Your PC via TV remote, or even a fridge
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Computer users have grown accustomed to checking appointments, e-mail and other information on regular PC screens. But a new Microsoft technology will let people see that kind of content on a closed laptop lid, as well.
Not to mention a TV remote control. And maybe even a watch, or a refrigerator door.
The technology, Windows SideShow, can send snippets of information from a computer to a variety of small, secondary screens. The key question: How many people really want to tap into their computers that way?