i looked that up on google, too. in those 2,000 plus day, we've grown accustomed to the fact anything can be found through google, usually on the first try. the internet may be the library, but google is the world's librarian and like all high-tech company, it's facing threats. the internet becoming increasingly mobile, away from their core strength on the desktop, becoming increasingly realtime, information moving too fast for google to index. the internet is becoming fractured. properties like facebook with its wealth of information generally off limits to much of google's reach. >> dr. amit singhal is the highest honor for an engineer, they build self-driving robots on the car just for fun. he is responsible for the ultra secret search algorithm. which means he is rarely allowed to talk to the press. joining us is kim mcnichols on ben parr from marshable. earlier this week, there were reports google was stealing their search results. you kind of led the bing sting, did you not? >> i did. it was a scientific experi

we are live at google headquarters. as soon as we get more information we'll have a live report right here in mountain view. reporting live jade hernandez. >>> time now 6:46. grief counselors will be on campus. one person was killed. 11 others were hurt after police say two men opened fire inside a from the house early yesterday morning. everything started at after some kind of dispute at a party. the two men accused of opening fire are in custody this morning. back here at home a major fighting operation was broken up in sacramento county. staff workers from the humane society joined sheriffs deputies during this raid. they say they witnessed a horrifying scene. they found dozens of dead and injured birds used in those brutal fights. >> it never ceases to amaze me. it never ceases to shock me. >> the humane society says the operators of the cock fighting rings had them fighting to their death. they seized dozens of surviving birds. >>> in san francisco the first group of names to be featured in a sidewalk has been rele

now while back we told you how google c.e.o. eric schmidt admitted that his company likes to get real close or right up to the creepy line without actually crossing it well now it seems as if google's gotten even closer to that creepy factor when they started asking kids for their social security numbers get this google or apparently created a contest for children called doodle for google and in order for the kid to enter themselves in the contest the parents had to give their kid's birthday the city of birth and the last four digits of their social security number which really makes me wonder what kind of contest this is now apparently the internet giant was getting away with this until one parent was smart enough to catch on and alerted the federal trade commission about what was being asked of them and here's where it got really interesting one city f.t.c. was notified google apologized stopped requesting that information right away and then released a press statement saying quote to be clear these last four digits were not e

google responded today with a much more open system dubbed google one pass. >> reporter: one pass makes it easier for everyone to get the quality journalism they value. >> reporter: google lets publishers set prices, control terms and offer content on tablets, phones or the web. analyst ned may says google's goal is clear. >> they are addressing and placating the concerns of publishers by saying "here is an alternative approach, we're going to play nicer and better." >> reporter: by throwing the doors wide, google hopes to appeal to more developers and content providers. as more companies write software for google platforms, the hope is more customers will find a reason to switch from iphones and ipads to androids. but there are risks. >> it is saying "improvise, innovate, let's get creative." that creativity and innovation gets messy. and in a new technology market that can be challenging. >> reporter: apple is acting as a gatekeeper, providing a seamless user experience but controlling subscriber information and refusing to allow links outside an app to websites like amazon or netflix

to remove ninety links for different plaintiffs which is quite a concern and google refused to do that later in january but it's just so interesting to me because here it's you know when it comes to europe even french president nicolas sarkozy has said that they have a moral imperative to protect the privacy and of of individuals. here if you compare the way that our government you know the feds really approach these things they constantly feel that you have a moral imperative to. push this on companies too i was just discussing it the other week that they want companies to retain this information forever just in case at some point they're going to have to do a criminal investigation to make sure that the evidence is still there that they didn't lose it. or they completely flip the tables on you and say it's a matter of national security and that's kind of a scary contradiction that exists with this question because the government really does look towards its authority it really values and it doesn't give up control when it comes to that and it's strange because it goes back to the que

