i'm going techie and romantic. all at once. this is tech-mantic. what do you think is going on here? >> zero one, zero one, zero zero one. >> binary code. >> the message is coming from robert here, dressed as bender from the show, "futurama" a show on comedy central. >> i'm unstoppable! >> zero one one zero one one. >> his message is to his girlfriend, rachel. >> is he proposing in binary code? >> yes! >> is he really? >> yes! >> he made her work to figure out what he was saying. >> the chances are, if these two are an item, she probably knows what he's saying. >> zero one, zero zero zero one one one. >> the message says rachel, you are awesome, will you marry me. he posted this video to her facebook page. and she sat there and decoded the entire message to find out that it said, rachel, you are awesome, will you marry me. and she of course said yes. >> did she respond in binary code? >> no, i think she was so moved by the whole process that she said -- uh-huh. >> what do you think, awesome? >> i think it's totally awesome. i think they're two comp

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hi. >> arthel: i got to tell you, a lot of techies out there. start with this first gift you have here of the the samsung blu-ray disk player for $120. >> that's right. very romantic. the reason we picked this, first of all, the products that we picked are tested and rated by our labs and we liked them all. so that's one of the reasons we wicked them. this not only plays blu-ray disk, but you can access netflix and blockbuster, so you can stream movies. you can get movies off your computer so you never have to leave your house. >> arthel: suddenly i'm changing my mind. my heart is going. this next one really might get me going. >> this is the apple ipad 2, which is pretty much the rolls royse of tablet computers. it's the best one. it's our highest rated. it has a beautiful screen, very touch sensitive and you can assess the multi media, like the love poetry we're showing right now. >> arthel: $730. and the droid raiser. >> it's a hot phone right now. the thinnest smart phone out there, it's light, it works on 4 g. and it actually comes in purpl

i think our techie could come up with a way to toast a hot pocket. >> let's bring him in. >>> let's talk if it wakes you up at the best time for you, does that mean you're going to be late for your 8:00 meeting? >> no, when you set the clock, you put in a specific range of times. in that time, it will tell you exactly when the best time to wake up is. but how does it know? it has sensors that measure how much you move or breathe. and a lot of people have heard of rem -- >> the end of the cycle, right? >> that's when you're dreaming. you'll feel refreshed if you wake up right as you're dreaming. >> i like this thing. i don't like the hot pocket thing. he creates a hot pocket device that can hold it in the sleeve but also raises it up as you eat it. >> he still has to use his other hand. this is the dumbest thing i've ever seen. i can't believe this is on our text-spectacular. you can read about our stories today on "right this minute".com. >> plus, lots and lots more great videos. >> all day long, 24/7. rightthisminute.com. ♪ >>> the monkey is swinging like crazy. and then -- >> he came a

now if you think your home has all the latest gadgets think again as r t shows you the very latest techie stuff in technology update. hello and welcome to technology update this month we're taking a look at a topic that hits well close to home in russia many innovations in terms of new building materials have come from the countries tiny now know that an exhibition in moscow recently the company showed off its latest offerings from its aptly named nano house. here you can find many of the newest developments all containing you guessed it the prefix nano the state owned company has selected a number of projects that it takes have the best potential to revolutionize homebuilding in the future you know all of the ideas to make we reside more livable but the overriding theme definitely seems to be energy efficiency which will benefit not only the individual homeowners but the whole earth as well you know this is just a simple exhibition but it design and consulting firm econ has planned a full scale model complete with all the high tech developments. that will eventually get built in russia's

