hot sales of big tvs, ultrabook computers, even cool techie refrigerators are boosting our economy as consumers look to tech and open their wallets. and tech companies want to make it easy. >> i think the biggest thing for consumers is one of simplicity. that's at the core of so much that we're doing. >> if you ask the people who actually sell this stuff, it's not just about tvs. >> health and fitness is another big area. we spent 40 years putting america on the couch, and now in health and fitness technology, we'll get your butt off the couch. and robotics is another category that over the next five years, you'll see more and more. >> reporter: health and robotic, yes. tvs run by your brainwaves? we found it, but we're guessing no. an interesting concept, but far from making it to your living room. >> this is the olpc xo3 tablet -- >> reporter: more likely to help people, one laptop-per-child's new tablet computer powered by silicon valley's marvel, portable kaegds to he-- portabl to help all kinds of kids. >> this is fun, some takes advantage of the accelerometer. there's wikipedia

that's what you're telling us i'm sure they'll love being called paranoid techies but they don't call it what you could have your this big story today. and where do you turn in a world without the kapadia to use is almost filling the gap with a few fun facts of their own just taken with a pinch of salt online. and stripping to make a statement there are together why members of this controversial ukrainian women's group are displaying their anger at india this time the sex trade. is if. the. wealthy british style it's time to rise. up and. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to gaza report on our. this is. balancing. present. reality. but if. the mystery of supernatural. is less than two months until russians choose the next president of front one of latino potence reiterated his readiness to talk with the opposition but the premier voiced his confusion over the newly formed league of electors after those in charge of the independent body failed to show up for a meeting with him who did says

i'm max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report i'm not to go to london and speak with a mere techie of bit going consultancy amir welcome back to the kaiser report hey mike all right now me or so from acting as a bit coin consultant you were a computer programmer a video game developer and a hacker you recently wrote an article the future cannot exist without the past tell us about how the internet and software started out as an essentially a libertarian free movement and how we got to where we are today ok so you mentioned just now about. the one thing to realize is that a lot of people think because the people break into computers this is a time that's been abused. incorrectly so one hucker is someone who has a love of technology and. a playful curiosity a scientific inquisitiveness about technology so a lot of the technology that we have today the we use in this very fundamental to our life was made by hackers was made by individuals on the internet ok so the term hacker then is inaccurately bridge or of i mean you could call thomas edison and albert einstein or in their own way

or you techies or that i'm sure you'd love to be called that odyssey dot com is the place to have your course while you're there as well you might be destroyed in these stories too where would you turn like today in a world without work kapadia will twitter users are almost put in the gap with a few fun facts of their own just taking a pinch of soap of course. and the right of again stripping to make a statement while members of this controversial ukrainian women's group are displaying their anger at india at the start of the sex trafficking you can read more of our teen dot com we've plenty more online video reports on our you tube channel to. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. it's less than two months until russians choose their next president in front of libya putin's reiterated his readiness to talk with the opposition but the premier voiced his confusion over the newly formed league of electors after those in charge of the independent body failed to show up for a meeting with him putin says their claim about the powe

did you get any techy gifts this year?did not get any techie gifts. >> you probably have everything. >> in my business you need to have most of them. just watching the segment we were just watching and saying there could be a blackout of google, facebook and twitter for a day. >> is that possible? >> it is possible if they decide to do it. it might not be such a bad idea. let's talk about that in terms of new media. >> it's hard to say. because once these kids get these new gifts, how do you pry them out of their hands? >> take them away, very simple. try having four kids like i do. you take them away and say that's it. honestly, there's a classic phrase among parents called timeout. that's what you do, ann. >> >> i remember those. >> do you remember that? so you give your kid a timeout. one of the most important things about keeping a balanced media and technology life which is the point of this show today, is that you really do need to do timeouts. and you need to make it clear to your kids and to yourself often times if

irish and chinese and italian, african-american, gay, lesbian, transgender, hippies, techies, biophysisists, but all came to san francisco. they bring different perspectives, and together, we built a city like no other on earth and made san francisco the innovation capital of the world. and today, more than ever, san francisco is always to invent the future, right here and right now, by capitalizing on the greatest resource, our people. innovations about a different way of thinking and approaching our problems, and with the innovative approaches to crime fighting and community involvement, san francisco is one of the safest big cities in america. last year, violent crime was down by 6%. pension reform is another example of what i am talking about. the innovative way, and the key to meeting the challenges of the future. across the country, this was a wedge issue that shut down government and divided people, but in san francisco, we showed that we are a city that knows how, and we brought everyone to the table, with tough negotiations, and we produced the reform measure with business and gove

