earlier this week. she s been under going rehab in houston after being shot in the face in january. sony revealed yesterday its playstation 3 network suffered a huge security breach leaving 70 million users vulnerable to i.d. theft. passwords and even billing information. the gaming network allows players to compete online and use other services like netflix went down last week and sewn hey been unable to restore it. apple is denying charges that iphones and ipads have been storing users locations in a statement released apple says data collected by iphones is from wi-fi hot spots and cell towers near by helping the phone figure out its location. the company points out a software bug that causes the phone to store this data longer than intended. all right. we get back to the big news of the day. president obama putting the birther issue to rest. explaining his surprise this
apple says those missing bars are likely just a software bug. others say units have yellow tint in spots of the new so-called retina display screen. i have no idea what this means because i don t have one. but many bloggers are saying that yellow tint fades away once the phone has been used a bit. isn t that strange? i think some people said when you cover the metal piece around the phone with your hand the bars go away but that doesn t necessarily mean the reception is gone. so how much did that thing cost? is there an app for that when your phone doesn t work? nine minutes past the hour. let s get a check of this morning s weather with bonnie schneider. good morning, carol and jim. things are feeling a whole lot better there across new england after some really rough thunderstorms rolled through causing wind damage particularly into connecticut and penn. but right now we are waking up to a fine morning. storms have died down, temperatures are mild at 62 in detroit, 71 and g
least five people at a power plant. more than two dozen others are hurt. the plant was under construction. officials say it is hard to tell exactly how many people were there at the time. a search for anyone who may be trapped is on hold because of safety concerns. it s a large metal building. there has been a lot of the exterior sheet metal that has blown off the building and continues to fall off. the weather has affected that a little bit. there is quite a bit of wind there. there are pieces flying off and presenting a danger to rescuers. middletown s mayor says workers were burging a natural gas pipeline yed when the blast happened. toyota dealers say the company will fix the brake software problem on the 2010 prius. they expect a recall to be announce this had week. the software bug can cause the prius s brakes to be unresponsive for a second or so. some lexus hybrid models are also impacted. toyota cranked up production at six north american factories
a look at our top stories right now. parts of the eastern seaboard are at a standstill today as snow pounds the mid-atlantic states. some areas can see two feet or more. emergency crews are trying to clear the roads and restore power to hundreds of thousands of people. as long as the snow keeps falling, it s going to be a mess out there. toyota is promising a fix for its latest car glitch. potentially faulty brakes on its prius hybrids. it blames the problem on a software bug. the troubled automaker says it has taken care of fixing vehicles on its production line but needs to come up with an action plan for the prius vehicles already on the road. that could come next week. iran is making missiles that can shoot down helicopters and tanks and pierce armor plating, according to its defense minister. it opened two munition production plants today and hopes to beef up its ground and air defense by producing massive modern arms. it comes amid the ongoing
things go wrong, it s difficult to understand. here s a whole new platform based on a phone that s so simplified it isn t that complicated. it s like a fresh start for computers. i think it applies to them just as much. like my wife s father is a perfect subject for this new computer. and that s a good point. but let me get back to the electronics issue in toyota. we got we were interested obviously in what you had to say because of the original comments i ll read to you what you said. and i want you to just clarify once and for all so there is no confusion. there is a lot of confusion about where steve wozniak stands on toyota. you were quoted as saying the reason that my case is important and urgent is that it is electronic. i can cause it totally under cruise control without a foot touching the accelerator pedal. is my software bug also some code that is in the other priuses related to the deadly problem? that was the quote from you. i think you ve explained what you meant to sa