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I Want My GTV
theodp writes "The NY Times reports that 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 TVs and set-top boxes. The three companies have tapped Logitech for peripheral devices, including a remote with a tiny keyboard. Based on Google's Android operating system, the TV technology runs on Intel's Atom chips. Google is expected to deliver a toolkit to outside programmers within the next couple of months, and products based on the software could appear as soon as this summer."
Well, I'm all for it - as long as I can watch copious amount of porn and videos of kittens...
That must be why they developed blu-ray with TWO levels of encryption and region-locking, because they're moving to be more open.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
And who still thinks Google's fingers aren't everywhere? This will be just another datamining source.
I've been a beta-tester for the "Google toilet", and let me tell you, friend: You don't know the half of it!
At first I had privacy concerns with my Google Toilet, but it has so many great features that I came up with a plan: for every one time I actually use the toilet, nine other times I'll flush down a goldfish or some coffee grinds. Knock it if you must, but security through obscurity works!
So does this mean we'll be seeing GTV coming to PS3? No, of course not, SONY will want to sell us another set top box for extra $$$ and we'll want to work extra hard to pay for it too!
Here is a link to Sony's press release coverage on the news.