to steer the country to the world cup finals two years later and since resigned as head coach of techie. tennis now and with the first grand slam of the season the australian open just two days away from starting in melbourne former champion reassure up a very hoping to repeat of two thousand and eight success and she spearheads a strong russian contingent the twenty four year old is seeded fourth and will play argentina just tell adults in her right that sharapova is also in line to play combat troops that are in the business so that in the fourth round and there was one all over in the quarter finals over fourteen russians are in the women's draw trafford it says the australian open is the perfect place to gauge your own form and that of your parents. and this is the start of the year for us we're coming off a little bit of. training on the day so maybe we feel we needed to improve just gonna give this time to settle down and get away from. the tour life for a little bit and this is just one of the fans and i think it's not just for you or anyone remember for me to. see how one comes

not been john kennedy's imperative statement let's go to the moon all right so right a time of your techie thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you. that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert and was i guess ameritech day you can send me an e-mail at kaiser report at r t t v dot ru until next time x. guys are saying viral. syria's president says he still has the people support and will not step down as he blames the unrest in the country on foreign forces promising to clamp down on so-called terrorists with an iron fist. iran dismisses washington's criticism over its nuclear program is ludicrous as president received strong backing from his close allies on his south american tour. saving the euro the leaders of france and germany pledged to boost growth and give more power to brussels to stem the debt crisis but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example our top stories this hour.

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been john kennedy's imperative statement let's go to the moon all right so right it's i'm a very techie thank so much for being on the kaiser report thank you. that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert and was i guess ameritech day you can send me an e-mail at kaiser report at r t t v dot ru intellects imax guys are saying viral. the easiest first couple join forces to boast that you are a region and the power of brussels but critics say technocrats are grabbing the cash to provide for their own comfort. iran starts to reach uranium out of secure on the ground silvio the west sees us for bought it but to iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and. it's being generous to give us what comes out of the aaargh at no charge so could you really have ill feelings against a. while american leaders engage in a war of words with which obvious many of us are thankful that ben as well as heating.

what started as a noble cause or whether it's an honest and to piracy drive being marred by paranoid techies give us your thoughts to vote today at r t dot com here's what else will find there. where do you turn in a world without when your previous twitter users are almost filling the gap with a few fun facts of their own just make sure you take them with a pinch of salt. also the prize bronze backside iraq demands the safe return of a chunk of saddam hussein's demolished statue read more at our two dark calm and we've plenty more online video reports for you on our you tube channel. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to overreach and to rule the day. in other news several hundred occupy activists rallied in washington d.c. on tuesday marking the movement's four month anniversary of the protest would stretch from capitol hill to the white house failed to attract the thousands that organizers anticipated can join the demonstrators. the protesters have shifted their focus from wall street to capitol hill and here they are hundreds of proteste

of what started as a noble cause and whether it's an honest anti piracy drive big mob by paranoid techies that love that give us your thoughts at r t dot com and here's what else we got online for you today as well where you turn in a world without we're kapadia than twenty users are almost put in the gap with a few facts of their own just taken with a pinch of salt some by and stripping to make a statement while members of this controversial ukrainian women's group are displaying their anger at india over sex trafficking yes they're at it again. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. greece is at another standstill with a mass strike underway just as the country's global paymasters pay another visit thousands of workers hit the streets to voice how destructive the cuts are even though much more of it may be needed e.u. european central bank and i.m.f. delegates are there to try and beat a deadline now for greece to get vital funds to slash its almost of service and that economists professor van is verified is says that if th

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as a noble cause while the same amount believes it's an honest and piracy drive marred by paranoid techies go to argue dot com and have your say vote today. hundreds of activists from occupy wall street movement have rallied on capitol hill in washington d.c. decrying corporate influence in america but the event didn't live up to the organizers hype who had hoped to draw tens of thousands of people going to church to count as more. the protesters have shifted their focus from wall street to capitol hill and here they are hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the u.s. capitol building they have a permit to protest on this lawn but we have already seen several people arrested. protesters say when the interests of big corporations are at stake their voice their interests no longer count and they're angry at the fact that the influence of money is only set to grow in u.s. politics supreme court's decision now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they wanted to candidates and protesters say it's legalized corruption. the cozy relationship between big businesses and lawmakers her

things that we are going to see this year at macworld but it will be like the more good eveningy techie insider stuff. >> what's going to be new is a whole lot more cultural events. people are using these devices to create music. to create art. >> look at this movie shot on an iphone. gorgeous resolution. it was edited on mac. so we'll see lots of things like this. movies, music, and then even art. it's going to be all participatory, too. >> i work for a tv station where we actually use our phones and submit reports when we were covering storms. shoot this, send by email and it's on the air in a few minutes. >> they changed the name, too, didn't they? >> of course. >> why? >> since it's apple it has to have a little i in front of it so it's mac world iworld and it's just, you know, a way of branding making it sound more like it's from apple. >> this is open to the public. >> yes. it's a three-day show. $45 gets you insurance? to the main hall not into the all-tech tox. $45 is the base and packages are close to $900. >> now, iphone 5 and ipad 3,. >> they're coming out quick? >> you never

