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Surprise, surprise, Google wants to get into yet another chunk of your daily existence, your television.  (Not that I mind)

Today at Google I/O, Google announced Google TV.  It does lots of cool stuff, particularly if you’ve got an Android device and there’s no shortage of places you can read about its cool features.

I’ve been using an HTPC with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center for about a year now.  I love it.  Not enough on the DVR?  Switch to Hulu.  Got a documentary you wanna throw on in the background?  Netflix Instant Watch.  Reminded of a HI-LAR-IOUS YouTube where an anchor makes some incredibly uncomfortable sexual innuendo while watching the local news?  YouTube.   Alot of the flexibility that Google TV is promising I already enjoy, but I’m still excited about it.

We’re not yet quite sure of what Google TV will allow developers to do, but here’s a couple scenarios that only make sense:

• IMDB sidebar during movies.  Face/voice recognition?  Even better.  ”What the hell do I recognize that guy from?” is no longer an issue.
• What’s that song in the new iPad commercial?  Auto-Shazam provides an iTunes (more likely Amazon MP3) link. Download.  Booyah.
• Rockies playing the Cardinals?  Hmmm… wonder what the stats of their last game was.  BAM!  No need to wait for an announcer.

Google TV has tremendous potential… but then again, so did Google Wave.