. >> and a protest outside google's headquarters today, minority groups slamming hiring practices. the black economic council, latino business chaim skber national asian american coalition say that shilly convalley companies need to do a better job of hiring and promoting american born asians, blacks and latinos saying google refused to disclose their diversity information. >> we have been trying to meet with google almost two years now. to no avail. and there is this multi billion dollar contracts we do believe it should be some diversity. >> google responded today by saying it has an inclusive work environment and promotes diversity. >> and the "wall street journal" reports google and facebook held low level talks about buying twitter. talks valued twitter at $8 billion to $10 billion according to unnamed sources and twitter lost money as it hired new employees and invested in data centers. none of the companies involved commented on this. >> coming up, saving the environment, or saving a life? the new controversy washing up at mavericks after a surfer nearly drowned. >> i'm sand

and google today has a mandate to do no evil which is basically backed by the three guys who own google. and it seems to me that a large percentage of the share, that seems to me it's a real problem is when the and the thousand flowers bloom right now. where any node which very large entity are moving to carve up the information infrastructure. and they are doing it pretty fast and they're doing it in the world which we have powerful voices that say the market range, and the little guy is blogging. the little gal is blogging. i think that is fantasy. >> next question. >> i'm going to try to melt both threads of the. the telecommunications giant, at&t, as you said provided research and such under a regime of regulated novelty. regulated rate of return. they broke up ma bell. it has never consulted and now basically at&t and verizon constitute most of the seven baby bells. so now have the worst of both world. we have a deregulated monopoly essentially. that they don't compete out of region except in wireless. to bring it to the journalism point of view i would say this story is vastly und

>>gabe: look out google. let's see what they are offering for honey, and operating systems specially designed for a top-flight computers. a huge success for google. the very people away from the i phone. they're hoping that tablas running on honeycombed will do the same. i've had it to the bill's version of the tablet. this is the home screen of have a phone. the most use of us. honey, is designed for tablets with the ford face st. camera. did them all seem to work as well. they are coming out soon. they expect them the moral is to dispel with and " x " i thought my hands on it. i was impressed. it was easy to use. lift freight. it had several things that the ad had did not. that said cameras. this tablets will give the i've had a run for its money. it is expected on the market. in mountain view gave slaves for kron4 news. >> vicki: it feels like the tv tomorrow. i'm not recommending it >>bryan: 45 hopes so. it is not as nice flight to load to mid-70s. >> vicki: the net everybody. (music) the internet on a pl

the number of people searching for yellow pages and google fell below the number of people at google and we're at 78,000 daily users in the city of san francisco. >> i will give you 30 more seconds. >> thank you, i'm on my last slide. i appreciate it. the gist is we're undergoing a shifting landscape as the previous speaker said. the industry acknowledged it themselves and yelp son-in-law one of many portals online where people can search. mogul is yet another area where people are searching. i guess what i'm trying to say we're seeing a major seismic shift and i hope that data illustrates that. happy to e-mail you the data after this. thanks. >> thank you. next public speaker, please. >> i appreciate the interest about recycling and the directories. the frequently asked questions that was disseminated says that white pages are not affected by the san francisco ordinance. directories have white pages and yellow pages. i'm not sure i understand what they're talking about. so when the media, meaning other media pick up the city is trying to ban the phone book, that sounds about right b

north africa marketing manager at google. so far, google has commented only briefly. wit"we can't comment on his personal live life beliefs." >> it's a little tricky this relationship. this is an employee of google, yes, but he's acting on his own time. >> reporter: robert soloman says companies in emerging markets like egypt where governments are big customers need to be careful not to bite the hand that feeds them. is this connection likely a good thing or a bad thing for google? >> well, on the one hand it could be a bad thing to the extent ghonim's activities raise some questions, or jeopardize some relationships google has in egypt. however, it might be a good thing if people now view google as a good place to work and a place that allows young people to have a voice. >> reporter: a voice which ushered in a social revolution in egypt where the most powerful weapon was social networking. seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the cbs evening news. thanks for joining us this saturday evening. i'm russ mit

then at 5:00 we're staying on top of the release of the google executive in egypt. also, the role they may play in multiple sclerosis. >> finally new details about the ultimate british royal couple's plans after the heavily watched april wedding. >> in july the prince and kate middleton will make their first trip to canada and they make a trip to the u.s. >> and kate may be taking trophy presentation at wimbledon. >> and since prince continues to serve as pilot. the couple will live near his remote base. >> and there is speculation about babies. >> its sneak peek at wedding guest list. his on and off again chelsea davey. >> we'll have to see. those on royal watch can't wait. >> we're waiting for invitation which will no doubt will never show. >> the sun is showing right now. >> thank you, mike. >> thanks for joining us. >> thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a were prese i want you to >>

