Re: Micro$crew-up combines all losing TV technologies into one group

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Re: Micro$crew-up combines all losing TV technologies into one group

khee mao	23 Dec 2007 00:37
>Did Microsoft do WebTV? It's kind of weird that you don't complain >about how the Playstation 3's usefulness as a web browser is about as >useful as WebTV. I'm able to YouTube pretty easily on my PS3, which is great when I have friends over as we don't have to huddle around the PC to watch...

The alMIGHTY N

22 Dec 2007 05:02

> Wow, what a losing combo. IPTV, Media Center, HD-DVD and WebTV, all
> combined together into one group. Now, all they have to do is slap the
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> Jackass Jordan, Joan/Jonah the Joke, Swami Moron, almighty-Nitwit, and
> Jerk-e-mee Teats.

Did Microsoft do WebTV? It's kind of weird that you don't complain
about how the Playstation 3's usefulness as a web browser is about as
useful as WebTV.

Blig Merk

22 Dec 2007 00:18

Wow, what a losing combo. IPTV, Media Center, HD-DVD and WebTV, all
combined together into one group. Now, all they have to do is slap the
xflop 3-shitty in there to be one really junky set-top box. It looks
like the direction they are heading, one box with every feature that
doesn't work very well with the sum total being a complete piece of
crap. With Vista being voted one of the worst technologies of 2007,
all they need to do is throw that in there with the crapped out blade
interface and they would have the biggest bugfest of all time. 2008
keeps looking worse and worse for old Micro$hit and their dorky
douchebag entertainment efforts. By the way they are lurching around,
you would swear they actually listen to dorky douchebag dorks like
Jackass Jordan, Joan/Jonah the Joke, Swami Moron, almighty-Nitwit, and
Jerk-e-mee Teats.

Micro$crew-up combines all losing TV technologies into one group

http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9837302-56.html?tag=nefd.top
Microsoft quietly combines TV efforts
December 21, 2007

Microsoft has quietly folded its Internet Protocol television, Media
Center, and HD DVD efforts into a single organization, known as the
Connected TV business group.

The unit, which is part of Robbie Bach's Entertainment and Devices
division, is headed by Enrique Rodriguez, the VP (and former WebTV
developer) who has been heading the IPTV effort. Peter Barrett, who
was CTO of the IPTV unit, takes on that role for the unit.

The move, which took place in October, paves the way for the different
technologies, all centered around the television, to work more closely
together.

On the IPTV front, Microsoft is moving ahead with its effort to allow
additional programs to run on set-top boxes using its software.
Microsoft said it now has more than two dozen companies working on
software for its Mediaroom platform, including ES3 and Emuse
Technologies.

In October, the company had a conference in Boston for such
developers, an event the company plans to make a yearly gathering.
Expect to hear more on the IPTV front at the Consumer Electronics Show
in January.

Microsoft has spent years and invested billions of dollars in the TV
business, changing approaches several times along the way.

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