u.s. tech giant apple have won a victory in their global patent fight against south korea samsung electronics. the latest case unfolded in tokyo. a tokyo district court issued a preliminary verdict on friday in favor of apple. the judge said that technology used in some samsung products infringes on an apple patent. the patent in question includes technology that's used for scrolling the screen on smartphones and tablets. pages snap back when users come to end. apple lawyers argue the sale of samsung products involving the infringed patent total about $760 million. the trial will continue to determine damages for a final verdict. samsung's spokesperson says they will study the ruling to decide whether to file an appeal. they say the technology in question is no longer used in any products currently on sale. >>> a district badly contaminated by radiation from fukushima daiichi will soon be powering the community's recovery. the mayor says it will be home to a solar electricity plant. norio kanno is mayor of iitate village. he says local leaders are joining hands with an electric equipment comp

u.s. tech giant apple lost a patent order. the judge said the technology used in some of samsung's products infringes on apple's patent. the patent in question involves so-called bounceback technology that's used for scrolling the screen on smartphones and tablets. with this technology icons on these devices can quiver back when they come to the end of the page. apple claims that samsung sells products involving the infringed patent total about $760 million. the trial will continue to determine damages for a final verdict. samsung said it will study friday's ruling to decide whether to file an appeal. it said the technology in question is no longer used for any of its products currently on sale. >>> softbank president son is famous for thinking big. he told shareholders today he's confident his company will become one of the world's biggest mobile phone firms, after acquiring u.s. mobile phone carrier sprint nextel. he told his annual shareholders meeting in tokyo the tide turns in softbank's favor earlier this week. that's wh

. >> liz, there's a fight developing between tech giants microsoft, facebook, and apple saying to the u.srnment let us show the breakdown of those secret fisa requests more or less domestic surveillance. the -- basically, the government says, no, you cannot, legal gag order here, but the tech giants reveal thousands of other government data requests. we'll have more on that coming up. back to you, liz. liz: looking forward to that. jones industrials -- jo, what's in the way of the car makers? >> a million of cars and downgrade in the demand of china, what's that mean for detroit and people who invest in american car companies? more on that later. liz: that's right. we have the investable angle. thank you, gang. netflix, the big story, it's cut a deal with dreamworks animation sending the stock soaring. nicole, listen, both the names moving higher. >> i was about to say, yao right, both names jumping on the news meaning 300 hours of new programming, obviously, netflix and dreamworks work together now. some of the programs may directly tie into dreamworks upcoming films. we know some of the

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apple patents. no damages were announced. a full verdict is expected to come out. the case is similar to other legal battles between the two tech giants and the u.s., south korea, australia and southern european countries. sam sung says it may appeal that decision. >>> one of the original apple computers goes on the auction block. vintage apple products have become especially hot products since steve jobs died. apple 1 was auctioned off for $671,000 last month. the online auction starts on monday. >>> san francisco is becoming the battleground for tech startups that allows users to track taxis from their phones. at least three companies are now hooked up with cabs in the city. san francisco municipal transportation agency will allow riders hail the closest taxi with the phone. >>> time now 5:51. the dmv punishing sneaky drivers. what some drivers are accused of doing that the dmv calls deceptive and a rip off. >>> why hollywood stars were in oakland last night. the story of a bay area tragedy that is making its mark on the big screen. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniou

tech giants apple, facebook, and microsoft reveal the number of surveillance requests made by u.s.e we getting the whole story? you never know, do you? elizabeth gets it with the bottom line. liz, you know, what are the companies saying? >> that's important because the giants say consumers and customers are not getting the whole story and have basically the tech giants around the nsa defensive. apple, google, facebook, and microsoft say, listen, we want to disclose the fisa requests we get on domestic surveillance like the warrant list requests. right now, apple following the other companies, all other than google. they have yet to do this. apple following facebook and microsoft disclosing, yes, they gave out 5,000 sets of information on their customers to federal, state, and local law enforcement. this is used to investigate crimes like robbery or, you know, missing children. they are saying -- apple says the government doesn't have access to the servers, facetime and other messaging services like imessage, is protected, but what they are saying is this is what the government is d

u.s. and a promise made by japan's prime minister. he says new tax cuts are on the way. >>> apple fans are hoping to be wowed by the tech giant this weekdevelopers conference opens this morning. always a showcase for their latest creations. this year a new music streaming service could be unveiled and new operating systems that make macs look more like ipads and iphones. >>> google is continuing its spending spree and close to a deal to bay waves for more than a billion dollars. it lets drivers report traffic jams and avoid trouble spots. >>> novel approach to keeping employees happy. more and more companies are allowing workers to buy more vacation time. upcoming survey finds 5% of firms let employees purchase more days off through a payroll deduction. another 7% allow workers to donate vacation time to a general pool so it can be used by others. >>> there's something of a surprise this weekend at the box office. the suspension thriller "the purge" starring ethan hawke came out on top. estimates offered by its studio. "the purge" brought in over $36 million. "fast and furious 6" was second and nou n"now you see me" finisn third place.

legal bats between the two tech giants in the u.s., south korea, australia and several european countries. samsung says it may appeal the decision. >>> and one of the original appleomputers goes on the auction block on christie's. vintage apple products have become especially hot properties since steve jobs died. apple 1 was auctioned off for $671,000 last month. the online auction starts on monday. >>> 7:45. california firefighters have been warning all of us, this could be a very bad fire season. northern california pot growers could make a bad fire season even worse. a lot of people involved in the booming business of marijuana into humboldt county and elsewhere, they are leveling hillsides making room for their illegal crop. officials say that's adding to the fire danger along with hurting the area's ecosystems. >>> a fire near highway 1 and 17 may have been intentionally set. you are looking at cell phone video shot from the freeway. the fire started yesterday about 3:00 in the afternoon. it burned about three acres. one person was injured and taken to the hospital. police in santa cruz say they've detained two other people for questioning. >>> it is 7:46. h

tech giants like google, apple, yahoo and facebook to monitor users. eamon javers joins us with the latest. >> good morning, kelly. it was a stunning day of of revelations about u.s "the london guardian" which reported on a secret fisa court order. that's a secret intelligence court order to verizon ordering them to turn over phone records on americans and foreigners. that story dominated the bulk of the story yesterday and then last night the guardian and the washington postal most simultaneously revealed an 11 bigger scoop and this one about an nsa program and a secret program called prism any in that program, both newspapers said nine of the biggest american technology companies work with the u.s. government to spy on people that the government is targeting. after that story came out we got a range of denials. first apple. they said we have never heard of prism, and then google who said we have no back door to access private user data and facebook who did not provide any government organization with direct access to facebook servers. following with microsoft who with said if the government has a national security program to gather customer data we don't partic