. >> there are more than 3,000 techies here to show off their littest gadgets.next year, microsoft won't be one of them. that will give them the flexibility to have their own unveilings, similar to apple, which doesn't participate in the electronics show. >> somany of the big names don't participate. they may not be missed. >> let's take a look at some snow video. let's do it. >> we freaked out with our half inch yesterday. let's go to the computer for a minute. we'll take you on a tour here up to alaska and get you situated. i want to point out a couple things. cordova, which is to the east and fairbanks and anchorage. now we go to the video. we're looking at two alaska commuters. exceptionally harsh winter. 10 feet of snow. it has collapsed roofs and trapped people in the homes. this is unusual. this is by the coast. is this very close to anchorage. and then they are not sure, but they think 10 feet of snow has fallen in the last two weeks. >> two weeks, wow. >> three weeks. >> that's where all of our snow went. >> up to the northwest around nome, they are a w

at the sony booth, techies were treated to an afternoon counsel ertl by earth, wind and fire and thenot back to the issue at hand. namely handheld devices, like the newest sony play station portable, with dual facing cameras so you can get social. social also the name of the game at nokia, making a splash for the first time in a while with the new soon to be released 900. >> i think it's a big comeback story for us, nokia in the u.s. this year. >> reporter: the phone is powered by windows operating system. >> if you look around ces, everyone has a booth you can check in on four square. i posted a video just yesterday, and i had people i work with, and people from high school and college. and it's just -- we're keeping in touch today in more ways and more frequently than we ever used to. >> reporter: also creating handheld buzz this portable gaming tablet from razr. they make powerful hardware that will let you play games or take your computer with you on the go. >> it's a full fledged windows pc. you can do your work on it, run e-mail off it. anything a pc can do, can you do with it.

from that the idea -- >> you're so techie. you reached out to the folks on twitter and stuff like that. >> yeah. >> what did you ask people? >> once i fell upon the idea, i said, this is sort of what i'm playing with. tell me what happened when you guys were newlyweds. what ended the honeymoon period? nine out of ten responses i got had something to do with a family member, in-laws, brother, sister. that's when i knew. >> out-laws. >> that was actually a tentative title. >> was it? >> the movie should be about when you marry someone, you don't just marry them. you also marry their family and their past. we're going to open up in chicago and then in new york. chicago on the 13th. new york on the 27th. >> most people will see it on demand on tv. >> it's available on demand. it was available the 26th of december. and this -- what's happened with on demand has changed the livelihoods for independent film makers like myself. the key is, someone sitting at home now, traditionally if i was doing this and the movie was opening in new

many techies feel like this could lead to widespread censorship in the united states. warner does support these anti-piracy acts, and i want to introduce chris dosenator dodd,a strong backer of these sites. stopping these web sites, limiting the search results. how can you reassure the public that they won't go too far? >> we've done this already. 14 years ago the congress reportedly overwhelmingly supported the copyright act which allowed them to go to domestic sites which were stealing intellectual property. what happened, not surprisingly, is this criminal elements, in order to avoid the jurisdiction of american courts, have gone offshore. and so they now operate outside the united states and continue their activity with devastating effect, depriving, that is, the industry i'm in today, 2.2 million go to work every morning, good pensions and good benefits. those jobs are at risk. and these movies and television have been stolen but it is to t. also you're seeing the knockoff products, counterfeit products involving defense products products, medications for elderly

. >> reporter: armed techies packing heat. looks like the start of the boom of the '90s with zany antics in the workplace, people are, would go again. tech is back. -- people are working again. tech is back. >> san francisco is a white hot market where there is a ton of competition for the best talent in the world. >> the last thing we thought we are going to have problems recruiting. >> reporter: there are more jobs than workers here. the ratio of employees to open positions is 50/50. >> at the and of 2008, during the crash, we actually ran out of money as a startup. we had what we called a near- death experience. >> reporter: flurry cheated death and is back stronger than ever now looking for employees in a competitive market. one trend that attracts new applicants is to hire gourmet food trucks like this one. fishing with good bait to attract the best and the brightest. food trucks and tech, it's a great fit and everyone wins. >> this is real key ripe area for food trucks really appealing to the younger demographic of these

