The wall between televisions and computers is crumbling and Internet pioneer Yahoo! Inc. is swinging a virtual hammer.
Wednesday, in rapid-fire succession, Sony Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Toshiba Corp., Samsung Group and Vizio Inc. showed off attention-grabbing new flat-panel television models embedded with Yahoo! “TV Widget” software offering links to popular Web sites.
By day’s end, MySpace revealed that some new Toshiba televisions are being built with Yahoo! widgets, mini-applications, letting viewers access the popular online social networking Web site by clicking on remote controls.
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
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