. >>> the president knows that the bay area has no shortage of techies and he'll tap them for the upcoming campaign. president obama is apparently opening a new kind of campaign office in san francisco. the "san francisco chronicle" says instead of cold calling voters the tech volunteers helped develop item for the president's website and will possibly develop new campaign apps. the technology field office believed to be the first of its kind for a presidential campaign. >>> it's 4 :36. a piece of the american dream may be closer for many families in the south bay. the city of san jose is promoting a program to fix up and sell foreclosed homes. san jose used federal grant money to have contractors take care of everything from new roofs to energy efficient appliances. >> we all know how hard it to pull money out of your pocket to fix your roof or to fix your furnace and if you've just bought a home, you know, sometimes it's almost impossible to try to come up with money to fix a roof. >> depending on your income, the city will give you 10% to 20% of the home's purchase price. san jose's hou

the neighborhood is full of adventurous young techies putting up games at zynga headquarters or mobile apps. another trend we are seeing is the technology side we all know and read about, but what you see here are nine buildings in san francisco as an example of over 3.5 million square feet. these were nine predominantly empty buildings, all of which now are committed by new technology tenants, all within the last 12 months. here are five entitled office projects, representing 1.5 million square feet. with increasing rents, many of these will break ground in 2012 but will not be delivered to the market until late 2014 or 2015. so as san francisco waits for this new office space to believe its pending overcrowding, the growing firms we read about every day will have no where to call home. oakland, it is time to get ready for the next generation of occupiers -- the office- occupying, rent-paying occupiers. [applause] so throw out the welcome mat and dust off home plate because there is sure to be some big pop flies coming your way. thank you, mayor quan and mayor lee, and do not forget t

war but of course the regional war you mention talk a little earlier techie's just recently announced he'd like to hold talks and trying to encourage negotiations in turkey itself should that be viewed them with citizen bearing in mind what you said about talking earlier absolutely because they are not inviting the regime and he supports it to the store so if they start talks for how to how can we gather more forces that will help us fight the. top of the regime so that when you do force through the use of force because diplomatically there's nothing much you can do to you they don't have any more to as they've used or that was there and already talk about the opposition who is the opposition it's all very well to say let's have negotiations but of course it is a fragmented opposition isn't it with many vested interests. their position is where you have the syrian people and you have the position many of the most visible little position figures have nothing to do with the syrian people or they have not been to the syria for decades for example so i mean when you say the opposition we'

internet down so i guess it's like the old saying when there's a will there's a way and we all know that techies hackers whatever you want to call them are very savvy in their field and frankly they're always two steps ahead of regulators let's be honest lawmakers on capitol hill are the most knowledgeable when it comes to anything dealing with computers. i mean illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance that i can get and it's just something that you just you know something i'm sure it's sure if. you don't understand those two to make sure you know what you put your message on i guess it's going to be delayed and i want to watch of the actual normal shots of the jury. i don't think any of us have a facebook page or. tweet whatever that is. yeah those are some of the guys that get to decide on bills like pippen sopa and i think that it's pretty clear that they don't really know what they're talking about but at least we saw house representative jason chaffetz admit the most of our elected officials are computer literate during the hearings on sopa. we're basically going to

and it's supposed to be a place where the techies here in the bay area can actually go and use their skills to help obama get re-elected. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> tracy, thank you. as for the surprise visit in chinatown, president obama ordered a dim sum sampler and paid with cash. we have the video, take a look ap short when i after landing at sfo, he picked up his takeout order of dim sum right there in chinatown. unsuspecting customers were overcome with excitement and even chanted his name as he walked into the restaurant. mr. obama spent a few minutes working the room, posing for pictures, shaking some hands. he even had a baby in his hands at one point. dinner with the president is about $35,000. lunch with the president if you were at the right place at the right time was free. >> he was on jackson street. and so i got out my phone camera, and took a picture of him. >> not bad at all. the president left the restaurant with two bags of food and headed to the intercontinental hotel where he will spend the night. as for more pictures of the presid

