Google TV, which the company introduced at its annual developer conference here, lets people visit any Web site from their televisions and easily search for programs and Web video without scrolling through unwieldy on-screen TV directories.
Users would reach the NetTopBox service initially via the World Wide Web, but eventually through digital set-top cable boxes and even hand-held organizers, according to Mr. Malamud, who predicted users would be able to search for programs, read minireviews from other viewers or add their own, and sort lists of available programs to suit their interests.
With the update coming this week to the Xbox, all of the video available to users over the Xbox Live service from all of Microsoft's media partners will be indexed, so people can search for programs using their voices and the company's Bing search engine, instead of awkwardly tapping out search terms through remote controls pointed at cable set-top boxes.
Users can search for programs by title, topic, category or date and time.
Another good site for general information would be EmergencyNet, which you can search for programs specific to your geographic area.
But what's really helpful is that you can search for programs across your traditional TV service, online streaming services, and marketplaces offering titles for rent and purchase.
Here are some suggestions that we hope will be helpful to students as they search for programs, new scientists as they develop an education philosophy, and faculty groups as they formulate a new program.
The company says that its pay TV customers using either its Hopper or Wally receivers will now be able to search for programs, change channels, as well as pause, rewind and fast forward television just by speaking.
Although a highly motivated student may spend the time searching for programs, filling out applications, and making sure they hear back, the reality is most students don't.
Where Unix shells have a list of directories to search for programs when given a command, the Plan 9 shell only looks in the directory ; adding commands is done by binding several directories together to appear as a single.
