Yahoo and Intel hope products to be shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week will mark the beginning of their Internet-fuelled expansion to the world of TV, says CNN.
The companies showed off Net-enabled TV prototypes in August last year, but their technology will be presented in more finished form at the electronics show within products by Samsung, Toshiba and a number of new partners that have signed on since the debut.
Yahoo is seeking to establish the Widget Channel, a software foundation that can house programs for browsing photos, using the Internet's socially-connected services, watching YouTube videos, or digging deeper into TV shows.
Nokia smartphone flaw revealed
A denial-of-service attack that limits the number of SMS messages that can be received by Nokia smartphones has been disclosed and demonstrated, reports CNet.
The attack occurs when Nokia Series 60 phones are sent a malformed e-mail message via SMS from a sender with an e-mail address of more than 32 characters.
After receiving the message, Nokia S60 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 and 3.1 devices become unable to receive further SMS or MMS messages. The S60 2.6 and 3.0 devices lock up after one message, while 2.8 and 3.1 devices seize up after 11 messages.
Wikimedia reaches fundraising goal
The Wikimedia Foundation has raised more than $6.2 million since launching a fundraising campaign in early November, states The Register.
The Web site exceeded its goal of approximately $6 million to fund operations through the end of June 2009, with more than 125 000 donors contributing worldwide.
In late December, the non-profit organisation appeared to be falling short of its financial target until founder Jimmy Wales posted a personal appeal for donations in place of Wikipedia's standard fundraising banner. In the remaining eight days of the month, the foundation pulled in more than 50 000 contributions totalling $2 million, it said.
Samsung to unveil 6.5mm-wide TV
Samsung Electronics says it plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as just 6.5mm at the International Consumer Electronics Show, according to Yahoo! Tech.
The TV set is between 6.5mm and 7mm across its width and has a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight. The backlight sits behind the LCD panel and generates the light that shines through it to allow the image to be seen.
Most LCD panels use thicker backlights that make use of fluorescent lights but LEDs are fast finding favour with TV makers for their thinness and better overall light.
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