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Microsoft Reveals XP's Icon Must-list
News While news of a MSN Internet access icon emerged last week, Microsoft spokesman Vivek Varma on Wednesday revealed that PC makers could also have to place icons for Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player as well as the Recycle Bin.
[August 9, 2001, 8:52]
Microsoft Hit With Another Antitrust Suit
News The complaint adds that Microsoft has wielded its "monopoly power to restrict how PC makers install competing media players while forcing every Windows user to take Microsoft's media player, whether they want it or not.
[December 19, 2003, 7:50]
Microsoft Throws Another Lifeline To Windows XP
News That option was supposed to go away early next year, as Microsoft was going to stop supplying Windows XP media after 31 January. Providing downgrade media for a few more months is part of that commitment, as is the Windows Vista Small Business...
[October 6, 2008, 8:42]
Too Little, Too Late From EU?
News According to recent reports, commissioners may settle for allowing big PC makers to choose what multimedia software to install on new computers, instead of forcing Microsoft to pull Media Player out of Windows altogether.
[March 8, 2004, 13:30]
XP Media Center Gets Makeover
News The Redmond-based company has started working with its PC partners on the updated version of Windows XP Media Center Edition, as well as soliciting beta testers. Currently, Microsoft does not sell the software separately; consumers must buy a Media...
[February 14, 2003, 11:52]
Microsoft Sets XP Update Release Date
News The new middleware control lets PC makers or consumers hide -- but not remove -- access to five Microsoft middleware programs: Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Messenger, Outlook Express and Microsoft's version of the Java Virtual...
[September 2, 2002, 8:01]
New Version Of XP Media Centre Edition To Be Released
News Hewlett-Packard has announced its Digital Entertainment Centre, a Media Center device that is designed to look more like a consumer electronics device than a PC and is also expected to offer dual tuners, among other features.
[October 6, 2004, 15:40]
Windows XP To Reflect Antitrust Changes
News Several PC makers have already indicated that they would consider swapping out Microsoft middleware, such as Windows Media Player or Windows Messenger, for competing software. One major PC manufacturer, which requested anonymity, said both Windows...
[April 7, 2002, 7:01]
Microsoft Makes Longhorn In Modules
News Microsoft sells four different versions of Windows XP for PCs -- Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Tablet PC and Windows XP Media Centre -- with additional versions for embedded devices and 64-bit workstations.
[May 27, 2003, 16:13]
Media Center Wins Starring Role
News Media Center and Tablet PC, the other customised version of Windows XP, are taking on added importance for Microsoft, which is still years away from shipping the next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
[January 28, 2004, 8:05]
Win XP Windfall For PC Makers
News A representative of RealNetworks, which sells streaming-media software that competes with Microsoft's Media Player, would not comment on negotiations with PC makers, but said: "We're in constant conversation with all sorts of OEMs to provide as...
[August 2, 2001, 9:57]
Microsoft Denies Media-player Monopoly
News Among other things, RealNetworks claims Microsoft forced Windows customers to take its Windows Media Player while restricting how PC makers installed competing media players on their systems. For example, the filing claims that Microsoft has long...
[February 23, 2004, 9:20]
Microsoft's Entertainment PC To Debut In UK
News Media Center PCs run a specialised version of the Windows XP operating system that has an extra interface to make it easy for people to view photos, music and video on a television hooked up to a PC. Microsoft is taking Media Center further...
[August 6, 2003, 15:00]
Media Center To Hit Another Five Countries
News In a presentation on Thursday, Windows eHome director Keith Laepple said that display makers, graphics chipmakers, tuner makers and PC makers all had work to do to improve the quality of the Media Center PCs that hit store shelves.
[May 10, 2004, 9:40]
XP Makeover Highlights Antitrust Tweaks
News The Justice Department settlement identifies five pieces of so-called middleware that Microsoft must allow consumers or PC makers to hide user access to: Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, Windows Messenger and Microsoft's...
[May 24, 2002, 8:44]
XP Service Pack 1 At Testing Stage
News The service pack will also introduce support for new technologies -- such as Mira "smart" display devices, Tablet PCs and the Freestyle digital media interface -- and will radically change how much control consumers or PC makers have over...
[June 6, 2002, 14:09]
Redmond Takes Aim At Your Home
News The devices, which cost about $299, allow consumers to view content in one room that is gathered on a Media Center PC in another room. By removing a TV tuner, Dell expects to offer a PC for $649, less than half of what many past Media Center PCs...
[October 13, 2004, 9:10]
Microsoft, Feds Reach A Deal
News So you're going to let (PC makers) take off the Microsoft media player and put in another media player if they want? Still, if it goes through, the agreement could greatly benefit computer manufacturers, which now will have the freedom to...
[November 2, 2001, 13:41]
Pioneer Expands DVD-rewritable Support
News Buying DVD rewritable products and figuring out which discs can be played in which drives can be a confusing exercise because of the mix of incompatible formats being supported by industry groups, manufacturers and media makers.
[May 19, 2003, 7:49]
AOL 8.0 Slips Out The Door
News With Service Pack 1, Microsoft is introducing major changes to how Windows XP handles so-called middleware, such as Web browsing, instant messaging and media playback technologies. The AOL 8.0 beta, which more tightly integrates media playback and...
[June 13, 2002, 7:32]
