Intel and Yahoo PARTNER for Internet on TV

摘要

Coming soon to a TV near you: widgets. Intel and Yahoo are developing a hardware and software platform designed to meld television and the Internet, TV sets, cable set-top boxes and optical media players built with special Intel processors and supporting a Yahoo software framework will allow people to integrate lightweight "widget" applications into their viewing experience that complement TV watching with online functionality. This includes interacting with friends and buying products online, say Intel and Yahoo. The Yahoo TV application framework is called the Widget Channel and is designed for consumer electronics devices built with the accompanying Intel system-on-a-chip media processors. Widget Channel developers will be able to create TV applications using languages iike JavaScript, XML, HTML and Flash.