released. the one that is getting a lot of attention is this. this is the new touch smart. it looks like your regular laptop, maybe a little smaller. but it has a cool flipback screen that turns it into a slate or tablet pc with complete touch screen on board. this is going to be available right now, under $1,000 and hp has high hopes for this, as well. this is just a taste of some of the technology that's being showcased here. all sorts of things, joe. i picked this up for you. this is the sworn pen, if you can believe it. you open it up here, there's a usb connection and right here under the top is a camera so you can record two gigs of video and audio on this thing. it's specifically made for you, joe. i know you're excited about all things technology. >> that's like secret agent -- that's like a que. >> and becky, i've got a helmet for you. >> that will mess up my hair. >> you know, i feel like, you know, a short bus rider. i don't know. but this is from tune bug. what this is, you plug this into your ipod and it sends vibration felt through your skull. no ear buds, so it's good for snowboarders and bike riders and you get your music that way. that's kind of cool. >> you feel it through your skull, you don't hear it? >> you feel -- the vibrations are absorbed through your skull. that translates into audio and that's how you hear the music. >> michael due caccis got four votes after he wore one of those things in public. you learned nothing? >> you don't think this is good for my -- >> all you need to do is put on one of those full body suits and get on a wind surfing board and your career is over. why don't you just combine everything together. >> show off my family chest in this helmet and i am on my way. >> we're going to staurt with that and end with that. it is called an xbox. why? think about it? >> as in rated x. >> there's a lot of convergences out there, goldman. >> a lot of convergence, a lot of technology. there is a great scene in tropic thunder where they were talking about the whole idea of platforms. why the blu-ray beat out hd tv? quite honestly, it's because of what the important industry adopted. that is what dictates so much of the adoption in this business. porn sets the standard. >> it's true. if you go back and look at what causes these migrations -- >> vhs. >> exactly. >> so you are going to be on that side of the street all day today, right, jim? >> i'm going to stay on this side of the street. >> you've got breaks. don't give me that. report back. send us an e-mail. >> take the pen with you. >> yeah, bring the pen. >> yeah. >> get that usb port goc. thank you, jim. >> take the pen. >> jim goldman joining us awfully early. >> let's get overseas this morning. christine tan is in singapore with an update on what happens around the globe. but first we'll check in with geoff cutmore. good morning to you. >> can you put me on that e-mail list? i want to get those updates, as want. we're interested over here in europe, as well, joe. you know that. carl, let me pick up on the european session. we're in negative territory at the moment. we are struggling really to get out of this funk surrounding the -- just this view that we don't have good enough economic data, really, to justify keep buying the market at these levels. in terms of the gainers, what's going up, what's going down, the energy stocks seem to be hanging on in there. but everything else is looking weak right now. we did get a big downgrade on the european banking secretarier