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Law, named for gordon moore. one of the engineers who worked at intel. the computer engineers are getting to the point where they can basically double the computing power of a computing chip every 18 months or so. power exple.what really made the every 18 months these things were getting twice as good. >> you could get the whole computer on a chip. it was less expensive to manufacture. you had smaller which led to faster which led to cheaper. >> under any other field of consumer products things ...

Girl cant do it on her own, and its wrong. >> reporter: the book sells for $4.99 on amazon and has lots of negative comments attached like please, please do not buy this book. we reached out to mattel the makers of barbie for comment, but no response. in san rafael, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> maybe mattel will rewrite the book. >> what is the correct rewrite? >> that two women come in and save the day and that more women should be computer engineers. >> and there shouldnt be a guy in the bo...

Built for business. >> computers that can think for themselvess. the holy grail of computer engineers and now a super computer is passing the famous 64-year-old test convincing judges it is a human being. lance is here from editor at large of national review. lets do the who, what, when and where first? what did the computer do that they thought it was a 20--year-old kid. >> it was said by the year 2000

Discouraged. so use this as your opportunity. holiday parties. youre going to be sitting there meeting friends, family, co-workers from the past. this is a great opportunity to network. make connections. put the word out that youre looking for that opportunity. this is the time of year to make those kinds of connections. >> one of the things we should talk about real quickly is the fact there are a lot of jobs out there, but employers cant find the people who are qualified to take on those jobs....

How inquisitive the president really was or was not about how well things were going, as we all know, from having covered these stories for many years. this will come out in the wash as we find out later down the road, right? >> there i will will be books about this, no doubt. remember if things continue to go badly, a feature of life in washington that people start pointing fingers at each other, perhaps anonymously. i wouldnt be surprised if it goes badly to see leaks combing out of the admini...

Scale than they actually put in place. >> without a doubt. we have some of the best computer engineers on globe in this country. why dont you just go to like apple or something, crystal and say, hey, you guys, help us out. we have this major project. youre going to be down with us. youre going to get a tax break. why not goinggo to some people like that and make this website really work i have a little confession to make which im a little embarrassed to admit at this exact moment. i used to work...

Story tomorrow. i knew it. >> you know me so well. >> yes. >> look, youre fresh out of college, maybe still in college, you get your first job offer and the starting salary is $93,500. >> wow! >> what major is that? petroleum engineering. a new survey from the national association of colleges and employers list that as the best, but look at that list. >> engineering, engineering, engineering. >> i know, study hard, kids. computer engineers are second with more than $70,000 a year. a chemical, $6...

Bill: is there greater organization on behalf of the rebels? and based on what you have seen have they made any ground on qaddafi? >> reporter: they are training. they do have some professional former qaddafi army members training them. we visited a training site, a former qaddafi army base where regular civilians including computer engineers and shop owners are getting five days of basic training learning how to fire weapons and anti-aircraft guns and they are being sent to the front lines. >> ...

There is definitely a noticeable theme. engineering degrees make up eight of the top ten most highly paid majors. petroleum engineering is number one with an average starting salary of $86,000, right out of college. that is the person who comes up with ways to extract oil and gas from the earth. computer science is the only nonengineering major thats high up on the list. that field has an average starting salary of $61,000. computer engineers design everything from video games to machines that b...

Important. computer science is a non-engineering major, it has a starting salary of $61,000. if you want to put it together, computer engineers, theyre creators, they create everything from video games to machines that build cars. you can see coming out of college, not a bad salary to start with $60,000, tony. >> yeah, if there are jobs available. are there jobs available once you put in the time and the effort to get that degree? >> reporter: that would be key. youre right. it doesnt matter if ...