his company, enernoc, is trying to innovate in high-tech and low-tech ways. the low-tech? he works directly with building managers to identify what energy they can live without when the grid is stressed-- raise the thermostat a few degrees, dim some lights. high-tech? enernoc tracks usage in real time through its network and, when the grid is stressed, can remotely lower the building's consumption. >> instead of relying on power plants to always feed electricity out of the system, we can actually utilize the potential energy efficiency or demand reductions of electricity at buildings. >> reporter: the seaport hotel in boston is part of enernoc's network. >> they came to the property, they analyzed where we could cut energy without impacting our guests and we committed to 300 kilowatts of reduction. >> enernoc can both identify savings and control usage by using this smart-grid device that measures real-time consumption. >> reporter: the same way we all communicate by email, each building tells enernoc how much power its using. >> most end-use energy users of electricity ha

is there some sense that these tech jobs, these engineering-type tech jobs are here to stay or is itble? >> this boom started in detroit about 18 months ago. they see slow and steady growth for detroit. if you look at the number, we're not back to pre-recession levels for tech jobs. we're about 50% below those but we're still doing really well. the unemployment rate for people in technology is about 4.5%. it's 9% for everyone else. the jobs here, especially in michigan, finally with michigan, you have a manufacturing base, manufacturing is becoming more technical. so you've also got a low cost base in a city like detroit. for companies, it's a dream. >> you have cheap property, you can train people. there are two-year degrees that people can get to work in technology. excellent. always good to know. poppy, great to see you. we'll be together as we watch detroit rebuild, i hope. >>> we've come to know the phrase "too big to fail." now nearly three years later, it's a movie. we'll take you inside the film which takes you inside the crisis next. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love

manufacturing and prefer them for jobs in low tech manufacturing no longer exists so we really need to think about how we can change our education system to give opportunities to young students now to get into the high tech manufacturing sector and do you think about something that's a realistic goal i mean if you look at recent reports that come out you'll see also that china is moving ahead when it comes to education you'll see that you know that education a college education in particular is becoming increasingly expensive in america not everybody can afford that and we're seeing you know one of the largest divides in wealth we ever seen we've seen the we're seeing the middle class start to fade away so how realistic is it to actually have an entire group of young people or you know perhaps even older people they can go into high tech manufacturing. well it's realistic if that's where the government wants to put its money and i know the government's priorities for spending right now are a little bit out of whack in terms of how much we spend on defense and military expenditures a

the leaders of the world's richest countries the igi age is bringing in the leaders of the biggest tech giants that now rule the world in their own respects talking about not mark zuckerberg of facebook google's eric schmidt jeff bezos of amazon microsoft is going to be represented and rupert murdoch for some reason we're also be in attendance but is there any chance of the two we're going to see eye to eye or is this the beginning of an internet versus a government war on a global scale you and me to discuss this is aaron swartz executive director of demand progress dot org eric thanks so much for joining us tonight for starters is this tell you really how big these tech giants have become in this world that now they're meeting with world leaders of the eight largest industrialized nations i mean that's that's pretty incredible right there now at the highest political level that you can possibly achieve you think it deserves. oh i think it's definitely deserved i mean we've seen our economy now on the minute he runs around these big companies they're some of the biggest companies in th

many in tech. >> going to keep our talent here. not so much a muscle economy. >> poppy joins me now. you and i have spent a lot of time in detroit and watched the erosion of jobs there. this is fantastic. we constantly talk about engineering being your ticket anywhere you are in the country. what a great deal. they earn good money in a place that costs little to live in. how does this help everybody else who's been laid off, those auto workers and industries were connected to auto working. >> that's the key. if you're an autoworker and you've been out of work for a few years in detroit and don't have the tech skills you're not going to get one of these jobs. you can go through retraining do it on-line, cheaper on-line. these jobs aren't for everyone. you need the skills. i think the advice to young people and college right now, look at those engineering degrees. four, five-year degrees in engineering, all those grads we talked to had multiple job offers. if you don't have the skills you're not going to get these jobs. >> grads out