. >> we talked how wall street is being disrupted would-be bankers are going to tech, what about techies up shop in new york? that is happening, too. ♪ >> reporter: let's get this out of the way. new york is not silicon valley. but the tech scene in gotham is taking on a life of its own. general assembly at broadway and 20th in manhattan is an entrepreneurial petri dish, where enlt pre nurse meet, learn, have a drink and get work done. 19 companies work out of this pays space, more than 100 early stage start-ups like "show me" are members. >> places like this, you meet people doing interesting things, you can kind of learn just from osmosis what people are doing. >> part of a tech movement mayor bloomberg's administration encouraged by making low cost office space available. diversify away from relying on the tra difficuditionally new y. >> whether fashion, media, we have to be a leader in technology. >> it's as true in texas showbiz. >> when it comes to talent, it's becoming a place to hire the best people, so because we really also love new york just as a place to be. >> when i was in

. >> and these are the people getting the jobs -- techies. and they are partying like it is 1999. it is a deja-boom. >> i would say salaries are starting in the $80,000 range and going into the $200,000 a year. >> reporter: rick's job is to find people to work in silicon valley as as a valley recruiting firm. there are tens of thousands of jobs going begging right now. >> this is the gold rush. the software is the new gold. >> reporter: this man needs to double his staff to make the software demand. at marin software? >> we ended last year with 300 employees and this year we're looking to hire another 120. >> reporter: they are having trouble doing it. where are all of the project managers? network engineers? >> i don't think people saw this explosion of need coming this quickly and i think a lot of people did get out of i.t. and people stopped chasing i.t. careers after the 2001 crash. >> reporter: is this another bubble? the ticking is no. investors learned their lessons last time and are putting money in companies that have a better chance of a future and the jobs likely will s

normally i don't talk about cnn programming, the boss probably frowns on it but he is a hero to techiese founder of maker fair, publisher of make magazine, so that will be saturday on cnn. >> sunday is when press here is. >> yes, on nbc. >> that a boy. >> we'll be tuning in. it's 5:26. still to come a principal at a south bay elementary school removed from dutsy. details coming up. >> reporter: the latest often the federal agent shot outside his home. police say the suspect was obsessed with his victim's wife. >> congratulations, you made it to the weekend. one weekend day better than the other for outdoor activity. we've got showers on the way. your full forecast in moments. >> as you're driving through oakland, 580 moves smoothly. whorth o t fhe the nimitz and more coming up. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calori

he's a techie guy who thinks about things i don't think about. >> it might look unsafe, but a lot ofntion has gone to make it very safe. >> cluster ballooning has come a long way since it was first attempted in the early 1930s. kent's lawn chair is outfitted with all the gear he'll need to survive a long trip. from a gps system so his ground crew can track him, to an oxygen tank so he can breathe above 13,000 feet. and lucky for us, it also includes cameras to document his voyages. but in preparation for breaking his record, the most valuable tool for couch is the experience he's gained from his earlier attempts. like this white knuckle flight in 2007. >> in that '07 flight the wind would shoot me one way or the other. it was a little bit treacherous air. but fatigue got to me on that trip because i had a big old parachute and it was bumpy. my back was killing me. and i was running out of ballast. >> ballast is any weight that improves stability. couch prefers to use water. >> he gets down too low then he drops water out so he can go back up. then when he gets too high, he pops a cou

they're talking about is the cloud, i will say it all along, amazon.com with their s-3 is what true techiess i start to wonder, can amazon wind up spinning that division off? it would be interesting because there's a lot there and a lot of people talking about it. it doesn't get -- you don't see it when you see amazon. but anyway, that said, we have this whole cloud thing. rackspace is out there yesterday saying that they are now all a cloud company. they've taken away the word "managed hosting." the name of the company is rackspace hosting. will they change to it rackspace cloud? they don't use the word hosting anymore is because hosting is other than that what you want to hear -- >> a couple of years, companies said they were all green. i'm changing the name of the show to take advantage of the trend. the name of the program is now "cloud signs." the ratings are going to triple because we are a show in the cloud. >> we're going to have a whole lot of hype and buzz about us. and we might -- our bubble might burst. >>> in the meantime, as we've been saying, a lot of companies say they are p