. >>> if your commute seems easier this week it's because so many techies have left town for las vegasthey're at the biggest tech show of the year. our business and tech reporter scott budman is among thousands at the consumer electronic show. scott, you've been doing this for many years now. you go to las vegas with one suitcase and come back with four suitcases. what are you bringing home? >> reporter: we test a lot of products. we don't get to bring them back. there are a lot of new products you will see in stores in the next three months, even in the next three years, all debuting here. a lot of pressure because as the economy is up, people are buying more. that means a lot of companies are coming out with a lot of new products. it's a crazy, crowded 3d affair. 140,000 people, the biggest ces crowd yet walking through nearly 2 million square feet of space. what they really want to do is watch tv with a portable device by their side. >> this becomes my house and i can scroll up and down. i have cleat control of the web from my actual tab blet. >> there's google tv with search and ap

. >>> review of day one of the consumer electronics show and some of the new stuff techies are going to want to get their hands on. >>> welcome back. light winds, not too bad this morning. we're in the 20s and 30s. if you parkout side, you may be scraping frost off the windshield. grab the rain geerp. we'll turn -- gear. we'll turn wet. increasing clouds this morning, rain especially for the afternoon and evening. the morning commute dry. the evening commute rather wet and slow with temperatures getting up into the mid-40s. right now 5:41. here's monika with a look at this morning's commute. >>> i-95 in virginia you've now got the slow traffic coming across the occoquan river. here it's just the volume leaving route 644 to the beltway. no troubles on 395. coming up in my next report, just got word of an accident in seat pleasant at 5:49 but first drivers in woodbridge may need to alter their route to and from work. the creek bridge is closed indefinitely. inspectors immediately shut down the bridge after finding cracks during a routine inspection. the bridge is on blackburn road betw

coming up, we'll get a live report from one of the biggest techie events of the year. it is the consumer electronics show in las vegas. plus, the main suspect in natalee holloway's disappearance pleads guilty to murdering a young peruvian woman. we'll tell you the latest on joran van der sloot's court appearance today. >>> and why is the mayor of pittsburgh tebowing? he's the mayor of pittsburgh. come on. get off your knees. but first in today's money minute, here's a look at how the markets are doing today. i'm al ways looking out for i'm al small ways to be more healthy. like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about yo

they were techies. they even have a clause in the constitution, the patent clause, to encourage innovation. but they also were very concerned with things like privacy, the fourth amendment, preventing the cops from going in and finding a letter in our drawer in our house. but now everything private about us is in the cloud. it's not in the drawer in our house, so i think we have to figure out ways to protect things we care about -- free speech, right to a fair trial and so forth -- in the digital world. >> so what are we talking about? maybe start -- give some of the names of the organizations, of the services that we're talking about, and then let's bring in our other panelists. so who are retalking-- we talkig about? >> think about it, private data on 800 million people. it would be the third largest nation in the world after china and india. it has its own currency, its own economy, and it has dealings with other nations, china, so forth. and yet there's no real regulation about what is done with inf

after that, then i just put in the little jack in the little jack place and, you know, i'm not a techied perfectly. in two seconds, i heard my daughter and then i asked for my grandchildren and there they were, but the thing is, it was all free! >> we put magicjack to the ultimate test-- a holiday bowl game... a domed stadium, a laptop, and a public wi-fi connection. let's see how magicjack performed. >> dad! how are ya? i'm calling you from the st. pete's bowl on magicjack. you sound great. you healthy and happy today? me too. your... your dogs got a haircut. well, that's good. [laughter] see you later. bye-bye. >> all right, how cool was that? >> oh, it's so great! >> [laughs] >> if i had magicjack, i would save 48 bucks a month. 48 bucks times 12... i'm not a math major... >> it's way over 500 bucks. >> it's way over 500 bucks. i'd be smiling. >> i'm calling you for free, and guess how i'm calling you. on the computer. you want to know what i'm calling you with? have you seen those magicjack commercials, ma? you know, about those little things, and the dude says you can plug it into

and when i did "a beautiful mind," i realized that for most people who aren't techies, history and biography.e. people, is the way that makes economics accessible. and you know, it may be that women wind up liking this book better than men who read -- who read pop science, which is usually these wonderful synthetic explanation, right? and that's too abstract for me. so i wrote it the way i read and the way that i came to the subject myself. and i hope that it makes -- i know that economics affects millions of people as it always has by the way, including many of the people lake alfred marshall or john maynard keynes or beatrice webb who took it out. and that's because the thick of science and most of us need to come to it through history and through people because that is really what the end of the day, why are people interested in economics because they are interested in getting some control over their material circumstances. >> host: that's a very interesting game. during the ensuing possession, many people got very angry when economic economists are doing well. they didn't see this coming