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Written by Nick Farrell
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 12:03 |
 
Internet connections are the new
black
Yahoo has teamed up with Samsung in a bid to stuck the search
engine's software on the South Korean electronics giant's televisions.
The
move is the latest in a bid to get TV's internet connected. New Samsung
high-density flat-panel television models to be displayed this week at a premier
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will feature Yahoo! "widgets," mini
applications which access Internet services.
The "Internet@TV" will let viewers check online news
and see videos or pictures on the Web. In a press release the companies said
that through the partnership, Samsung televisions link to Yahoo! properties
including Flickr, News, Weather, and Finance as well as to websites such as
YouTube, eBay, and Showtime.
Samsung already offers "Internet-enabled TV"
technology and last year launched an "InfoLink" service that delivers news feeds
from the publication USA Today to some sets in its line-up.
Yahoo said that
this deal is a bit more involved as it allows punters to interact and connect
with many of their favorite Web services on a personal level.
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