. >>> a new effort to keep tech jobs in santa cruz. about one third of the santa cruz work force commutes to tech jobs in silicon valley and the bay area. this weekend, some of them are meeting at the inaugural tech raising event. they talked about ways to keep it jobs in town. the main reason the mayor says, the economy. >> the economy is so interconnected. we need people to stay here, to work here, because then they shop here, they live here, and they can come to council meetings and coach their kids' soccer team and be involved in the community. it has a huge impact. >> people participating in the three-day conference hope to make measurable progress in growing the local tech industry by actually getting at least one idea funded. >>> so back to the space shuttle, tragically hip, have you heard of this group? >> no, nor did i wake up to it. >> apparently we are both tragically unhip. i have no idea. my producer says it is a band from canada and they were trying to give a shout-out to one of the members of the crew who is apparently c

it's putting in october of last the interesting part right because a lot of these tech giants collect all of our private information they have no problem giving it away when it comes to making money off of it and then the government wants to stop that of the government still wants for there to be back doors so they can get information if they need to spy on us it's a very complicated web but to me this do you think that this is you know drawing a few parallels the way that these tech giant c.e.o.'s are acting which i don't know wall street or oil industry executives kind of the the threats that they say they say that if you dare regulate us that's going to stop economic growth that they're too big to regulate essentially. i mean i think there are some parallels but i think what's most interesting is how. have been listened to a lot less than the giants of our lives just because they've gotten so big so fast so you know the oil companies always get millions and millions of dollars in subsidies in here but the tech companies seem very little in the way of much more hesitant to engage in

one community fed up with top tech talent heading to the south bay is taking a stand. how it plans to keep its great minds right at home. >>> no more rocking chair on the porch. no, no, no. this generation is active in bed. >> a new sexual revolution. what's happening to the baby boomers and how the government is getting involved. >>> good evening, i'm ken. >> the oakland police department is tonight ordering its officers to turn in their gun because of a manufacturing problem that may make the guns unsafe. robert lyles shows us the problem. robert. >> dana, oakland police or sources within the oakland police department confirm that this department has purchased and ordered 400 new glock handguns. tonight it seems that efforts to modernize this department already plagued with problems hit the wall yet again. that's because all of those guns have been recalled and we found the defect. police sources tell cbs 5 oakland police officers received a recall notice late this afternoon by patrol car radio. the message, return all glock 4 pistols immediately. cbs 5 has confirmed

government if they were to refocus that on training young people for high tech engineering positions and other jobs in manufacturing that are either through postgraduate schools or through state colleges that already exist giving them grants and support we can get there but that's not the government's priority right now even though they talk about it like it is and so then what do you do with all their workers the ones that used to work at all the car plants where do they go. this is the problem i mean these older workers they need to be retrained but the government isn't willing to spend money to do that they don't they can't get their you know their heads together on how to build programs for these people so what's happening is they're just dropping out of the workforce and you can see that with the broader unemployment rate it's now much higher than the regular unemployment rate and that's because these people are simply choosing they can't find jobs and it is choosing not to work anymore now that things do continue on the path like we said even though the government pretends like

before i joined the board, i ran a small tech company. like many of us, we have viewed the payroll tax as an impediment to economic growth. ever since i came into office, a number of us have been advocating for a more comprehensive business tax reform. i am very glad that this topic is finally getting the appropriate attention, given the conversations recently involving twitter, zynga, and other companies. at this point, there is a widespread belief in the business community at san francisco's unique payroll tax need to be replaced with something else. likely, gross receipts business tax. i think it is worth remembering that we are still an incredibly innovative city. in fact, "the chronicle" reported on a study from price waterhouse coopers that found san francisco to be the third most rich opportunity city in the world. i think we know there are growing companies with real incentives to lead our great city. there are also mature companies that leave our city or are looking elsewhere. it is important for us to do better. i think this pie

