeremy lin. he's an off the bench player who has fans of the new york knicks buzzing with excitement. as richard roth reports, he's big business. >> repo

concerns about whether samsung renegotiated a contract. the company came out with modest beat in earnings and words about samsung had people thinking this isn't quite the deal we thought it was. a little too opaque. the company filed its 10 q and had some issues about samsung. just have you raise some questions. you can see the stock take a little hit here. it's been bouncing around, but it's not a true disaster, but certainly one worth mentioning. >> i was just doing the math, and it's been nearly a year, herb, that we did that taste test with you and cramer on sodastream. i think a rematch -- an annual rematch is coming up. >> if we do it, i'm going to tell you something he gets blindfolded before he's in the studio so he doesn't have a clue what's going on. he had an unfair advantage. i might say that. >> oh, okay. them fighting words. coming up next on "street signs," the home builders are building momentum. what about what goes inside the home? is america ready to decorate the recovery? we'll talk to the ceo of ethan allen. but first.

samsung tried to get apple iphone sales ban ed in other countries. it's video from the grays that doesn't include adele. the grammys were tape delayed meaning if they looked at twitter they knew everything that happened ahead of time. piers morgan, the cnn host, and former news of the world editor, tweeted so let me get this straight. the grammys are live in nigeria but not in l.a. where it's happening. this is a bigger problem as more and more people use smart phones to be on line all the time and find out things but yet you got this east coast, west coast going on. >> it's interesting hearing people watching it tell you when to watch. >> 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay," fighting for the right to use the bathroom. students taking a stand against a policy. >> showers on the radar for your back-to-work monday. we'll let you know how much we expect and whether or not they will continue into your valentine's day plans. >> and not a lot of love notes for bay area traffic. 880 is looking all right.ing. we cou have owin >> new this morning the fi

>> that is what samsung wants to you ask. it is left analysts grasping for words. >> a hybrid phone, tablet. >> whether a big phone or a tiny tablet there is nothing tiny about marketing efforts, samsung stationed cartoonists to paint portrait of passers by using the pressure-sensitive pen. >> can you turn a little bit that way? very good. >> the galaxy knows it's not the first to have a five inch screen skb a pen. apple made one called newton such a failure it almost ran them out of business. but this was before wireless internet. so... the world ready to try it again? >> this is so one decade ago but this is a better experience. you can still type with fingers. there is a touch screen. >> c net was impressed with that screen. not bad for watching movies. she's taking notes with the pen. >> this is awkward to hold in the hands. depends how big your hands oor the note could find a a pair of bigger hands. >> i bart every day. it is a perfect bart buddy. >> or hands of an artist. >> i see something i want to sketch. i pull it o

[applause] >> now ladies and gentlemen, the 43rd mayor of the city and county of for samsung could sannpplause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. and thank you. thank you very much. please, thank you. thank you. good morning. weren't those lovely performances from our own symphony? let's give them a big hand. and [applause] 8 and to the incomparable, charlotte mirer shultz after whom this very staircase is dedicated. thank you for another wonderful celebration. and we're so grateful to you and george for your friendship and service to our city. thank you. and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still give to our city. i will never forget our conversation last year outside the white house about what a special city san francisco is. worthy of every sacrifice. and thank you for your continued service and for your constant advice and counsel to me and all the former -- and to all the former mayor's here today. senator, we are looking forw

. >> if you cannot decide between a tablet and smartphone samsung may have a compromise for you. >> paula faris has more. >> apple gets ready to release a new macintosh operating system that would include 100 changes and updates. that's expected this summer. gold reportedly was spying on those using safari on their computers iphones and ipads. google says it has stopped doing so. a 5.3-inch screen on a new tablets. it's great for reading or watching movies. >> if you can get over the fact you have to carry it and it's over 6 ounces and is bid for the pocket, the samsung does have advantages. >> the galaxy goes on sale sunday from at&t. have a great weekend. >> thank you. i think that is what is on everyone's mind this morning moving into the weekend. >> its friday. foggy. >> that's right. that's the deadline. what's on my mind is the prospect of snow this weekend. we have been talking about it for few days and i have posted a new blog for later this morning. one sprinkle in northern loudoun county approaching leesburg and about to cross over 15 and clipping 7 west of leesburg moving into

