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How Google's Project Tango will change your life

Tango-based phones and tablets start emerging this week; here's why Tango will turn your smartphone into a genius phone.
Google making big changes to Glass program

The company will stop selling the unit to the public on Jan. 19
Google AI project apes memory, programs (sort of) like a human

Neural Turing Machines attempt to emulate the brain's short-term memory
NASA spacecraft en route to historic look at mysterious Pluto

With 7 scientific instruments onboard, New Horizons will offer 'bonanza' of information
Round smartwatches arrive, but users still waiting for Apple to join fray

LG to unveil round-faced smartwatch at IFA, similar to shape of Moto 360; Apple expect to launch its debut device by year's end
LG to sell first OLED 4K TV - for $US11,000

The OLED sets will come with curved screens

Q&A: 3D gun maker Cody Wilson defends freedom to print guns

He's planning another gun-related announcement later this year

Even rivals are waiting for Apple to get into wearables

Market not worth spit much less the time and money unless <i>someone</i> transforms the category, argues analyst
Smartwatches at work: Boon or bane for IT?

After years of coping with BYOD headaches, IT shops may soon have to support smartwatches
Google's move into home automation means even less privacy

Plans by subsidiary Nest to share info with the search giant is the tip of the iceberg
Clueless CIOs aside, open source is 'frightening and fantastic'

Savvy enterprises tap open source as a legacy-refresh strategy
Supply chain 2013: New tech tackles unprecedented risks

As threats to the supply chain grow ever more sophisticated, companies tap an array of technologies to protect their assets and deliver the goods.
Can we talk? Internet of Things vendors face a communications 'mess'

There's a wireless battle brewing, with Bluetooth mesh just the latest contender