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Microsoft Has New Mission for Media Center | |
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| Time: 08:56 EST/13:56 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Microsoft Corp. is about to give Media Center PCs a new point of view. The Redmond, Wash., software giant is expected to unveil on Friday an update for its Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system that will boost the computers' abilities to tap online entertainment such as movies, access e-mail and even let users go shopping via the special user interface, designed to allow easy access to multimedia. The new features, which will come as part of a rollup or collection of updates dubbed Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition, will expand the capabilities of Media Center PCs and shift their focus from showing photos and videos to on-demand online entertainment and content services, provided by big-name outlets such as MTV. Even the least expensive desktop Media Center models, which sell for as little as $599 and come without TV tuners or high-end graphics, are expected to be able to tap the new features. | ||
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| #1 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 10/13/2005 12:14:38 PM |
| How about giving me the ability to view my collection of DVD's that i have ripped and stored to my network file server? Its a media center isn't it? Why do i have to insert a DVD everytime i want to watch one. It allows me to play music this way, why not movies? |
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