google executive held captive in egypt is released. but he's not executive held captive in egypt is released. but he's not going quietly. 7 news >> somebody could have heard something and whoever that is please come forward and help us out. please. >> san jose family is desperate for clue in hit-and-run case that may have left this teenager girl paralyzed. >> erica luna dragged for hundreds of feet through east san jose and in critical condition. we are live at police headquarters tonight. >> police say they don't yet know whet this driver even knew that erica luna was pinned underneath the vehicle and being dragged for hundreds of feet by her family tonight is convinced that this driver did know and took off any way. skid marks stretches hundreds of feet. the entire length of this east san jose neighborhood block. that's how far erica luna family says she was dragged while trapped underneath a car. >> didn't have the deeceen is i to stop. you think about it they don't even do that to animal. they don't even do that to animal. you hit

an oral points out that even microsoft has been piling on google, calling google a monopoly. google has been the subject of two ftc investigations. >> from the parent trap to trapped in a legal mess, today actress lindsay lohan is expected to be charged in a jewelry heist. prosecutors will charge her with felony grand theft for allegedly stealing a short gold necklace worth $2500. employees at jewelry store reported the necklace missing two weeks ago. investigators were about to search lohan's home when one of her assistants turned it in. her attorney says the charges are falls. >> what lindsay is claiming is that she borrowed it from the store and her stylist forgot to return the item to the store. >> lohan's legal troubles are well chronicled. she is under investigation for allegedly assaulting an employee at the better ford center. >> uc san francisco celebrates the opening of a stem cell facility. they will open the doors to the $123 million facility later on this morning so video of it here, the construction work. they say staff and researchers are going to be able to in

google hopes it has a recipe for search success. google's recipe file will appear on the left of your screen. type in something that has to do with food, calories, that sort of thing. google already has competition for your food search from microsoft, the bing search engine also has a recipe search feature. plenty of ways to find food. >> now i have to make time to cook. thank you very much. >>> disney taking another step into the social networking field by buying a silicon valley company, acquiring menlo park based togetherville which allows kids to interact with kids of their parents' friends, utilizing facebook. children can play games, watch video as well. no word on how much money disney paid but the acquisition follows disney's purchase of the social gaming company playdom for $563 million. >>> we have another casualty of budget cuts. we are just learning tonight that san jose's police department is going to have to sacrifice one of its key crime fighting tools to budget cuts. a memo from the mayor's office states the police h

>> alan: tonight, mission in could i row, relatives of this google executive tell >> alan: egypt's strongest and most influential opposition group, the muslim brotherhood, says it will sit down for talks with the new vice-president to resolve the crisis now going into its 11th day. hundreds of protesters are still in the tahir square demanding the regs resignation of president hosni mubarak. john austin is here with more on the disappearance of this man. >> reporter: it has been nine days since anyoned a heard of him, googles head of marketing. his bay area cousin said the family in egypt is getting threatening calls that he is being taught a lesson. >> disappeared on the 27th of january report record she i can -- >> reporter: she is talking about the google executive who disappeared taking part in a protest. >> this is my cousin. i know him since i can remember. >> reporter: she says she has seen the video that supposedly shows her cousin being hauled away by men in plain clothes. it's been shown on the al jazz sierra web site and she says it's definitely him. he hasn't been heard from sinc

and there is hundreds of chefz trying to come up with google employees. searching the inlt net got easier. >> you now have a search function says recipe. click on it. this gives you a lot of capabilities you won't normally have. >> and take chili. you'll get 7600 results. but click on the recipe icon and there is a new world opens up. >> slice and dies by the amount of time it takes. >> slice and dice? chef talk. >> think about it in your refrigerator. have you a whole chicken or a chicken breast and say maybe some aspare gus. saying i want to make sure this is only 30 minutes. it's there. it's there. >> recipes come with user ratings saying kids probably want to get involved, too. putting together ingredients. it's a way to get them to eat broccoli. there are yimts on today's menu. >> if you're looking for something that was in a cafe you can find something simple. >> google is a force, could this mean end of cook books? scott doesn't think so. >> i will continue to have the collection. when i need something quick, i don't want to run to the library. >>