and many such businesses are feeling successes through their creative use of high-tech innovation.hn blackstone has the story. >> reporter: when marie got laid off she had an idea to make and sell a line of children's novelties. >> my company name is actually gooby de goo. >> reporter: what she doesn't have was thousands of dollars to buy a laser cutter to create her product. >> that machine can do anything it seems like. >> reporter: the day the ipad was announced, patrick buckley had an idea for a custom made cover. what he didn't have was the expensive computerized wood cutting machine he needed to produce a prototype. they and scores of other budding entrepreneurs have become members of tech shop in menlo park, california. a place where do it yourselfers, inventors and dreamers. >> we believe that every kitchen should come with compressed air, electricity and a vice. >> reporter: mark hatch is tech shop ceo. >> most don't. you know, people get to come here and use ours. >> reporter: here's the drill. joining tech shop is a little like joining a health club, except here for $100

la cure, buckley and scores of other budding entrepreneurs have become members of tech shop in menloifornia, a place for do-it-youselfers, inventors and dreamers. >> we believe that every kitchen should come with compressed air, electricity and a vice. >> reporter: mark is tech shop c.e.o.. >> most don't, you know, people get to come here and use ours. >> here's the drill. joining tech shop say little like joining a health club except here for $100 a month, instead of running are on a treadmill you get to run industrial strength machinery. members have access to the latest in computer-assisted design and machine tools that would cost cay fortune to buy. >> we teach people in an afternoon how to make things. >> we have a lot of entrepreneurs. >> reporter: with the tools of tech shop phil hughs developed a way to cool computer servers that could save vast amounts of energy. >> this pulls out all the heat, from the server to the lid. >> reporter: for how his company cluster systems has its world headquarters at tech shop. but a partnership with emmerson, the huge appliance manufacturer

. >>> and here in northern california tech is big. but not just in silicon valley. mark shows us one nearby city trying to keep tech workers from leaving town. >> every day a full 1/3 of the santa cruz work force heads north on highway 17 to jobs in silicon valley and elsewhere in the bay area. many of those jobs are in the tech field. >> this weekend you're here to contribute your passions and talents. >> so tonight, some of those commuters gathered in santa cruz with an eye toward helping its community and keep tech jobs local. >> i want to see more investment come from that side of the hill. and if that results in less people commuting over the hill, that's great. but the object here is to build a community here, maybe attract more talent to santa cruz. >> there's another reason santa cruz wants to attract and keep jobs in the tech industry, the economy. >> we'd love to figure out ways to keep them here. >> ryan is the mayor of santa cruz. >> the economy is so interconnected. we need people to stay here, to work here, they shop here, live here, and they can come

our tech contributor -- hello?tor, daniel fever, has come up with a digital diet. he will go through that with us this morning, if we can get bianna to join us this weekend. >> i'm always on my blackberry. >>> good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> i'm bianna golodryga. also ahead this morning, a rescue operation underway in the florida keys. about two dozen pilot whales have gotten into shallow water there. workers are working around the clock in a desperate attempt to save them. we'll take you there. >>> what's missing from this picture? the answer coming up in "your week in three words." >>> the parents of tyler clementi speaking out for the first time. the rutgers student committed suicide after another student posted him having sex online. the man involved with the bullying was in court. that's where clementi's parents made their statement. mike marusarz is here this morning. >> reporter: tyler clementi's parents had issued written statements before. but this was the first time they faced cameras. and we he

in california, in oregon, in arizona, in new mexico we employ 43, 44,000hi-tech, high-wage workers. they're the heart and be soul of intel, and as we expand our manufacturing facilities, we count on them to build our next silicon process technology, our new architecture. as we go forward, it's our american working manufacturing base is key for us. >> host: also joining us is gautham nagesh from "the hill" newspaper, he's a technology reporter there. ma has been talking about his innovation -- president obama has been talking about his innovation agenda, and he's been referencing this in several speeches. here he is from last month at penn state. >> and anywhere you go in the country, you will find inventers and businesses that created products that are now sent all around the world. but innovation has also flourished because we as a nation have invested in the success of these individual entrepreneurs, these inventers, these scientists. in this country from the moment you have a new idea, you can explore it in the world's best labs and universities, you can develop it with a researc

