But instead of using Google's Gears, Jolicloud relies on Mozilla's Prism and Firefox to run various web-based applications.

ECONOMIST: Google goes in search of an instant operating system

That should sound familiar to fans of Google Glass, but by using Epson's binocular displays, these smart glasses can convey depth in a way Mountain View's monocle cannot. (Not to mention that Glass doesn't even do AR apps... yet).

ENGADGET

Yes, we welcome our new Search Engine overlords and all that, so long as they've got our best interests at heart, but there's a certain irony in Google removing a backdoor exploit by using a backdoor of its own -- even one that (in this case) will email you to report what it's done.

ENGADGET: Google flips Android kill switch, destroys a batch of malicious apps (update)