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[ bell rings ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's fastest 3g network. get 50% off all messaging phones after mail-in rebate like the pantech reveal. only from at&t. welcome back, everyone. in today's "tech watch," a new report shows one in four households has a cell phone but no traditional land line. it's cheaper, right? well, the study from the cdc found younger people are leading the way. researchers also found those living below poverty level, 36%, have only cell phones. there are new developments in the investigation into the mysterious death of women's professional golfer eric...

Welcome back. in today's "tech watch," apple has bought a company. the application is called siri, s-i-r-i. users can speak commands like "send a taxi to my house" to their iphone or i touch. it uses speak recognition technology to make it happen. it may be one of the most expensive prices for a gallon of gas you've ever heard of in the states. but people in alaska got no choice. they'll have to shell out a whopping $9.20 for a gallon of gas. the distributor says it's because he has to fly in the fuel supply. it is cheaper to bring in fuel by a barge, but because of low water levels in the r...

In today's "tech watch," fans of green day will soon be able to play their favorite songs on a new version of "rock band." it will be released in early june. it will feature 47 songs from the trio's catalog. and more people are getting sick on cruise shapes. so far, there have been eight incidents on luxury liners this year including this celebrity cruise ship last month where more than 400 passengers became ill with a stomach bug. nbc's mark potter is live for us in miami. mark, we saw these outbreaks before a couple of years ago and i thought that there were measures put in place by cruise...

That's a lot of people. i've collected a few postcards of all the places that at&t has coverage... spokane, washington; boston, mass. san francisco, tulsa, oklahoma... dated a girl from there. warren, michigan... didn't work out. bozeman, montana; daytona beach, florida; madison, wisconsin... good college town. i think we get the picture. [ male announcer ] if you want coverage, we've got it. at&t. buy any smartphone after mail-in rebate and get any messaging phone free after mail-in rebate. welcome back. in today's "tech watch," apple's new device, the ipad, scheduled to hit stores at the e...

That building at the time. also in today's tech watch, a new virus has reportedly infected 75,000 computers around the world. now, this virus collects user names and passwords. and then it feeds that information back to hackers. one software security firm says both commercial and government systems have been compromised including online banking sites, yahoo! hotmail and social networks like facebook. the hackers are based out of eastern europe. and as always, there are some stories out there that made us say no way this morning. let's start in massachusetts. a 75-year-old woman foiled a ro...