set of amendments to change the proposal that had initially focused a two-year tax exclusion to only tech companies who had been founded after 2001, that were larger than 100 employees. i would suggest that we not omit this legislation to just as companies, that we need to have the exclusion open to any private company that undertakes either an initial public offering on a public stock exchange, or experiences a change of control prior to any such public offering, as in through an acquisition, during the period that the agreement is in fact. supervisor mirkarimi has proposed that we change that time from two years to six years. in the mn and that you have, i also suggest we amend the definition of the stock option compensation to be more precise. the definition that i think we adopt is a language from supervisor farrell's legislation to ensure compensation that the stock based includes incentive and non statutory stock options, including all underlying stock related to such options restricted to stop, stop units, or stock acquired as a result of employee purchase plans. i also think for u

leadership in the high-tech industries and we believe the u.s. is the best innovating country, center of the world. let's continue to support and make sure we maintain that leadership. we greatly value of our existing policy within the apec economies, and hope to continue to foster these relationships through meetings and minutes summit. i hope that i can also share my experiences to encourage women around the world on this effort. at this summit, we will be focusing on the high-tech industry. on my side, perhaps i can share some experience regarding high tech, and we can collaborate with educators, government, to advance women in technology. together, we grow the global economy together. i encourage my fellow women executives from around the bay area to join us for this very and important world changing movement. thank you very much. [applause] >> perhaps i could ask the speakers to come back up and we can take some questions, if you have them. are there questions from the media? >> [inaudible] >> the objective on that agenda item is consistent

detroit is in 82% increase in tech jobs at companies like this. is there tech job alone here?> there is, i've never seen this much hiring in technology since i have been here. my group will travel over a three-year period. >>reporter: i was offered at their positions, >> try tech workers make an average of seven $1,000 a year less than silicon valley but a great living here. it's very competitive and then one has to stay and what to rebuild detroit. >>reporter: engineering students all had jobs lined up before graduation. is there a sense of pride in one to tell the world a detroit is still here? >> definitely, there are people who need jobs badly sold. >>reporter: 07 this will be its biggest hiring here yet in detroit. >> to come out of college and be put on a career path is amazing. >>reporter: is are such a big boom and tech jobs? some people say in cities like this so many jobs have been lost becausthe only weird placeo go was up. >> technology plays a big part in that. >>reporter: chemical this attack the wrong? >> yes, near city is certainly bigger buthat they're not gro

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it was an issue many in the tech world raised as she ran for governor. ebay could never explain why it bought skype. it makes more sense for microsoft. you can incorporate it with x-box. microsoft and skype boards approved it. it's a huge win for the venture capitalist known for inventing the web browser. he can flip a company. microsoft is going to hold a press conference 8:00 our time in san francisco. we should know more then. >> >> skyped with my mother-in-law this weekend. thanks so much. we are waking up live in hayward this morning as the tour across the bay continues. coming up, we areshow going to you how a local community college helped establish a career and how hayward helped inspire a new movie. ♪ ♪ ♪ when you're resonsible for this much of team, you need a car you can count on. ♪ >>> this

s of the four largest wireless carriers to announce the nation's new tech tool and alert system enabling the president and government agencies to blast every american with text messages warning of terror threats weather disasters and kidnappings cell phone alert system will launch in new york city and washington d.c. by the end of the. here expanding nationwide there after wireless users may have the option of not receiving certain alerts though americans will not be able to opt out of its messages sent by the u.s. president opponents say politicians are promoting more fear while providing little protection now we have a system of mandatory and inescapable alerts through every cell phone in the land in the event that the government decides that something's happening that we ought to know about now just as the introduction of the patriot act came right after nine eleven so this new kind of technological invasion comes to us without any public discussion right after the assassination of osama bin laden and why you professor and author mark crispin miller says americans are living in an age

