Shut out of the living room, Intel keeps trying: "Widgets were last year"

In a story on the release of a new chip designed for set top boxes that improves Internet video playback, our friend Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee notes:

Intel is facing an uphill battle to get included in living room boxes, but it’s trying to wedge its way in through agreements with partners and developers. Intel Digital Home Group GM Eric Kim talked up the company’s commitment to Flash as a development platform. It’s notable that the long-gestating Intel-Yahoo widget platform seems to have fallen by the wayside. “Widgets were last year,” said Kim. “Now we need full Internet development framework for television.”