Microsoft Monocles? Redmond to make its own Google Glass?

Can you imagine Steve Ballmer doing this?

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The world is moving very quickly.

And where it's moving very quickly to is a place where we'll all look quite ridiculous and talk seemingly to ourselves as we walk down the street.

This is the heaven envisioned by Google, with its fascinating Google Glass. Yes, the glasses that make people look like no one's idea of a dinner date on the subway.

Many questions have emerged since these glasses invaded the public gaze. "Should one ban people wearing them while driving?" was one question. "How will Newt Gingrich look when wearing them?" was another.

But perhaps the most pulsating question is this: Will Redmond become Red-eye-mond?

It is perhaps unsurprising that such a question became even more invasive today when Topeka Capital analyst Brian White wrote to investors and said that his eyes were positively twitching at the idea.

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