LAS VEGAS--U.S consumers bought more Windows Media Center-equipped PCs than the standard edition of Windows XP last month, and sales of Media Center will reach 10 million by the end of March, a ...

Microsoft's entertainment-oriented software has racked up big sales, but it's still fighting for a permanent seat in your living room. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several ...

Microsoft launches an updated version of its Media Center PC operating system for home multimedia systems, part of its effort to put multiple machines in every household. During her years at CNET News ...

With the release of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 has come a slew of products based on the operating system. Here s a handful of reviews of the new operating system and products that use it.

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 ...

Microsoft is adding Netflix to the list of content providers in its Windows Media Center feature for Vista PCs as part of the company’s drive to give people more entertainment options on their ...

At the Digital Life conference Friday in New York, Microsoft will release an update to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will enhance the way consumers access digital media in their homes, a ...

HANOVER, GERMANY – Microsoft for the first time in three years plans to go without a new release of Windows XP Media Center Edition, a company spokesman said Friday. Instead, Microsoft plans to offer ...

Microsoft’s Windows Media Center obeys the broadcast flag when it doesn’t have to, and consumers won’t be happy. This could kill off the Microsoft Windows Media Center product line. “Digital ...

Windows Media Center doesn’t get as much attention as it should — it’s a very developed, smooth, and media-friendly product. It comes pre-installed in Windows Vista and 7, in the standard “Home ...

Microsoft on Tuesday gave an official name to an upcoming version of Windows XP that aims to make the PC a permanent part of the home entertainment center. Originally code-named Freestyle, this ...

I use Windows Media Center quite a bit to watch my video files on the notebook (mainly .avi or .mkv) and have got a few folders being 'watched' by Windows Media Center so that I can just go straight ...