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And hermann is the tech editor and the reason we have you in, john, is because you unearthed fascinating stuff of this guy. to me, needy, quite weird geek. am i over stating things? >> he's definitely a geek. one of the big things here is that since this information has come out, there have been two responses, there have been people who -- who see him as an increasingly weird and strange gamer, animation fan, you know, hackest type and people that spend time on forums and the online community recognize him as a type. >> what is that type? >> he's a little bit of a know-it-all. a little bit of ...

Our tech editor discover what's different about fab.com. don't go to that website yet. >> why not? >> because then they won't watch the show. >> oh, smart. first, a major setback for president obama this morning. >> bowing to extreme pressure, u.n. ambassador susan rice made a surprise announcement, withdrawing her name from consideration as the next secretary of state. so that leaves the door open for the man considered the president's second choice to take over the job from hillary clinton. our own sunny hostin has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador susan rice has withd...

>> i will stay in the cold house here. stay with the nice -- nice tree. >> the window. thank you, appreciate you being here again. this is joanna stern, abc news tech editor. we will be right back on "world news now."

>> this one we're going to get lower. this is the big one here. this is more comparable to an ipad. the big thing with this, it is a tablet. if i can pull it out. like an ipad. >> ipad with the keyboard. >> yeah. >> the tablet is $499. and it comes with the keyboard, $599. the difference this doesn't run a full-fledged version of windows. this is a -- >> somebody just said good-bye, the computers? >> yeah, they're not happy. they're like why is he getting attention? >> this doesn't run a full -- >> no, you can use new apps from the windows store. on this. down side of this version. it is cheap...

Uncomfortably hot to hold for long periods of time. but abc news tech editor joanna stern says it's not burning anyone. >> i haven't felt like i had to set it aside. it didn't get that warm or that uncomfortable for me. >> reporter: "consumer reports" which likes the new ipad overall tested the third generation apple game-changer and found those who have complained of a hotter to hold device are right. after all, it is designed to be held in your hand. and after 45 minutes of nonstop game-playing, the surface reached 116 degrees. 13 degrees hotter than last generation's ipad 2. but well below ...