Google is working on Android-based set-top box software with Intel and Sony. It's the latest in Google's ongoing efforts to enter the TV industry. Here's what we learn from Nick Bilton's article for the Times: Google is working on a platform called Google TV with Sony and Intel. It's based on Google's Android OS, and will be open source. Users will be able to do Web stuff like search, plus watch Web video from sites like YouTube, and maybe Hulu. Google and Intel want to move into the TV business, where they have little presence. Sony wants to compete with Vizio on something other than price. Google wants software companies to write apps for Google TV, the same way they do for Android phones. Logitech is teaming up for peripherals, including a remote with a tiny keyboard. The companies are hiring for Android-related jobs. Google obviously wants to put ads on this system. Google has built a prototype set-top box, but the software might be built straight on to TV s...