"wall street journal" reports facebook, google and others held talks with twitter. the san francisco-based site, twitter has not turned a profit but valued at $8 billion to $10 billion. yahoo announced plans to create what it calls a digital news stand called live stand. and it's an attempt to draw more advertising away from print and broadcast media. and cisco drove the stock market down today. the dow fell 10 points on the day. shares dropped almost 15% after reporting weak earnings and a big decline in sales to agencies. >> san francisco irport's old terminal two is new, once again. the former international terminal is set to reopen in two months. abc 7 takes a look around for us. >> you still have to use your imagination but sfo's new terminal two is supposed to be a relaxing space whit opens april 14th. >> airport environment if you're comfortable and relaxed, you're in a safer environment. easier to identify threats when population is relaxed. >> there is an emphasis on sustainibility. reduration stations for rebill -- refilling water bottles. >> there is anot

. >> is google to blame? the new study thatúp6x6x6x6x6x6x ♪ >> good morning, everyone. 6:13 this friday morning on the abc 7 morning news. a look from sutro camera down at the city, the pretty lights, the clear conditions which means it's cold outside. but as mike's been telling us, there's a change in the weather, one that might have you wanting to put your summer clothes back in the closet and get out your ugg's. >> and umbrellas. >> but ugg's first. i do have some ugg's. the navy reached a new agreement with the environmental protection agency to help clean up toxic vapors at moffett field. the san jose mercury news reports projects involving the navy and various contractors leaked toxins decades ago. it doesn't believe the vapors pose immediate health risks but it is concerned about long-term effects and wants special ventilation systems installed in new buildings to extract the vapors. >> today san mateo county assemblyman jerry hill plans to introduce a bill to keep san francisco from using state mon

then at 5:00 we're staying on top of the release of the google executive in egypt. also, the role they may play in multiple sclerosis. >> finally new details about the ultimate british royal couple's plans after the heavily watched april wedding. >> in july the prince and kate middleton will make their first trip to canada and they make a trip to the u.s. >> and kate may be taking trophy presentation at wimbledon. >> and since prince continues to serve as pilot. the couple will live near his remote base. >> and there is speculation about babies. >> its sneak peek at wedding guest list. his on and off again chelsea davey. >> we'll have to see. those on royal watch can't wait. >> we're waiting for invitation which will no doubt will never show. >> the sun is showing right now. >> thank you, mike. >> thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is next. >> oprah: a tv first. the billionaire dad of a family empire, donald trump. his wife, melania, and his five children, all together. then --3q hey resolve stain busters, our new neighbors are coming over for di

a google executive will be realested by egyptian authorities. he is one of the administrators of a facebook page that organized the antigovernment protest. his families hasn't heard from him since january 27th. yesterday a spokesperson said he would be released at 4:00 p.m. today in cairo. that is 6:00 a.m. our time. you almost find continuing coverage of the uprising in egypt on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. click on the egypt tab near the top. >>> in iran it's day two of the trial of three uc berkeley graduated charged with spying. the closed door session got under way yesterday. shane bauer and josh fattal entered not guilty pleas. a lawyer enter that same plea. no one is really sure how long this is going to take. >> most indicators suggested at the end of the day after they have humiliated these people and treated them. >> we spoke to the professor yesterday. iran detained the uc berkeley graduated in july 2009. they say they were on a hiking trip and mistakenly >>> a security breech at the vatican. a little boy broke through security and

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google says microsoft is a copying their results. to prevent they set up the website what nonsense words ended a couple of weeks the same results ended up on bing. bing did not deny that they took google into mind when they were compromising their results. >> you are going to like the weekend coming up. our forecast is showing dry weather up to the north. we're going to get the clip up to the north. nothing is quite to put a damper on our forecast. it is going to get cold up there. the wins will not be in place like last night. both areas in the inland valleys. 33 in santa rosa. upper 30's in the south bay. i look at tomorrow afternoon. warmer conditions. 68 = 0 said. 62 = send a file. 64 = layout. it is only wednesday. let us get a look at our forecast. temperatures into the 40's on sunday. low 50s by sunday, no rain in the extended forecast. stay with us will be right back after this. >> stock closed at mixed today. a day after it the dow closed at the highest level in two and a half years. it was up nearly 2 1/2 points while the n

