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Top 5: Evil Google Glass, Windows 8 as the new Coke, tablets are dead, and more

We review the week's top stories in words and pictures.
By David Grober, Contributor
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1) Google Glass: Let the evil commence

Glass has now been 'jailbroken' with a well-documented exploit. So what can you (or others) do with a hacked headset? Apparently, a whole lot. Jason Perlow reports.

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2) Windows 8: Microsoft's New Coke moment

The latest operating systems numbers are in, and  Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes that Windows 8's failure is clearer than ever. Can Microsoft, like Coca-Cola before it, bring victory out of a defeated product launch?

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3) BlackBerry chief questions tablet category: Maybe he's not wrong

Thorsten Heins, CEO of BlackBerry, says tablets won't have much of a purpose in five years. Heins' comments were widely panned, but Larry Dignan wonders if maybe he's not that far off base. 

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4) CISPA 'dead' in Senate, privacy concerns cited

The chairman of a key Senate committee cited "insufficient" privacy protections in the cybersecurity bill, recently passed by the House. A new report says the Senate is drafting separate bills. Zack Whittaker reports.

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5) Android's two killer innovations since the iPhone 5 launch

Since Apple announced the iPhone 5 over 7 months ago, Android has made two big leaps forward. One came from Google and the other from a third party app.  Jason Hiner explains.

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