. >> the top 10 trend tech. they are hashing it out. that story is coming up. >> and relatively speaking how bad is the home foreclosure crisis in cfl -- in california? a look at our national ranking. >> and then on "nightline." >> a chapter closes on an incredible american story as oprah winfrey ends her talk show. tonight barbara walters offers her take. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> the silicon valley's annual top tech trends were released. some hit the mark and otherwise according to high-tech experts that really missed it. lisa amin gulezian has the story from santa clara. >> the top trend seters and predictors hashed it out to talk about the top tech trends to watch. a research and develop meant firm formed the list. >> we want to be provocative this year. >> it includes developing more artificial intelligence like 3-d virtual reality animation. countries like india and china surpassing silicon valley when it comes to new innovation and robots becoming a part of our lives. >> there will be row

get more tech news at abc news.com those are your tech bites.m rob nelson. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaeda. >> after close dak aid of searching, the -- close to a decade ofch, -- search, the maned mastermind behind the world the shsh 11 attacks dead. >>> celebrations around the world. they field áfldinst cxinc zread fldrslt, white and blue flags and cheer. the stories just ahead. it's monday morning may 2n. thanks for joining -- 2nd. thanks for joining us. >> we will have complete coverage of the death of so am -- osama bin laden but first a check of the forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> as the rain came in yesterday, it may have cut back on your sunday afternoon plans. remember, we had a beautiful saturday and yesterday stuck at 62. the rain in the afternoon and as leftover from the rain dampness in the ground and cloudy skies and for the most part, and more rain is going to sn

tech contributor becky worley enlisted some tech moms to see if those products deliver when they promise>> hi. >> reporter: meet mom testers. three women tasked with testing those as seen on tv products with big promises that have us wondering whether they really make a mom's life easier. from winter park, florida, ashley vann, two kids with one on the way. susan woods from los angeles, california, son harry. and buffalo, new york's, own andrea pusateri, with a toddler and a baby girl. we shipped them four products. and asked for their rating, the ultimate mom approved or the heart-wrenching -- first up the gyro bowl. >> spin it around and it's not supposed to spill. oh. my gosh. that's crazy. >> reporter: susan's impressed. ashley tests the product and then presents it to the target market. son brian. >> do you like that bowl, brian? >> yeah. it's for a baby. >> reporter: andrea's son gianni. >> and go -- it's okay. >> reporter: andrea who sent her son sprinting around the house, well. she had a little cleaning up to do. >> the gyro bowl gets a mom disappointed. >> reporter: rating for

but first up to new york for this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, be aware of osama bin laden. the fbi is warning computer users against e mails that claim do show photos or videos of the leader. the messages contain a virus that can steal personal information or infect your computer. and if you are looking to get sunglasss you may want to check out ebay's nation app. the wall street journal says the app pairs the latest augmented reality technology with the front facing camera for a customized shopping experience. >> it lets you try on things like sunglasss so you can see how they would look on your face. and you can page through all sorts of brands and styles of sunglasss and if you like one, it will send you directly to ebay to bite sunglasss. >> reporter: the app is available for the iphone 4. those are your tech bites and i am rob nelson.

the music tech convention pulled in close to a thousand people today. if you're interested in that harp we showed you, it is for sale for about $7,000, raj. >> all right, thank you. >>> topping our healthwatch now, new research shows gay men are almost twice as likely to report cancer than straight men, but the findings don't necessarily mean that being gay increases the risk of cancer. more studies are needed to see if the findings suggest that cancer history stems from gay men receiving more diagnosis more than straight men or if they are surviving cancer. they also found lesbian are twice as likely to report fair or normal health after reporting cancer. >>> a bay area man's labor of love leads to a free gift for everyone in mill valley. a first of its kind giving everybody a never-before-seen look into the town. >>> also ahead, a new lease on life. the man who received the first full patient transplant in the united states makes his first public appearance. >>> and mounting concern in the tennessee valley as the mississippi river is expected to crest

brewery has a new high-tech twist. >> i can scroll through items. >> dressing on the side? >> yes, please. >> reporter: now each table comes with a tablet computer. see these guys hunched over their tablet? >> he can customize the dressing. >> reporter: they're hooked. so are they. >> what happened was we had a great dinner. it came time to pay for the check and we couldn't figure out how to bill. >> reporter: that's the co-founder, raj, suri. his company combines hardware and software to help tech savvy diners order, pay and play games at the table. >> it's kind of fun. we gather around and everyone customizes their thing. when allen got a burger, it went through and knew that it was a burger so it asked if it was well done or what he wanted an what he wanted on the side and gave him combo options. >> i think we're in a high-tech area here and everyone is really familiar with the gadgetry and how to take advantage of technology. this is going to help in a lot of ways. >> reporter: in fact these customers seem so taken with their electronic table mates, i had to ask, if i'm

