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Toshiba adds widgets to internet conected TVs

by Adam Berger on Jan 7, 2009 at 04:06 PM

Yahoo Widgets
During today’s Toshiba press conference, they announced plans to introduce an additional series of Toshiba TV’s later in 2009 that will incorporate the new TV Widgets, enabled by the Widget Channel framework, which allows consumers direct and easy access to sources of personalized Internet content via their remote control. This is very much like widgets that are widely used on computers, it only makes sense for them to move to TVs.

When launched content will include local weather, top news stories, sports scores, stock quotes, pictures, videos and more. In addition, Toshiba plans to add DLNA and Microsoft’s Extender for Windows Media Center capabilities to allow remote control of a PC so you can access all of the multi-media content stored on your PC’s hard drive.

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