Next up was installing Boxee. Not quite as easy as the instructions made it out to be, but I still got it installed and working. There was some overscan on the video but the software has a really easy way to adjust the overscan, so no problem.

Hulu worked, though it listed videos that weren’t available anymore. That was annoying. ABC.com didn’t work, nor did Fox. That’s makes Boxee a lot less useful. Didn’t try You Tube.

I like the Apple TV’s implementation of Front Row for music much better than I like Boxee. I see Boxee as my avenue to Internet video. For that it works well. I had an episode of 24 running from Hulu. It looked great.

The Apple TV and Boxee are definitely worth it.

• Google has 10 products that are relevant – search, adwords/adsense, maps, gmail, toolbar, youtube, analytics, doubleclick, their affiliate network, and news. Everything else is an also-ran.
• Of these 10 products, the only ones making any real money are search/adwords/adsense, doubleclick, and their affiliate network. You could also say the toolbar makes money since it drives revenue through search.
• Perhaps chrome, apps, android, and reader will matter one day soon, though this doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll make any money.

Now, wasn’t that easier?