." >>> well, of course, the president is well aware the bay area has no shortage of techies, so he'sapping them for his upcoming campaign. president obama apparently opened a new kind of campaign office in san francisco. the "san francisco chronicle" says instead of workers cold calling voters, they helped develop items for the president's website and will possibly develop new campaign apps. technology field office believed to be the first of its kind for a presidential campaign. >>> let's see what kind of forecast the president will have today in the bay area. it's pretty nice here, christina. >> yeah, that's why we pay the big bucks to live here. good morning to you. getting a gorgeous look outside. mostly clear. a little breezy. you will have a windchill factor in addition to the already cold temperatures out there, so make sure you garage your jacket, but forget about the umbrella. at least until this weekend. we'll tell you when showers come back into the mix. but right now we're nice and mild for this thursday morning. 28-mile-per-hour wind gusts reported in napa and we've got

after that, then i just put in the little jack in the little jack place and, you know, i'm not a techietwo 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 your computer an

why invest this sort of techie for a product operating on the simeon system?s. >> this is the pure view 808 and it has, as you mentioned, an incredible system, 41 megapixel camera which itself is magical but the software we have that allows you to work with that technology so you can take a brilliant picture, scale it down to something you can deliver on face back. it's truly an amazing experience. what we have been doing is working on this for a number of years to set a new bar and we were able to bring it fastest in the symbien product line but you should expect to see this on oth our other platforms. >> reporter: i'm trying to pressure you for an outcome on this. >> absolutely. >> reporter: in terms of connecting the next billion people to the internet, key growth market, emerging markets, developing market, you've also launched new devices and this is interesting because we have smart phones at one end of the category but also the traditional hand set at the other. what you are launching is somewhere in between. it's a smartphone people are calling it? >>

if you're not a techie out there you may not know the difference between the ipad 2 and 3, the new products for apple, they are sitting on a hundred billion dollars in cash and can really do no long according to investors in today's marketplace. jenna: you got the golden ticket, look at that. >> reporter: we can work on something, jenna. jenna: we'll see. jon: road trip. jenna: jon and i will come with you, we'll be talking to you when you're in california. thank you so much for that. jon: a close call for a new york city homeowner, when this cab crashes into his house. we'll tell you why the homeowner had a surveillance camera ready and rolling. also, will israel actually keep the u.s. in the dark if it decides to strike iran? coming up, the controversy over that decision. we'll ask ambassador john bolton whether the u.s. should expect to be informed. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the

they were techies. there was a clause in the constitution, the patent clause to encourage innovation but they were concerned about privacy, the fourth amendments, preventing cops from going in and finding a letter in a drawer in our house. and everything private about us is in the cloud, it's not the drawer in our house, and we have figure out ways to protect thing wes care about, right to free speech, fair trial, and soing for, in the digital world. >> what are we talking about give us the names of the organizations, of the service that we're talking about, and let's bring in other panelists. so, who we are we talking about? >> not only facebook, but private data on 800 million people, the third largest nation in the world after india, has its own currency and economy and has dealings with other nations, china, so forth. and yet there's no real decision about what is done with information posted on the web site of facebook. these are people's private information. if i government tried to get that it wo

. >> of course you do because you are a techy. >> they are talking with other cars.o you know he they are not going to get into an accident and run red lights. >> you don't know what the other strange variables that come into play that they may not be wired for. >> you see the crashes and everything plummet as a result of this. keep your eye on the driving cars. >> i hope you are right. good news for all of you out there. your paycheck will not go down this year. the payroll tax cut extension has been signed, sealed, and delivered, about 20 bucks a week. $40 per paycheck that you will be getting for the rest of the year. finally some agreement in congress. that's the most baffling thing here. they actually got it done before the deadline. >> speaker boehner driving the talks behind the scenes. there was all these aides arranged from speaker boehner's office. there this was really a bipartisan effort and president obama talking about this and the passing of the tax cut. >> this is something i proposed in my jobs bill back in september. because you kept the pressure on