The Apple TV set Steve Jobs had hinted late in life is still a distance off but already has some of its first ingredients in place, a detailed rumor explained Thursday. As some have suspected, the NY Times understood from sources that the control solution Jobs had "finally cracked" would be Siri, the natural language voice command engine first appearing in the iPhone 4S. The goal would be to eliminate the often troubling remote control altogether and intelligently find what the user wants, whether it's a TV show or an Internet video.
