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I figure i just as soon be as smart as he is. >> they arent friendly except for playing pac man. >> a small snag in computer marketing is called techno phobia. fear of these bloodless little wizards. manufacturers are trying to overcome it by making them what they call user-friendly. >> isnt that pretty? now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people had never encountered this stuff. >> hold down shift and press -- >> so there was a great di...

For playing pac man. >> a small snag in computer marketing is called techno phobia. fear of these bloodless little wizards. manufacturers are trying to overcome it by making them what they call user-friendly. >> isnt that pretty? now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people had never encountered this stuff. >> hold down shift and press -- >> you missed it. >> so there was a great disconnect between the ambitions of the apples and microsoft...

Smart as he is. >> they arent friendly except for playing pac man. >> a small snag in computer marketing is called techno phobia. fear of these bloodless little wizards. manufacturers are trying to overcome it by making them wha they call user-friendly. >> isnt tha pretty? now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people had never encountered this stuff. >> hold down shift and press -- >> so there was a great disconnect between the ambitions o...

They call user-friendly. >> isnt that pretty. now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people have never encountered this stuff. >> hold downshift. >> so there is a great disconnect between the ambitions of the apples and microsofts and the realities of people trying to use these things for the first time. >> right now, if you buy a computer system and you want to solve one of your problems, we immediately throw a big problem right in the mid...

Especially for playing pacman. >> a small snag in computer marketing has been what is called technophobia. fear of these bloodless little wizards. the manufacturers are trying to overcome it by making them what they call user-friendly. >> isnt that pretty. now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people have never encountered this stuff. >> dont shift. >> so there is a great disconnect between the ambitions of the apples and microsofts and th...

The manufacturers are trying to overcome it by making them what they call user-friendly. >> isnt that pretty. now what do i do? >> making computers easy enough to use for a beginner, it wasnt always true. people have never encountered this stuff. >> dont shift. >> so there is a great disconnect between the ambitions of the apples and microsofts and the realities of people trying to use these things for the first time. >> right now, if you buy a computer system and you want to solve one of your p...

To neighboring states. and california being a mini, a little country and we can look to them as a prompt, maybe nationally. >> and marco rubio, yesterday, sort of a duelling saturday morning address to the president had this to say about looking-- he framed it and california was basically the example and listen to marco rubio. >> we must perform job killing tax code and getting rid of unjustified loopholes but our goals should be to generate new revenues. >> apple computer this past week made he...

Street protests in the country and are only growing. philadelphia, l.a., seattle, boston, atlanta and new york where thousands of people gathered. yesterday organized labor rallied behind protesters in new york, now the rainbow push coalition putting its support behind the movement. joining me now reverend jackson, founder and president of the rainbow push coalition. reverend, always good to see you. you have led more than a few demonstrations in your day. whats your take on these? >> may i take...

of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...

The singularity says around 2025 well be able to functionally reverse engineer the human brain on computers. when that happens all bets are off. you have computers that are making computers even faster. its very science fictiony but a lost femme believe that. singularity university is supported by google and nasa. >> oh, my lord. singularity movement. >> therefore, would ones children be able to pre-verve you in a way? >> im thinking of ted williams. >> hope not but we would hope yes. >> you kno...