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 ...

The effort would extend the Media Center PC's reach to France, Germany, the United Kingdom, China and Japan, according to Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft. More than 20 companies--including Gateway, ...

Not pleased with any of HP's other offerings? Fret not, as we've got yet another one coming your way. The Pavilion Elite m9150f PC comes ready to handle those HD DVD / PVR duties, and it may even ...

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 ...

The media center PC played an important role in advancing the digital age, according to Brian Jaquet, a spokesperson for Sling Media. But he also notes that one critical component was missing. "The ...

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 ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) updated its lineup of Media Center PCs Friday with lower-priced models that feature Intel Corp.’s new Prescott Pentium 4 processors. The new HP Media Center m400 Photosmart PC ...

Although I don’t see anything about it on Voodoo PC’s website, Om Malik has information about a new Windows XP Media Center 2005 combo from the high-end PC manufacturer who has been most known in the ...

Speaking of perfect PCs, it doesn’t look like Gateway’s new Media Center PC would quite qualify for that title, at least according to DesignTechnica: While performance is above average, more fit and ...

I have often joked that the inevitable result of the "convergence" of television and computer would be the need to reboot your TV every now and then. That actually happened this week. Twice. The TV in ...

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 ...

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 ...