google it also has competition for the hi pat. we'll take a look at the new honeycombed tablet. >> there is more in normalcy returning to the streets of egypt. there's talks with members of the opposition. the really rich and was willing to hear ideas on the best way to move it forward. to a point. here is my jury. >> and the cross-section of christians in cairo held a mass on sunday it. the 13th day of the campaign with longtime president terry muslims, but each of largest religious group said they would form a ring around the christians to prevent any possible harassment. there are signs of normalcy. some banks have opened. the bank has placed restrictions on withdrawals. the lions ran out the door. >> it is time to of result said it issues the president met with opposition groups to discuss grievances. one issue that is not on the table often barks immediate resignation. >> i am leaving now. who will take over? that one of the test opposition leaders to a number to stay in the meeting and says he does not by the arguments. he t

google android converses microsoft -- versus microsoft. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america. coming up later, allegations that the judge in a trial did not write his burdick and credit against his will. a record breaking up, but how long did this valentine's day smooch last? iran has seen what may be the biggest protest against the government in more than a year. the iranian news agency is reporting that one person was shot dead as protestors in tehran cannot in the hundreds, possibly thousands, defying a security crackdown. the agency is blaming opposition supporters for the killing. james reynolds reports. >> demonstrators in tehran were told the rally was illegal. but these protesters did not listen. many covered their faces to avoid being identified. here, they confront a man the suspect working for the government paramilitary force. it is rare to see this kind of challenge. here, another group of protesters shouts, "death to the dictator." these are the biggest demonstrations against the government in more than a

we contacted google but have not heard back. but ghonim's cousin said she did not personally speak with him. but she said she did call family members in egypt. they said her cousin is safe and headed to tahrir square. the state department, we're also hearing rate now, is confirming through "the wall street journal," the same. the tweets began at 7:15 this morning after an hour of worried comments about whether they were gonna let him go. we've been moring it -- monitoring realtime results. ghonim is a google executive and one who observed the protest in egypt. he handles google's marketing efforts in the middle east and northern africa. initially, they would not confirm he was arrested for taking part in a protest on january 28th. he was declared missing after he failed to meet with his brother as planned. he had been in cairo since january 23rd. ghonim's cousin, son and niece lives in freemont and spoke to him by phone an hour ago. >> she did not sleep for like 14 days. she has to say thank you that he -- hopefully he's already

google has come up with a way to make cooking easier. google rolled out yesterday morning what narrows down recipes you're searching for from millions to just one or two. searching the internet with creative cuisine got a lot easier with a single click. showed it to abc 7. take chili, for example. type in the normal search function you get 76 million results from recipes to restaurants. click on google's recipe icon and a new world opens up. >> all right. the chicken breast. type in chicken breast. say you have asparagus. i'm tight for time so i'm going to say under 30 minutes. you're looking for something specific that you have in the cafÉ or the restaurant and you've got the menu, you can find something pretty simple. >> the recipes also come with ratings. parents can get their kids involved as well by entering their favorite ingredients. they'll get recipes they may wanna try. >> let's see, sprinkles. >> sprinkles, chocolate. >> yeah. just ahead at 6:00, we'll continue our team coverage of the storm watch. >> i'm jenelle wang live al

me, googling them, googling their next-door neighbor, that's happening in the classroom. >> dretzin: like most universities, mit allows laptops in its classes at the professor's discretion. >> i mean, it even changes how teachers teach. because now, the... the pressure is on teaching kind of scintillating powerpoint things that will distract them from the web. >> so, you've hit on most of the key points. i just gave my class a midterm, and i was really asking obvious questions that, had they been attending carefully in lecture, and had they been doing the readings carefully, everyone should have gotten 100% on this exam, and the mean score was probably about a 75%. it's not that the students are dumb. it's not that they're not trying. i think they're trying in a way that's not as effective as it could be because they're distracted by everything else. >> i have 25 in the last 15 minutes. i feel like the professors here do have to accept that we can multitask very well and that we do at all times. and so, if they try and restrict us from doing it, it's almost unfair because we are comp

