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CES 2008: What's on the Windows Vista Media Center Horizon? Windows Fiji?

According to Microsoft, Windows Vista has passed the 100 million sold license milestone in 2007. During the introductory keynote at 2008 International CES, Robert J. Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division, revealed that "Media Center continues its success and is on the vast majority of the 100 million-plus...

8 January 2008
08:34 GMT

CES 2008: Logitech Z Cinema - Surround With 2 Speakers

At CES 2008, Logitech came up with an innovative solution for all those who are looking for surround sound but aren't too skilled to properly deal with the complexity of actual home cinema systems or aren't that eager to spend too much time digitally setting up the 6 or more channels in order to be able to ...

7 January 2008
03:52 GMT

Windows Media Center Makes the Best Out of a "Plain Vanilla" Windows Vista

Well, this is not the first time that I've said this, but Microsoft should increase its focus on Windows Vista features, capabilities, functionality, etc., that do, without a doubt, deliver a superior user experience. To accomplish this, the company needs to scrap the pragmatic approach to marketing the operatin...

4 December 2007
07:30 GMT

Download Windows Vista Media Center

Microsoft has updated the Windows Media Center Software Development Kit, and now version 5.3 is available for download. The SDK is a collection of documentation, tools, and sample code put together and offered to developers building content for the Windows Media Center integrated into Windows Vista. Out of the Vista ...

20 November 2007
08:42 GMT

Windows Media Center Ultimate Installation

Feast your eyes on the ultimate Windows Media Center installation. At the beginning of September 2006, Microsoft debuted the search for the ultimate install of its Windows Media Center product under the form of a contest hosted under the Resources for Consumer Electronic Installers umbrella. The competition was of co...

8 November 2007
05:56 GMT

Free Internet TV Beta for Windows Vista Media Center

Microsoft introduced a range of new content for Windows Media Center in Windows Vista. The Redmond company recently hinted at new materials being served to users of Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate, the two SKUs that come with Windows Media Center. In this regard, Internet TV is the materialization of Microsof...

27 September 2007
03:56 GMT

Dumping Windows Media Center for Linux Media Center

Microsoft is currently offering a Windows media center edition of Windows XP, as well as integrating the product into the Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions. But one thing that has always raised waves and waves of criticism against the Redmond company is the integration of digital rights management cont...

26 September 2007
10:52 GMT

Microsoft: Windows Vista Media Center vs. Linux Media Center

With Windows Vista, Microsoft also made Windows Media Center an integer part of the operating system, instead of delivering it as a separate edition (which has been the strategy applied with Windows XP). Windows Media Center ships by default with the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Vista. This was an interestin...

14 September 2007
14:24 GMT

The Ultimate Windows Media Center Installation

Microsoft has debuted the search for the Ultimate Windows Media Center installation. And in this context the Redmond company issues a call to all custom installers, to participate in the first annual Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest. Essentially, if you failed to understand this by now, Microsoft is look...

6 September 2007
06:47 GMT

Microsoft: 60 Million Windows Vista Media Center PCs in Use Worldwide

According to Microsoft there are now no less than 60 million Windows Vista Media Center PCs in use worldwide. This number comes just a week after the operating system's first seven months of consumer availability. Vista shipped to corporate users in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007 and at ...

6 September 2007
03:58 GMT

Microsoft Demonstrates Windows Vista Media Center

Just in case you managed to miss the worldwide Wow celebration, you should know that September 3 was synonymous with the five year anniversary of Windows Media Center. This is why Microsoft managed to indulge in a rather "subtitle" Windows Media Center display, demonstrating one of the main features built into the Ho...

5 September 2007
09:41 GMT

Will Windows Fiji Drop as Remote-Less as Vista's Windows Media Center?

Next month, Microsoft will celebrate the five-year anniversary of Windows Media Center. But, following the availability of Windows Vista, Windows Media Center will not be complete when turning five. Absent from the celebration, and "missing in development" is the Windows Media Center Remote. On January 30, 2007, Micr...

24 August 2007
03:28 GMT

New Windows Media Center Download for Vista Home Premium and Ultimate

Microsoft is continually updating its offerings associated with Windows Media Center on Windows Vista. As only the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of the company's latest operating system come with Windows Media Center, these are also the sole variants of the platform supported by a refreshed version of the S...

