Linked List: December 19, 2010

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Google TV Is in Trouble ★: Ashlee Vance and Claire Cain Miller, reporting for the NYT:

The Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas was meant to be the great coming-out party for Google’s new software for televisions, which adds Web video and other computer smarts to TV sets. Although Google already has a deal with Sony for its Internet TVs, other television makers — Toshiba, LG Electronics and Sharp — were prepared to flaunt their versions of the systems.

But Google has asked the TV makers to delay their introductions, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, so that it can refine the software, which has received a lukewarm reception. The late request caught some of the manufacturers off guard.
A Holiday Message From Ricky Gervais: ‘Why I’m an Atheist’ ★: Ricky Gervais:

But living an honest life — for that you need the truth. That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.