earlier today, rating's agency fitch forecasted this as well as samsung would gain market share now that a key competitor is out of the race. with the fall of elpida in japan, others fell too. that's on fears that a strong end will hurt their bottom lines. add van tus corporation was down. micron jumped more than 7.5%. this is the world's fourth largest chip maker and may be looking to buy one or more of elpida's manufacturing plants of course at a discount. the creditors of elpida can minimize loss. >>> thanks for joining us on the demise of elpida. nina, the japanese invented the ram technology. as we've seen with other technology they've invented, it's been overtaken by other countries. the taiwanese threw the chip makers out of the water. it's a depressing scene in japan. with the rising yen, that makes it even harder. >> yeah. companies like for instance, sony, liolympus, toyota. in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, the companies that we grew up with as leaders in the world of technology. >>> coming up next, we'll be talking about ancient history, sunken treasure, half a bill

they're getting into the hardware space, samsung is now the world's smartphone maker. so there's a lot of fast followers, and they're going to compete on price. >> 37 million, though, col. you know better than me, that's what they mind in the fourth quarter. doesn't seem to be difficult to keep up the momentum, and the next version will sell a lot, too. you and me both know that. >> sure, but put it in perspective. we are in the thick of the rotation from features phones to smartphones, right? so 40% of u.s. buyers have already moved over to smartphones. when you move over to the second segment of the people buying smartphones, you're seeing more and more are briding android phones, right? on so again, we have to highlight apple is at the top of its game, but there is concern that people are chasing them on price, and apple will have a difficult time being a high-end premium player as well as a mass market player. >> that 3 out of 5 buying the android. wee do those numbers not bear out in the last quarter. apple actually sold more phones than the android devices did as

samsung really isn't to plame. >> it's the ad shone in israel, the israelis dressed as arab women whoa plannant meet up with a koys. they the ad is for the app, it's not for the tablet but it is a samsung tablet and jokes are made about assassinating is rannian sciences. iran as you mentioned angry at sam sung. it has absolutely nothing to do with the ad. checking the markets, our friends in sunnyvale opening up the nasdaq. the dow down 54 points, the nasdaq down 13. >> thanks for the update. >> time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. let's start with a live picture of the bay bridge. our camera just shaking because of those winds. we still have rain showers coming down over parts of the bay, the south bay at this point nice and dry. right to the radar, you can see san jose getting a break. we're getting socked in across the east bay so you want to give yourself plenty of time. you can see the trend is clearing and we're starting to clear out from santa rosa down through the napa valley. by noon getting sunshine, by 4:00, 60 degrees inland. ch

samsung has tried to get iphones banned with its own copyright claim.ess, we heard a lot of adele today. many of the west coast have been put out, the cram grammys were tape delayed. if they looked at twitter they knew everything that happened. piers morgan, the cnn host and i suppose i should point out also a former news of the world editor, tweeted they are live in nigeria but not in l.a. where it's happening. this is going to be more of a problem. people have been on line a long time. now it's in their hands so people are constantly on line. you know something from twitter before it ever happens anywhere else. >> interesting. >> similar olympics with nbc is running into problems with tape delays so we'll keep an eye on that. 6:27. still to come, san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi, we'll have details coming up. >> a federal appeals court affecting public college admissions. what could change in a live report. >> you'll be able to give your wardrobe a healthy workout. cold conditions and we're tracking showers. >> the wind playing a factor for your c

. >>> samsung is suing apple which wants them to block the new galaxy smartphones because of patent violations>> the average price of a gallon of gasoline is up over 12 krenltss in the past three weeks to an average of $3.51. >>> federal prosecutors have presented evidence against avon products looking into charges company executives broke foreign bribery laws. >>> five staffers at the royal bank of scotland were arrested into investigation into alleged tax fraud involving their personal finances. >>> rupert murdoch says he will not close down his best-selling newspaper "the sun" after five employees were arrested for allegedly paying bribes to police and other officials. >>> boeing said the problem with the fuselage of the new dreamliner is being fix and will not slow down production. >>> and for valentine's day, a survey says most men who buy flowers give them to their wife or a significant other. only a third buy them for their mothers. and on valentine's day spending on chocolate and gifts is expected to hit nr than $125 per person this year. on average men spend twice as much as women. >>

. >>> samsung electronics bucked the downward trend rising nearly 1%. san francisco based construction giant urs has offered a 1.25 billion in cash to buy flint energy services. >>> a new survey finds consumer satisfaction improved slightly last year. specialty stores such as office supply, home goods and clothing retailers scored the highest marks. but online retailers brick out brick and mortars in overall satisfaction with amazon.com taking the top spot. finally, home builders beware. a michigan court has ordered a couple to demolish all or part of their million dollar home because the structure was built 80 feet from the neighbor's property instead of the qiredred 100. >>> coming up, the a's make a surprise edition and the results are different this time around as the nets get another shot at the knicks and their harvard sensation. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> typically, i'd be telling you how to get a break from our harsh winter. it will feel like spring but that's how it's been all went, hasn't it? your forecast is c

