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Sony, Toshiba And IBM To Develop New OS

Posted by timothy on from the more-the-merrier dept.

gaijin writes: "According to this article in the English version of the Japanese newspaper 'Daily Yomirui', Sony will use its experience developing the PS2 OS (hey, wasn't it Linux based?) and work with Toshiba and IBM at the hardware side to create a new OS that 'would allow personal computers and home appliances to exchange huge volumes of data, including the high-resolution graphics of a television screen, through a broadband connection.'"

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  1. The possibilities are endless! by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny
    a new OS that 'would allow personal computers and home appliances to exchange huge volumes of data, including the high-resolution graphics of a television screen,

    Wonderful. I could watch the cheese in the fridge grow mold on the TV, or even put it on the web. Beats Survivor, anyway.

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  2. What's This About TV Resolution? by Lethyos · · Score: 4, Funny

    exchange huge volumes of data, including the high-resolution graphics of a television screen

    So, the product is already vaporware?

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    Why bother.
  3. Huge tuners !!?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "TVs with the OS installed will be much smaller as they will not need a tuner, the sources said."

    And we all know how huge TV-tuner-modules are.
    At least several cubic centimeters !

  4. And why not? by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 3, Funny


    "When Sony and IBM get together it means nothing but trouble"..

    Careful, you might upset YRO readers. Times are tough -- and theres only so much tinfoil to go around, you know.

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  5. I can see how the mistake was made ... by Big+Dogs+Cock · · Score: 2, Funny

    The person writing the story obviously got some out of date marketing material - fitting an ADSL modem into an MCA bus should indeed work on your PS/2.

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  6. Re:Huh?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    it's just that most people don't really need to control their microwave or other hosehold devices/appliances from their computer

    Hosehold devices/appliances? Is it just my imagination, or is that dirty? And, if it is, where can I get said devices. I want to control them from my computer!

  7. Storage devices? by 3.14lgrim · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since Sony is involved, the only supported storage devices will probably be Memory Sticks and Minidiscs.

  8. PS2 vs. PS/2 confusion? by yerricde · · Score: 2, Funny

    ohhh boy, with IBM involved, it just might end up being a warmed over version of OS/2

    Then why not call it "OS2"? If OS/2 ran on the PS/2 computer, why not make OS2 run on the PS2 console?

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  9. Fridge (ing-ay) by slashdot.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to the sources, local area networks will be used to connect PCs installed with the operating system to TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators and other home appliances, giving great flexibility in controlling home appliances.

    Ahhh, the long awaited broadband connection to the fridge. A whole new world is upon us. Where the fridge is connected and we can ... we can ... Oh, never mind.

    Wait, I remembered,- it can report back to the manufacturer BEFORE the computer chip, used to connect the fridge to the net, is about to fail. So they can send out a service team to replace the chip BEFORE the internet connection even went out!

    You wonder how people have lived without it this long.