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Media Center will succeed, just not yet
News But pay attention, anyway: Media Center Extender is Microsoft's first step in creating a universal "personal media server" for running digital home applications. Think of the combination of a Media Center PC and Media Center Extenders as a consumer...
[October 13, 2004, 14:25]
Sony media PC makes its mark
News With its new VAIO PCV-RXG408 Sony has created a successful version of the "media PC" -- a computer that doubles as a personal video recorder (PVR) -- but some buyers may find the price tag a bit high, according to an evaluation by ZDNet UK's...
[January 15, 2003, 15:31]
Windows XP Media Center Edition review
Reviews In practice, Media Center Edition (MCE) lets you use an infrared remote control to play TV, music, DVDs, and photo slide shows on your PC. When the Media Center window is maximised, it doesn't look much like Windows; you don't see the Windows Start...
[August 19, 2003, 13:43]
New PCs restrict copying
News The new consumer computers run Windows XP Media Center Edition, a variation of Microsoft's flagship operating system. Besides normal PC functions, Windows Media Center PCs offer a second user interface through which people can access the operating...
[September 4, 2002, 8:55]
Privacy groups turn up heat on Windows XP, Passport
News During a media event here, Marc Rotenberg, executive director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), said the groups had filed a 12-page supplemental complaint "alleging that Microsoft by offering Passport (authentication) and...
[August 16, 2001, 8:50]
Video Jigsaw
Downloads Video Jigsaw takes live video from the Treo camera and makes the jigsaw puzzle of it.When used without a camera it switches to the built-in animation - randomly generated "city" view with fireworks and spotlights reflecting in water.On most new...
[February 7, 2006, 6:00]
Gates lays out vision for the digital decade
News Among other features, Windows XP Media Center Edition lets consumers watch and record shows to the PC's hard drive. Microsoft envisions expanding the Media Center technology beyond PCs "and being able to play those back, replicating media out to...
[February 13, 2003, 12:28]
Kenbushi Pro
Downloads Kenbushi Pro is a powerful media entertainment center with full-screen media control (like Apple TV) which puts your library of movies, TV shows, vidcasts, music and other media at your fingertips for easy browsing, fast searching and instant...
[November 18, 2008, 14:49]
Hulu Desktop
Downloads It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six buttons.
[July 5, 2009, 8:17]
Intel's consumer fumbling
News Unfortunately, the first PCs to arrive with Intel's Viiv brand over the last few weeks have been incremental improvements to existing Windows Media Center PCs, updated with dual-core processors, a sophisticated pause button and a colourful sticker.
[April 12, 2006, 13:35]
PS2 can now be like TiVo too
News Microsoft is promoting such functions with its upcoming Windows XP Media Center software, but it's likely to be some time before consumers think of PCs as media devices. Austin, Texas-based BroadQ is offering Qcast Tuner, software to connect the...
[September 17, 2002, 7:37]
Expert: In-flight entertainment needs iPod-era revamp
News The pace at which airlines can update the selection of film, music, games and technology offered to passengers is being outstripped by constant advances in storage and functionality on media players, according to professor John Hansman, director...
[July 6, 2009, 8:26]
Gates wants information everywhere
News Dubbed Windows Media Center Extender, the technology will allow TVs and other devices to display content from PCs equipped with Windows Media Center software. Media Center is a version of the PC operating system tweaked for handling digital media...
[January 8, 2004, 8:40]
Compaq slips a disc into audio players
News Both devices play CD-recordable, CD-rewritable and CD media, support MP3 or Windows Media files, and come with rechargeable batteries. Flash memory players have outsold those using CD media by slightly more than two to one.
[October 23, 2001, 9:32]
US approves new Internet laws to protect children
News We're quite pleased with the rules," said Kathryn Montgomery, executive director of the Center for Media Education. The rules, which were approved 4-0 by the FTC commissioners, require most sites to get "verifiable" parental consent before using or...
[October 21, 1999, 10:26]
Inside Windows Vista February CTP review
Reviews Windows Media Player 11 Now, you can scan ahead to your favourite song without opening Windows Media Player 11. Welcome Center By default, the Welcome Center is the first thing you see when you turn on Windows Vista, but you can easily disable this...
[February 23, 2006, 9:45]
PCs and gadgets battle to be king of the living room
News Microsoft's Toutonghi highlighted the latest batch of PCs running the software giant's Windows PC Media Center edition. Schiller said the next big step is allowing consumers to access digital media from one device that is stored on another device.
[November 20, 2002, 11:29]
Comdex '99: Gates - Long live the PC
News One of the few demonstrations to really wow the crowd was that of a simulated travel-planner application, aimed to showcase how users in the not-too-distant future will be able to use Windows' built-in streaming media, XML and MSN services to...
[November 15, 1999, 8:24]
Interactive TV: It's watching you
News Companies such as Microsoft, AT&T, Liberty Media, News Corporation, AC Nielsen, Gemstar, Procter & Gamble and Young & Rubicam are among those developing software or investing in technology that can monitor consumer behaviour through interactive...
[June 27, 2001, 11:46]
On the floor at Macworld 2008
News MyView's personal media viewer for the iPod had conventioneers temporarily off in their own worlds. The Mac conference and expo runs until Friday at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Crumpler brought style to the Moscone Center show floor with its...
[January 17, 2008, 11:00]
