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Coming soon: Google TV?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-that-be-special dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are quietly developing new search tools for digital video, reports ZDNet. Google's effort, until now secret, is arguably the most ambitious of the three, the report states. It quotes sources familiar with the plan saying the search giant is courting broadcasters and cable networks with a new technology that would do for television what it has already done for the Internet: sort through and reveal needles of video clips from within the haystack archives of major network TV shows."

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  1. yay by unknown51a · · Score: 4, Funny

    great... more reasons to sit in front of a pc

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    I had an imaginary sig once, he said I was a loser and ran off.
  2. Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I won't have to search for the remote

    1. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      No more http://www.google.com/search?q=remote

  3. I'm feeling lucky by yahyamf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, now where can I get a remote with an "I'm feeling lucky" button? In Korea maybe?

  4. I've tested the beta... by oexeo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Google TV Search: Something actually worth watching

    No results found

    Suggestions:
    - Try lowering your standards to an obscene level

  5. And to make money for Google.... by Shnizzzle · · Score: 3, Funny

    implement targeted commericals? Still, it would be better than seeing tampon and herpes medication ads (for me at least).