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you think Google glass was so original don't you well think again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update amazon nose ear eaters and tablets but its next area to conquer could be smartphones a report from bloomberg has the media buzzing again about the idea of an Amazon smartphone we heard this last year from analysts but now anonymous sources are saying that Amazon's buying up wireless patents to prepare just think if Amazon knocked the windows phone off the number 3 spot we'd have a smartphone industry led by the a-team Apple Android and Amazon now this might not happen anytime soon or even at all but do expect to hear more about the next kindle fire we here amazon will announce some new tablets at the end of this month google showed the world what a computer on your face can do with its demo of google glass but google was not the only one toying with idea of a headset device olympus published a press release about its own prototype of an augmented reality pair of glasses that would display information on the lenses and it would connect to a phone via bluetooth apple doesn't want to be left out of a party either it filed a patent in 2006 for an image to be projected via a head-mounted display apparatus and it was just granted that patent but you know who had the first augmented reality headset that's right startrack baby Wesley warned us but you know we just didn't listen in other news we're watching Netflix is having a good week how about that Netflix reached a new milestone customers have streamed more than 1 billion hours of video be sure to download updates to windows come tuesday because microsoft is releasing a patch to fix 9 security issues one of them being tied to Internet Explorer 9 and if you're at a GT customer and your phone is lost or stolen you can report it to a team t and has a device blocked from ever being used because why would a thief to want a phone if it's bricked this will also apply to tablets it's a crime-fighting effort all national carriers stand behind 18 he's just the first to make it happen great news you can now own the first 4k resolution movie to purchase even though you don't even have a 4k TV set to view it on but those are you rolling your eyes allow me to explain 4k goes beyond 1080p and right now it's something only cinnamon thusi asst talk about but a beautiful 50 minute film called time escapes will be the first 4k film at the public can buy and if you want it on a USB Drive it will set you back just 99 bucks as far as TVs go toshiba pushed the release of its 4k TV 2 sometime next year that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey