Microsoft Renews Push for Living Room PC
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Microsoft Corp.  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 computer designed for viewing movies, listening to music and scrolling through digital pictures.
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Microsoft&#39;s new Windows XP Media Center 2005 operating system has new features that help a PC compete with consumer electronics devices in the living room, and that turn a PC into a home server capable of feeding audio and video to multiple devices on a
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Microsoft wants to make it easy for users to upgrade among editions of the next Windows.
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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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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 gives us an update on Windows Home Server
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Companies are teaming up to bring their technology to your living room.
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Microsoft's technology-laden home of the future will feature smart appliances connected by Web services and controlled by tablet PCs or cell phones.
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'And better than Yahoo!' Microsoft yesterday used its Silicon Valley outpost, just down the road from Google, to unveil a "major update" to the web's third most popular search engine. And, yes, it's only been a year since the last major update. Bill and the gang plan on re-launching Live Search every 12 months.â¦
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Microsoft is on the move again. As it has in the past, the software giant is trying to elbow aside rivals who have pioneered new markets.
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Microsoft&#39;s (Quote, Chart) newest digital entertainment campaign got some play today, as the company announced its latest move into your home on the back of Windows XP Media Center 2005.
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Efforts by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) 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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For the first time in five years, Microsoft Corp. is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers. Now the company must persuade PC buyers that the launch really matters to them.
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One of the challenges Microsoft and computer makers face in marketing Media Center PCs is persuading consumers that it&#39;s worth putting them in their living room, supplanting the normal setup of TV, VCR, DVD player and/or personal video recorder.
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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 coming to your living room. Get used to it.
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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.