7 August 2007
02:53 GMT

Windows Vista Media Center Application Development

While Microsoft is hard at work building the upcoming edition of Windows Media Center, codenamed Fiji, it is also focusing on enabling developers to create third-party applications for Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. All you need is Windows Media Center in Vista, Windows Media Center Software D...

11 July 2007
06:36 GMT

Microsoft's Windows Vista Media Center Remote... Going Once... Going Twice... Gone

Diamond was the code-name for the Windows Media Center version included in Windows Vista. Only the Home Premium and the Ultimate editions of Microsoft's latest operating system feature Windows Media Center, and - according to the company - the high end versions of the platform are among those most adopted by end...

10 July 2007
05:43 GMT

Update Available for Windows Media Center on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista

A fresh update is in place for Windows Media Center running on 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista. According to Microsoft, the updates, available for download immediately, are designed to address a set of issues impacting Windows Media Center on Windows Vista. Of course that only the Home Premium and Ultimat...

27 June 2007
03:03 GMT

Windows Fiji Delayed Until 2008

Windows Fiji, the official Microsoft code-name for the upcoming edition of Windows Media Center, will most likely be available toward the end of 2008. The connection between Windows Media Center and Windows Fiji was first confirmed by Charlie Owen, a product manager on the Media Center team, earlier this year. Owen m...

19 June 2007
06:18 GMT

Did Microsoft Lose the Windows Media Center Remote on the Way to Vista?

Has Microsoft lost the Windows Media center remote on the way to Windows Vista? The remote control designed especially for the Windows Media Center integrated into Microsoft's latest operating system can be viewed in the adjacent images. This is nothing new. The fact of the matter is that this remote control has...

30 May 2007
11:32 GMT

Introducing Pika - Windows Media Center Free from Windows Vista

The Pika technology was introduced by none other than Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates during his speech at Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007 in Las Vegas on May 15. Pika is a concept intimately connected with both Windows Media Center and the Microsoft Rally technologies. Breaking down Gates' s...

22 May 2007
12:09 GMT

Microsoft Updates Windows Vista Media Center

In mid April 2007, Microsoft opened up the registration process for beta testers for Windows Fiji, the upcoming version of Windows Media Center. And with Fiji cooking in the Microsoft laboratories, the Redmond Company has started tending to the existing releases of Windows Media Center. In this regard, at the beginni...

21 May 2007
10:47 GMT

Microsoft Quietly Killed Media Center

Microsoft has quietly killed Portable Media Center as of 2006. According to the Redmond Company, Portable Media Player was sacrificed to the development of Windows Mobile. And as of 2006, Microsoft has put the last nails into its efforts of delivering the Windows Media Center experience to handheld devices. Microsoft...

10 May 2007
06:03 GMT

No Pimping Is Complete without Windows Vista Media Center

Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate is the new must have top accessory for every pimp. Because nothing spells bling bling, and over the top entertainment like Windows Media Center does. In fact, what am I saying? Forget Windows Vista Home Premium, it's simply too cheap! G...

3 May 2007
04:20 GMT

Download Windows Vista Media Center

While Microsoft is hammering away at Windows Fiji, the upcoming release of Windows Media Center scheduled for availability in the second half of 2007, as it is intimately connected with the releases of Windows Server 2007, code-name Longhorn, Windows vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Home Server, the company has made ...

2 May 2007
05:14 GMT

Update Available for Windows Vista Media Center

The April 2007 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista is now available for download from Microsoft. The 32-bit and 64-bit updates concern exclusively users of Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate as these two are the only editions of the operating system that deliver Windows Med...

25 April 2007
06:33 GMT

Windows Fiji Beta Testers Wanted over at Microsoft

Has Windows Vista given you everything it can? Are you ready to move to the next level? Well, here is your chance to apply now and become a beta tester for Windows Fiji. Microsoft has opened the registration for the beta testing, the upcoming version of Windows Media Center codenamed Windows Fiji. Jessica Zahn, progr...

18 April 2007
05:45 GMT

Windows Vista Media Center

Windows Vista will change the way users interact with media. Via Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate, users will be able to watch DVDs, HD DVDs and Blu Rays, listen to music, watch and record HDTV, view digital images and even integrate their Xbox 360 with the operating system. "Enjoy your entire di...

12 March 2007
12:40 GMT


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