Yahoo and Intel have partnered to go into the widget business together and create a web-enabled interactive TV channel populated with picture-in-a-picture RIA widgetry like Flickr, Blockbuster, Twitter, e-mail, Yahoo Finance, eBay auctions, news and sports.
The technology on Yahoo’s side is based on its Widget Engine, which reads JavaScript, XML, HTML and Flash.
Intel is kicking in a new system on a chip designated the Media Processor CE 3100 (a k a Canmore) targeted at CE devices such as set-top boxes and digital TVs.
One can expect the mojo on Comcast, Showtime and MTV next year. Intel and Yahoo will make an SDK available and a publishing apparatus called Widget Galley.
Intel reckons the consumer marketplace will be worth $10 billion by 2011. Canmore starts shipping in September.
About Maureen O'Gara Maureen O'Gara is the Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.
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Yahoo and Intel have partnered to go into the widget business together and create a web-enabled interactive TV channel populated with picture-in-a-picture RIA widgetry like Flickr, Blockbuster, Twitter, e-mail, Yahoo Finance, eBay auctions, news and sports.
