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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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