my goodness. to do that. and the seattle times microsoft ceo steve ballmer only received 79% of his offense for the fiscal year, a sign of the company s falling profits. the company reported weak sales for its windows 8 software and the surface tablet. other top microsoft executives received 100% or more of target bonuses. microsoft right now is searching for its next ceo after ballmerer announced plans to retire. instagram will soon begin to feature advertisements. the company announced plans to ease into the roll out. eventually users will see video content from brands they don t follow. users will be able to close the ads and why they did not like it. from the sacramento bee, jerry brown signed a law allowed undocumented citizens to get driver s license ten years after former governor arnold schwarzenegger repealed the measure before it took effect. it s expected as many as 1.4
next, vio book, x2-02e. it will be smaller. just great for throwing in your bag. going to the library. coffee shop. you have a touch screen. and you have windows 8, the latest operating system. all for $450. this is a steal. this is one of my favorite ones. from lenovo, idea pad yoga, 11-s. super nice. touch screen. windows 8. really awesome thing about it. check this out. you can use it as a tablet. yes. it is a touch screen. prop it up. watch a movie. you can basically do whatever you want with it. essentially a tablet except that if you need the added bonus of a keyboard there it is. it is actually an ultra book
got to go back, back to school welcome back. you know many kids are already heading back to school. bee seeds the usual, notebooks, pencils, kids these days are increasingly stuffing lap tops into their backpacks. here to give us a look at this year s must-have models, our tech contributor tina trinh. i think you are a lifesaver for people like me who have no idea where to start. the only thing we know is prices. there are so many choices it will make your head spin. now is a great time to buy. there are tons of sales going on. okay. so let s get started. start with dell latitude 3330. this is great if you want a really basic, no frills computer. it has windows 7 pro, also nice. because not everybody is loving windows 8 right now. and the tiles are driving you a little crazy. but if you can afford it. go ahead and upgrade to core i 3 processor, 560. why? still a really good deal. zippier performance. everything you want. semi low tech. but just quick. all righ
welcome back. minding your business, the tech heavy nasdaq might be headed for a lower open after we learn that pc sales plummeted in the first three months of the year. taiwan based acer saw a decline. hewlett-packard pc shipments dropped 24%. overall, pc shipments, dropped. idc blames tablets for disrupting the pc markets and microsoft windows 8 getting a weak reception from customers. target reportedly renaming some sandals for sale on website. the sandals are called orina, russian ward for peaceful. problem is in spanish orina means urine. the sandals sold from a supply company brand has been pulled from target.com. ahead on starting point, this morning the parents accuse of abducting their kids,
wall street had the third record day in a row. this week. it is leading the charge with high tech companies. the dow starts today, 12 points higher, nearly a full percentage point, 14,802. the boost in tech stocks suggesting businesses are spending more on i.t. upgrades. a sharp drop in personal computer sales. despite microsoft s aggressive attempt to slow the trend. global sales of pcs dropped 14% during the first few months of the year. the steepest decline in 19 years. analysts thought microsoft s introduction of windows 8 operating system last year would shore up the market. but buyers are turning to tablets instead. they re waiting for daylight in st. louis to see the full extent of the damage left behind by a dangerous line of storms. at least three tornadoes ripped through the area last night with winds topping 80 miles an hour. trees came crashing down on