Microsoft Renews Push for Living Room PC
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is making a renewed push this week to get its software into living rooms with the launch of a new version of its Windows XP Media Center, a personal
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Bill Gates unveils plans to make Media Center software the centerpiece of the digital home.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Tuesday  unveiled a new version of its Windows XP Media Center, adding  features such as instant messaging and high-definition  television to a personal computer designed for the living room.
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Microsoft and Intel are joining forces to conquer US living rooms and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.
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Three times is a charm, and never is this truer than with Microsoft products. With its brand new Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, Microsoft may have unleashed the perfect OS for a home PC.
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Efforts by Microsoft Corp. and the PC industry to expand into to the living room will get a boost next week as they show off technologies that try to balance Hollywood's piracy fears with the appeal of digital media.
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This morning, Microsoft formally announced it's distributing consumer-ready, working prototypes of its table-top "Surface" computing system for selected partners in the hotel, casino, and retail industries.  But an earlier demonstration of Surface at WinHEC 2007 two weeks ago revealed the company has had other, stranger plans for the platform.
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Microsoft and Intel are joining forces to conquer living rooms in the USA and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.
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Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are joining forces to conquer US living rooms and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.
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In an era when computers get ever smaller and more portable, it seems almost a throwback, but software giant Microsoft hopes a Â£5,000 coffee table bristling with technology could be the next big step forward.
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The Xbox video game console and software for viewing movies on TV screens have brought Microsoft Corp.  into customers' living rooms, Chairman Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and new partnerships will help the software maker expand outside the PC arena.
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Microsoft will resume rolling out Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Wednesday when it starts pushing the massive update to business users via Windows Automatic Update and the Windows Update Web site.
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Microsoft and Intel recently announced a new advertising campaign entitled &quot;Digital Joy&quot; aimed at increasing awareness of living digital entertainment products, particularly Microsoft&#39;s Media Center software.
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Microsoft struggled with next major release of Windows. In meantime, it tried expanding OS franchise to supercomputers, living rooms.
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NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."
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NEW YORK, October 12  - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) has launched its new version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, along with the launch of a wide range of home digital entertainment products and services in collaboration
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Microsoft is making a major push to get home and business customers to embrace the security-focused overhaul to its Windows XP computer operating system.