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Broadcom Adds Chumby Support to Connected TVs, Blu-ray players and More

 
Broadcom has announced that the chumby rich Internet platform has been integrated into the most recent Broadcom DTV, set-top box, and Blu-ray disc system-on-chip solutions. The addition will allow users of devices featuring the SoC to access the chumby lib... (link)

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