Want to turn your PC into a digital video recorder and media center box? For more than a decade Microsoft has made that by offering Windows Media Center. But when Windows 10 ships in the summer of ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. With the next generation of Media Center PCs, you'll be ...

Not to hijack, but I am having FIOS installed on the 12th. I am planning on using my Windows 7 Media Center. I have an ATI internal DCT installed, and set up, with Windows showing the system as ...

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard plan to officially unveil the Media Center PC on Tuesday, but Sunday newspaper inserts leaked out pricing and model information ahead of the event. The new computers are ...

An earlier optional interface in Windows that served as a media server or home theater PC (HTPC) control panel. Debuting as Media Center Edition (MCE) in Windows XP in 2002, Windows Media Center was ...

Microsoft plans to drop the “Home” and “Pro” tags with the next release of Windows, code-named Longhorn, and is looking at shipping a single product that includes the features found in today’s Windows ...

NEW YORK - Oct. 14, 2005 - Microsoft Corp. today announced at the DigitalLife conference in New York City the availability of a new software update for Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Media Center Edition ...

A couple months back I gave you some tips on how to customize Windows Media Center, my onetime favorite Microsoft media management system. I’ll be honest: I’ve been thinking seriously about cutting ...

Wood paneling and chrome made your dad's station wagon look like a million bucks, and they might also be just the ticket for Microsoft's fledgling effort to put a Media Center PC in every living room.

Gateway Inc. plans to release two additional Media Center PCs Thursday, hoping that consumer excitement over multimedia will boost what is forecast as a weak holiday season for consumer PCs. The ...

Microsoft has made Windows XP Media Center edition available to only a few large system builders, such as Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Sony, and Viewsonic. That complicates things for system builders who ...

4.Windows Media Center is not your only option for software. XBMC makes a pretty sexy interface, there is alway MythTV, and Boxee is starting to show a little polish. All of these alternatives will ...