Intel to Build Yahoo Widgets into New TV Chips

Yahoo and Intel are working on what they call the Widget Channel, which will enable TV viewers to interact with and watch a dynamic set of TV widgets -- small Web-based applications that complement TV shows. Widgets will appear in the corner of a TV screen and work something like a picture-in-picture window of advanced TV sets. These small windows let viewers chat with or e-mail friends, watch videos, track stocks or sports teams or keep up with news headlines or weather by using a TV remote control. Widget TV services are being designed to run on a new class of Intel chips for consumer electronics that enables high-definition viewing, home-theater-quality audio, 3-D graphics, and the fusion of Internet and TV features.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After years of false starts aimed at

bringing the Web to TV sets, Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it is working

with Intel Corp to create Web computer channels that run alongside TV

shows.

The Web company and world's largest chipmaker are working on what

they call the q...

Posted: 8/21/2008 12:00:31 PM

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