GoogleTV Rumors
The partners envision technology that will make it as easy for TV users to navigate Web applications, like the Twittersocial network and the Picasa photo site, as it is to change the channel.
Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.
The move is an effort by Google and Intel to extend their dominance of computing to television, an arena where they have little sway. For Sony, which has struggled to retain a pricing and technological advantage in the competitive TV hardware market, the partnership is an effort to get a leg up on competitors.
The partners envision technology that will make it as easy for TV users to navigate Web applications, like the Twittersocial network and the Picasa photo site, as it is to change the channel.
Read more on the NYTimes website.