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Japanese Makers To Forge An Internet TV Standard

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-will-they-end-up-bickering dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Five Japanese TV manufacturers will form a working group to hammer out technical specifications by October for digital TVs with Internet access. They will develop a consumer electronics version of Linux to provide functions and performance required for digital products. The resulting source code will be made available through the General Public License procedure."

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  1. Great. Now I'll never get to watch what I want... by samdu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine sitting down to watch Six Feet Under only to have the screen scramble and a message start scrolling across the bottom of the screen saying: "1 0wnZ U - W4tch my H4x0red F33D N0w L0s3r!" and having to watch some pimply faced geek's idea of programming. Just great.