Oh great. Another device to secure

Story: Yahoo! and Intel to extend world of widgets to TVTotal Replies: 1
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Sander_Marechal

Aug 21, 2008
6:26 PM EDT
Quoting:Widget Channel widgets will be written using JavaScript, XML. HTML and Flash, so the technical barriers to entry will be low, yet skilled developers will be able to create sophisticated functions.


Great. Yet another device I need to worry about with JavaScript exploits, popups and flash vulnerabilities. A TV should only do what it does best: be a big-ass display.
hkwint

Aug 21, 2008
6:46 PM EDT
Quoting:A TV should only do what it does best: be a big-ass display.


Hmm, when it comes to Yahoo!, what a TV does best is being an add-platform.

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