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Harry McCracken of Technologizer, wonders that if Engadget is right about a new iPhone OS-based Apple TV is in the works whether that also means that the “next-generation Apple TV would run apps. But if it runs iPhone OS, it feels kind of inevitable that it would–if not at first, at least eventually. Stock iPhone [...] Google TV has generated a lot of excitement for being based on Google’s Android operating system and Chrome Web browser. Consumers need the tools to access their favorite TV programs and Websites, which is where Logitech fits in. The peripheral maker is providing the companion box to control the service and remote controls to talk [...] In what may have been Google’s worst kept secret in years, the word is out. Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech, and Sony is on its way to delivering the Web to your television . And, what will they be using to do this? Why, they’ll be using Google’s Android Linux of course. Android is [...] The New York Times is reporting 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 televisions and set-top boxes.” For more, click here for the rest of the story. 2010 will be the year that Internet TV really takes off. As proof of this, I point to the latest STB (set-top box) that will deliver Internet video to your TV: Syabas Technology’s Popbox. According to DeviceGuru, a reliable source, for Internet TV device news, the $129 Internet-based, Linux powered A/V streaming set-top box will be [...] Whew! I was worried there. With Comcast buying NBC, I was afraid that Comcast might turn Hulu into a pay-for-view service Fortunately, that isn’t in the works. When asked directly if there would be a “Hulu premium” — a version of the site where viewers have to pay to watch shows — the response was [...] With Hulu here, and YouTube there, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to create a guide to TV on the Internet. That someone has turned out to be Clicker.com. The site is only in beta now, and you have to apply to get an account on it, but its intentions are huge. [...] Netflix really, really wants to get away from its DVD business and into Internet TV. In its latest move, Netflix has partnered with Song to bring Netflix streaming video to the PS3. Pretty cool! For more on this development, read: Sony PS3 Will Get Netflix Streaming Next Month |
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