Yahoo! bringing Internet to Samsung television sets

January 5, 2009 South Koreans walk past a logo of Samsung Electronics at the company's headquarters in Seoul

South Koreans walk past a logo of Samsung Electronics at the company's headquarters in Seoul. Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.

Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.

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