my background includes high-tech recruiting for silicon valley. i have worked with many young men and women of love and opportunity to get high tech jobs, and even if it is office support staff, customer service, that man. they don't have the means to get to silicon valley and they don't want to go in the construction field and social networking, technology is right up their alley. they're always asking me, how do i get to these jobs? we need the jobs to be local, and we needed the disadvantaged young men and women in this valley to get access and trained for the positions that will be coming. thank you. >> my comments are very brief. this sounds like a good idea, this local hiring program that is coming together. this is something exciting that we feel we will like to be a part of. a small forward with legislation today. >> other members of the public that wish to speak on either one of these items? >> i am honored to be here today representing more than 2000 employees with zynga. we are a social game company and we bring entertainment to more th

tech stocks tumble. and the twins take it to the top. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus lady gaga breaks the rules according to fashion. >> coming up the yankees are reeling and the red sox rally. and one of the worst innings in baseball history. you are watching early today. >> good morning and welcome back to "early today". here are some of your top headlines this morning. according to the "los angeles times," former california governor arnold schwarzenegger and his wife, maria shriver, separated after he revealed he had a child with a household staff member a decade ago. he said in a statement to the "times" that he told his wife about the child after he left the governor's office earlier this year. >>> the international criminal court' chief prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for moammar gadhafi for authorizing the killing of civilians. meanwhile nato strikes hit two government buildings in tripoli. >>> massachusetts senator john kerry said officials in pakistan have agreed to take several specific s

the high-tech warriors of the future took part in low tech battle of dodge ball.ll 4,000 cadets took part in a massive dodge ball fight in hopes of setting a new guinness world record. the academy officials say a couple of cadets came up with the idea. a way to blow off some steam involving 1,000 dodge balls. >>> and from dodging balls in colorado to dodging traffic in arizona, an suv, look at this video, unbelievable. runs over a mother and a stroller carrying her 4-year-old daughter. but guess what? my gosh. all is okay. they both survived with scratches, even though the toddler somehow had tumbled underneath the suv. well, scottsdale police dropped charges against the driver after seeing the video, finding a large vehicle obstructeded his view of the family trying to cross. wow. glad they're okay. >>> aside from all the late night jokes about arnold schwarzenegger's revelation of fathering a child with his housekeeper, what was he thinking? maureen o'connor of gawker.com coming up with her thoughts. you ready, maureen? >> i'm ready. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ somewhere in a

you're watching our team with me read it joshua welcome the very heart of russia's ambitions for a high tech future will host around eight hundred journalists today president has chosen the skolkovo innovation hub as a venue for what is by far his biggest q. and a session since taking office three years ago and he's now is following the final preparations according to the president's press secretary in recent months there's been such a surge in reply i asked for one on one interviews with the president but they just started to gather as many journalists as possible at the scope of a venue and a lot some two and a half to three hours of the president's time that's not something you see very often to answer as many questions as possible also went. terms of the timing let's not forget that two thousand and eleven eleven of course in six months has been a year of pacts with i developed think of dance around the world japan put the issue of the future of nuclear energy pop on the table certainly we'll hear some statements and questions on that the death of osama bin ladin put terrorism back in th

mary's college pursuing his passion for a tech job. >>reporter: dennis has a job in accounting. but his thing is high tech. and today he has high hopes. >> would i like to work for webb company. webb company where i could oversee p.m. oversee like how everything works. >>reporter: there's reason for hope. optimism abounds for job seekers in a variety of fields hivrment i think there's an up take. i feel in optimistic. i feel in positive. i think the economy is changing and shifting. we are seeing our temporary employees like i said transitioning from temp to long-term hire. we are noticing that if we are not able to place a candidate immediately they are getting jobs. very quickly. >> ironically the good job news could have a negative impact on gas prices. the praise of oil dropped below 100 dollars per barrel yesterday. lowest flies two months. but improving job picture and increased demand from consumers could put a damper on the anticipated drop in gas prices. >> no. 1 it's about time but probably going to be temporary because they seem to always come up with ways to increase

