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What the hell is going on with TV?

Google TV. Xbox. Apple TV. Roku. All these gadgets promise to make television more like the web. There's just one hitch: None of them are ready for primetime.

By Jessi Hempel, senior writer

I had great expectations for Google TV. When the brick-size plastic box that powered it arrived at my home, I was able to hook it up in less than 10 minutes -- I didn't even need directions. I scrolled MORE

Today in Tech: Nokia working on Windows Phone 7?

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

Today, the FCC votes on Internet regulations that would mandate that companies treat all kind of Web content equally -- though as they are now, the rules would not apply to wireless data. Venture capitalist and former California State Controller Steve Westly explained why the net neutrality proposal announced by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is a must-have. (CNN MORE

Comedy Central, not you too?! Viacom pulls episodes from GoogleTV

OK, that one really hurt.

I'd say about half of my TV watching is the Daily Show and the Colbert Report on Comedy Central (I've also been known to enjoy the occasional South Park).  Until this weekend, I could do so on my GoogleTV.

As of last night, Viacom unceremoniously pulled their content from GoogleTV.  That includes the aforementioned Comedy Central, MTV Networks/VH1 and, sadly for my kid, Nickelodeon.  Luckily, PBS Kids has a special site MORE

Today in Tech

Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.

"I've only seen one major company built on the Facebook Platform. ... Justin Shaffer of Hot Potato and Sam Lessin of Drop.io -- both of those companies essentially failed." --  Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union MORE

As Google battles Apple for your TV, Boxee unveils a third way

The new set-top, social home theater box isn't about challenging Apple and Google, says Boxee's CEO. It's about changing the philosophy behind TV and online video altogether.

Earlier this week, Avner Ronen launched the Boxee Box. Almost a year-and-a-half in the making, the set-top box represents the latest step for the start-up whose software until now offered a convenient free, partially-open source software solution that aggregated users' digital content -- Netflix, MORE

The YouTube of China is more than just cat videos

Youku wants to be the premier online video source for China, sure. But it's also something like Hulu and a movie studio. Maybe that's why Goldman Sachs is about to underwrite its IPO.

By Bill Powell, contributor

Viktor Koo is as about as matter of fact as it's possible to be when he describes the audacious goal he has set for a company that he founded just four years ago. "We want MORE

CBS and NBC now back on GoogleTV?

It appears that the networks are letting some content through to GoogleTV users.

Yesterday, GoogleTV users were greeted with messages that ABC, CBS and NBC would not work.  This morning however, I had a look around and was able to watch an episode of 30 Rock on NBC as well as a few minutes of Talk (my threshold, not GoogleTV) and Medium on CBS.  Disney-owned ABC and Hulu are still blocked, MORE

Today in Tech: News around the Web

Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.

ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking TV programming on their web sites from being viewable on the newly-launched Google TV. (IT World)
HP is finally releasing a tablet, the Windows 7-loaded HP Slate MORE

Rated ugly: Will TV Everywhere free us from bad cable box menus?

As cable companies take on Netflix and Hulu with TV Everywhere, they'd do well to remember that where video content is concerned, a polished interface is part of the package, and the main area where they've been beat.

At a time when more than 21 million people now regularly stream film or television content from services like Netflix Instant and Hulu, cable companies still think they have the consumer by the eyeballs, MORE

Five ways the big networks are monetizing online video

From a lá carte to all-you-can-eat, Internet video programming has many pricing options -- none of which are 'free'

By John Patrick Pullen, contributor

I'm blacked out. Again. Earlier this spring, I subscribed to MLB.TV, Major League Baseball's online video service, and was told I'd have access to every regular season game live or on demand, where available, on the device of my choice. For $119 that seemed like a fair deal, MORE