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Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade
Upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate from XP Pro, XP Home, XP Media Center, or XP Tablet PC.
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Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade
Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium from XP Home or XP Media Center.
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Spotlight on the Media Center
September 30, 2003
With an upgrade to the Windows XP variant, Microsoft aims to quell critiques of the earlier version of the entertainment-oriented software. PC makers including Dell and HP line up for the launch.
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Windows of opportunity in Microsoft's media push
October 12, 2004
Software giant aims to become a household fixture with its entertainment-oriented Media Center 2005.
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This week in Media Center news
October 15, 2004
Although Apple's combo of iTunes and iPod has proved popular, Microsoft is betting that people want to do more with their music and that they want to be able to move video and pictures around as well.
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With new OS, Microsoft seeks couch potatoes' eyes
September 16, 2004
New version of Media Center and accompanying gadget support will make TV shows recorded on a PC available all over the house.
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Niveus Onebox Media Center
Reviewed on July 18, 2003
Despite an interesting mix of features, the Onebox Media Center's reliance on a full-fledged computer OS simply to run an entertainment-software utility is a real hindrance.
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Windows sequel gets set to entertain
January 27, 2004
Microsoft plans to start testing a new version of Windows XP Media Center, an increasingly important operating system for entertainment-oriented PCs.
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Media Center not yet a home run
January 6, 2005
Microsoft's entertainment-oriented software has racked up big sales, but it's still fighting for a permanent seat in your living room.
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Spyware spurs Dell to offer protective software
October 20, 2004
Twenty percent of support calls to Dell are linked to spyware, an exec tells CNET News.com. That's up from 2 percent in 2003.
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Microsoft hits play on entertainment group
July 19, 2004
New business unit will consolidate all of the companys efforts around home entertainment technologies.
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Xbox plays starring role in Windows update
October 14, 2005
New software will more closely link the gaming console into Microsoft's digital entertainment strategy.
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PC makers give Media Center a head start
September 30, 2003
Dell, HP, Gateway and Toshiba offer a multitude of Media Center PCs with the official launch of the latest version of Microsoft's entertainment-oriented OS.
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Microsoft opens Windows to the home
October 12, 2004
Bill Gates unveils plans to make Media Center software the centerpiece of the digital home.
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Microsoft to demonstrate home PC of tomorrow
May 4, 2004
At the WinHEC show Tuesday, Bill Gates plans to show off the Windows Home Concept--a device and a vision that builds on the company's current Media Center devices.
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MSN debuts portable video downloads
January 7, 2005
Service is designed to boost the slowly growing line of portable video players based on Microsoft's nascent Portable Media Center software.
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TiVo Inc.
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Digital dreaming
October 3, 2003
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that stuffing a bunch of existing technologies into a computer box won't go down in history as the last word in digital convergence.
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Gates pushes PC-TV connection
January 8, 2004
Microsoft's chairman demonstrates new technology for connecting digital content on Windows PCs to home entertainment centers, TVs and portable devices during his CES keynote address.
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Commentary: HP in your living room
October 13, 2004
Media-loving consumers will learn to embrace boxes like Hewlett-Packard's new Digital Entertainment Center, especially once the price drops.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Week in review: Eye on iPod
January 9, 2004
Two usually different tech expos in two different cities seemed to be attuned to the same target: your entertainment dollar.
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