. >> and kind of low-tech.ou think there is going to be a lot of safety involved. >> what is a liquid brain? >> it is interesting. you have to create these models of figuring how much radiation is being absorbed by these cell phones, they gave us access to this testing facility to see this. you take a look there. that's the skull that they use. they are literally using salt, sugar and water to create what they think eslikeis like a brai. they put the cell phone up next to it and figure out, are there radiation hotspots within the brain there? that is my cell phone taped to it. they put this monitor. what you are looking at, it looks low tech but this is how they test how much radiation is actually being emitted from one of these cell phones. >> so the headlines are confusing about this. what did you uncover by observing these? >> if you read the headlines, 13 countries participating, not the united states. 13 countries participated and they said, there is no association between cell phones and cancer. you dig o

we will head up to new york for this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites a significantelopment in computer chip design. intel unveiled a 3 dimensional chip with a vertical thin like structure allowing more computing power but using less battery power. it could mean faster smart phones and lighter lap tops anda new generation of super computers. if you plan a family vacation, you will likely pat lots of devices from smart phones and tablets to ereaders and portable gaming system and along with those, they recommend you bring the usb power stick as well. >> it's about the size of a usb thumb drive and has attachable connectors so instead of having to carry the different charging cable for other devices you carry this one thing and it works with all of our devices and it's the size of a pack of gunnel. >> the power stick retails for $25. and those are your -- gum. >> the power stick retails for about $25. those are your tech bites, i am rob nelson.

>> reporter: a senate panel is grilling the two high-tech companies after it was discovered their 3-g iphones, ipad and android phones were secretly tracking and storing users' every move and the public had no clue. >> i don't agree with t i don't think they need to know where we are at all times. >> reporter: what they do with that information is the big question. apple's vp of software technology said plain and simple, his company does not track users' locations and does not share personal identifiable information with third parties without consent. >> we think it's extremely important that information kept on our servers stays secure. we do a lot to make sure that that's the case. >> i don't really care. i don't know if they check me on a daily basis. >> reporter: but that may not be true. if you use apps that require gps, among others, it does affect you. apple and google insist they only record the locations of wi- fi hot spots and cell towers. and tracking can be turned off. but that's the gray area where congress believes the consumer needs a little protection. >> we have priva

business and tech reporter scott budman found a tech company that with can make your next trip a lot more comfortable. scott, that must mean more leg room. >> very good. yes. which is something you don't often think about in a hotel room. garvin, most of us have booked a trip only to get to the hotel room and find something less than what you wanted. here's a piece of technology that can for free smooth things o out. with travel season taking off, there are literally thousands of websites you can use to plan on your next trip. this one, room 77, combines silicon valley know-how with a clever idea. >> we're the first hotel room search engine. >> reporter: room 77 wants to be the google of hotel rooms. it will tell you the price, size of the beds, distance to the elevator. it even uses google earth to let you know what's outside the room. >> so if you're going on vacation and you want to know exactly which rooms you should be requesting, we'll show you. we'll show you the view. we'll show you where the room is in the hotel. and we'll tell you whether it's going to be a good fit for and

those are your tech bites.lson. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> our nation continues to celebrate a successful assault and death of the world's most wanted terrorist. now president obama prepares to console the families. osama bin laden tried to destroy ores local school remembers yardley love. i am sherrie johnson. what the school has planned for her. >>> and it's been subject of song and verse. now the mississippi river threatens thousands living along the banks as flood waters continue to rise and an explosion on purpose in the state of illinois. we will show you the video coming up in bit. good morning, i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment and will be back on thursday. let's kicks things off with justin berk and we are talking about the flooding in memphis and across the mississippi river. one year anniversary this happened in nashville. >> that's right. the impressive rain along the cumberland river and we talked about the flooding flew the grand ole opry. we have our concerns with flooding ar