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a samsung digital camera in blue. the price $59.99. a facebook friend sent me a message about this deal he is involved with. visual health doctors of optometry is currently running a deal with groupon. if you pay $1 you get $200 toward frames and prescription lenses. for $41 you get an eye exam valid at $39 plus $225 for frames and prescription lenses. >>> and do you want to try your hand at acting, after the oscars? showing this deal, pay $40 and get an inttremendous for acting class for two people, that is a 50% savings. if you have an offer you have seen or are a local mer clant with an offer if our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle 9news now in northern virginia, there is a program that has a unique approach to teaching at risk children. skills they need to succeed. today on hero central, i'm featuring a special program run by mclane's project for the arts. >> inside, hidden inside the sculpture is a really cool shape. it is an october began -- >> students from 52 different countries attend. today th

i'm not 100% sure samsung makes more things and the yen. isn't that the biggest problem? it's the yen. >> the reason why -- >> it's more of the japanese yen, which is a perennial problem. >> it's going to be up and down. the reason samsung can play that game because they're the manufacturer of so many key components. >> not vertically integrated. >> exactly. sony will never have that advantage. >> i thought they had that. >> they've given up so much they're not the biggest lcd maker, nonnot the biggest memory maker. >> they're doing it tough. see if they can recover. thank you very much, jon fortt. >> coming up, we're going to tell you why you should remember the titans, the tech titans. >> and you won't want to miss the sexy and destructive side of the super bowl. >> but first, did you know that since last year we started talking about hopium really in the summer, so we'll call it august 1st. i think we hit it before that, but you get the point. consumer confidence has jumped nearly 16 points. "street signs" back in a moment. americans are always ready to work hard for a

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. >> the biggest phone makers like apple and samsung and sony are using it to debut their new devices. >> nokia debuted a new low coast -- low-cost smart phone. >> this picture rivals professional cameras. and allows users to digitally zoom in on the shots without pixilation. it is a comeback from a manufacturer the did not have a single new phone on show in last year's fare. >> is very clear that we have changed the top speed of nokia, demonstrating we can rapidly execute our new strategy. >> with no new competition from mac operating systems, they have placed their bets on the windows system. sony also has a new phone. the japanese giant is experimenting with how to integrate phones into its entertainment line. >> one of the things is to go beyond the smart phone, to think about the television, the tablet, the computer, the smart phone, perhaps gaming devices, and think how can we make these experiences better by finding ways to share these experiences among these devices. >> chinese manufacturers are also coming into the rahm. this year for the first time, smart phone sales are exp

in terms of global supply it comes third to south korea's samsung electronics. the company's real trouble began after the global economic crisis nearly four years. its financial health began to deteriorate rapidly. it had been operating under a government backed rehabilitation plan. that gave it access to a large amount of public funds and commercial loans. it had also been seeking to team up be rivals and receive rescue funds from clients. the company is saddled with debts totaling $5.6 billion. that's the biggest amount of liabilities in the history of japan's manufacturing industry. the president of the company apologized for his company's desion to seek banuptcy protection. >> translator: the price of d ram chips has plunged to 1/3 of what it was a year ago. the yen's unprecedented strength and last year's floods in thailand also affected the company. the environment surrounding this has deteriorated rapidly over the past three years. >> the bankruptcy filing is seen as marking another set back in japan's declining semiconductor industry. it had dominated a

that topped samsung which was in second place with just under 23%.sung though also had a really big fourth quarter, shipping 36 million smartphones. nokia in third place and blackberry in way behind in fourth place. stock market seg off this morning continuing worries about the greek debt crisis selling off this morning. they may sign off on new austerity measures but massive riots in the country and there's always a chance that one of the members of the coalition government could opt out of ratifying that and then we don't know what's going to happen if they will get another bailout. could lead to a default if that does not lap. right now the dow is trading lower by 45. nasdaq down 9. s&p down 5. also fed chairman ben bernanke going to go before the senate budget committee committee in just a few minutes from now and he is not expected to say a lot different than what he said last week before the house budget committee but since then we have the january jobs report which showed a quarter million jobs added last month. and market observers say if we