. >>> a new debate involving google and privacy. a seemingly innocent art contest turned into speer -- controversy. >>> the bay bridge is busy westbound. you're going to see a backup that's getting worse by the minute as people scuffle to deal with the weather. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> welcome back. sad story. three young girls shot to death in mexico while playing in the yard of the city of juarez. two of the girls were sisters and the gunman was targeting the father. it's across the border from el paso, texas. >>> more criticism for google over privacy. the company wanted to open its doodle for google art contest for children who don't attend schools who already participate. to make sure there were no duplicate entries, google required the last four digits of the social security number. critics say google could have figured out the rest of the numbers. >>> well, at&t can move ahead with plans to improve its wi -- wi-fi plans in palo alto with two conditions. it could put two towers on university avenue but the tower

gay actors gave musicians plus there's that thing called the internet with a simple few keystrokes on google you can find about just anything that you want to know. it's really not a secret the gay people exist in the world so maybe it can. field dollar just hoping that you know if you don't talk about gay people they'll just go away i've got to close their eyes and pray for a world free of gay people at night and you know that is that's called being homophobic not to mention their bill is biased against gays travels on free speech and is a case of over gov overreaching government but the bigger issue here is that lawmakers are wasting it taxpayer money and time on stupid legislation like this tennessee currently has a nine point one percent unemployment rate last year nearly one point six million residents and businesses filed for bankruptcy in the volunteer state and the state only has a sixty percent graduation rate for its students so is this really something a lawmaker should be focused on for attending the gay people don't exist that's why a tennessee republican state senator stacey ca

who is work at google? up next. we examine the minority hiring complaint saz.ng some of silicon valley >> silicon valley high tech firms are facing some scrutiny tonight. they are being accused of not hiring enough minorities. tonight we have a look at newly released numbers on this. david reports that one mainly player has refused to participate. 3 non-profit group targeted google for protest because it wouldn't provide a break down of the work force by race or ethnicity. >> the only way we can solve the problem is finding out what is your employment. what is your diversity and figure out are you really doing the right job. are you really serving the community. >>reporter: 12 out of 34 high tech company did respond including situations koshtion ebay and intel. the numbers indicate african americans are only 3 percent of workers. while making up 7% of the state population. latino made up 4 percent of the work force. yet they are 38 percent of the state population. company reported half of the work force was asian am

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google has since changed that form. the chicken fast food joint says it will open stores in the san francisco bay area. right now the closest is in fairfield. the southern based chain plans to open 90 new scores. mcdonald's southern chicken sandwich is an attempted copy. it's famous for not being open on sunday. it can do whatever it wants so no chicak-fil-as. it's their own company. >> are you a chick-fil-a fan? >> i am. and i'll be honest with you, mcdonald's is pretty close. >> really. >> i haven't had either. >> laura sometimes calls them chick-fill-a. >> a few south bay students are getting read the become future engineers. students at leland high school are building a robot as farther of the first robotics competition. they are responsible for every i aspect including the wiring and the programming and in the end the robot has to be mobile. it has to be able to perform tasks including complete a ring toss. >> sats impressive. >> i couldn't do it. >> put you to the test. could you forecast the weather? it's cold ou

>> google doodle, the art up there in the name of google. well, they have a contest once a year, they invite kids to do the doodle. turns out the entry form, google asked these kids to enter their place of birth. last four digits of their social security number. why is a mystery. google says it's to determine if a child has an american citizenship. the contest was only open to americans. you can be born outside the u.s. and still be american. the social security number thing, curious too. google has since changed that form. the "wall street journal" says the securities and exchange commission is investigating the sale of companies like facebook. you can't buy it on the regular stock market. but you can buy stock from someone who wants to sell it. say a facebook employee. a number of brokers have sprung up and the s.e.c. wants to know if that needs to be better regulated. >> thank you. 5:26 now. big story, apple's board meeting and where they are expected to talk about the health of steve jobs. we'll have a live report. >> and possibly cuttin

. >> also, the google president is finally released after 10 days. and he has spent 10 days behind bars. 300 deaths blamed for these the egyptian protesters. >> this rally was organized by muslim student association. >> president obama is going to formally recognize southern sudan as a sovereign state. and in a statement congratulating the people of southern sudan for a successful and six inspiring referendum. and with the january vote for independent and that is the newest country in the month of july. southern sudan. >> it has been clear today and it is going to continue for the next several days. with the changes, the satellite rader shows us clear skies and driving that storm to the north. the warm, dry air. that is also going to increase our overnight wind. temperatures will be impacted tomorrow morning. 3:00 a.m., that blue is indicating 20 m.p.h. wind gusting and even more at 8:00 p.m. with mostly gusting to 20 m.p.h., fairfield 37 mph continuing later if we will still see it breezy. and take a look at what these men for the temperatures norma

. >>> did you see google this morning? joouls vern would have been 103 years old today if he had eaten better. you can drive the google logo using the joystick. it also works on ipad just like you are in a submarine 20,000 leagues under the sea. there you go. that's the explanation for the google logo. always kind of fun. >> i did notice it this morning. kind of the movement of it, too. >> very cool. >>> we want to check in with christina. you are going to notice a lot of movement of air today. it is mouling howling out there. >> i noticed scott mcgrew playing with that. i was wondering what you were doing, mr. mcgrew. you won't want to stay inside today. it will be the last day with temperatures in the 70-degree range. by tomorrow we are back down to the 50s. 48 in oakland. 50 in napa and fairfield. we have really strong winds coming out of the knot north. that will make for a mild start. that will make for an easy situation when it comes to the sun warming our temperatures up by 15 degrees or so. but take a look at what'

google wouldn't talk with us today, reissuing a statement. they are relieved he was released. trying to maintain a careful diplomatic distance in a country that for days cut off internet access. >> most of the people do not remember his name. at least outside of egypt. we remember he is from google and that's nothing but good for the company. >> he told his bosses he had an urgent personal matter and took vacation days to go to egypt from his home in dew dubai. now he said today that he is ready to sign the document for the movement. turned over his assets to his american wife and two children. >>> adding to the turmoil in egypt, a labor strike swept the country. demanding better pay, benefits, and working conditions. more than 5,000 people went on strike in the poor city of suez, including workers at a shoe repair company. in cairo, and mohala. the strikes have not affected traffic through the canal. >>> you'll find continuing coverage of the uprising in egypt by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. click on the egypt tab on the top. you'll find a link to a special secti

google hit the market today with several new tablets. nbs bay area's business tech reporter got to play with the new tablets today. what do you think, scott? will this they make a dent? >> i think they will. they're trying to do it again, but this time on a bigger screen. major league baseball highlights. the tablet world just got more crowded. in a market dominated by the apple ipad, google's latest version of android, called honeycomb has arrived, and it's getting some sweet reviews. in fact, for tablet makers like motorola, this is the is new zune, and app maker honeycomb wants to do for tablets what earlier versions of android did for smartphones, give you more choices. >> it's the number one request we get. it's such a social game. people are saying download it, i want to play with us, friends are like, i have an android, i can't, and they're mad at us, and so this is -- i think it's goods to be massive. >> absolutely. i think for us, the more people use it on the devices, the better kind of experience becomes, because you can disco

people believe that a google executive has been incarcerated for taking part of protests. a google spokesperson told us today the company is doing everything it can to locate him, but can't confirm if video is authentic. he had sent a twitter message before the violence broke out. and that he did plan to take part in protests against the president. gonin's disappearance and other disappearances is turning the tide against the government. >> now our parents are waking up. like many of our parents are going down the street and saying, we can't take this anymore. it woke them up. >> people like gonin is one of those who stands up and takes part. and we need to follow his lead. >> reporter: to get the homeowner and e-mail address to send google information about him you can go to the web links at ktvu.com. >>> egypt's official news agency and it's new vice president is offering different numbers on just how many foreigners have left that country. the middle east news agency says more than 160,000 foreigners have left. the new vice president is saying that 1 million people have

egyptian leaders say they would release google's marketing director. we have no confirmation out of egypt. the family and friends are very concerned about his well-being since video first aired on the al-jazeera network. it shows plains close government agents dragging him behind police lines. >> they are thrilled to hear his colleague is about to get thinks freedom back. >> i am hoping she totally healthy and all right which is a little -- i wasn't sure that would be the case. >> some 1300 protestors have been detained over the past 14 days. most have already been freed. meantime, egypt's vice president is reaching out to a protest group called the muslim brotherhood to try to calm protestors. yesterday, omar suleiman offered new concessions including freedom of press. meanwhile, president obama has downplayed prospects that the muslim brotherhood would take a major role in any new government. >>> it's just about 6:35 now. this morning, a hearing is expected to continue in iran for two of the u.c. berkeley grads being detained in that country. shane b