Gateway Inc. plans to release two additional Media Center PCs Thursday, hoping that consumer excitement over multimedia will boost what is forecast as a weak holiday season for consumer PCs. The ...

This is the first time in three years that Microsoft hasn't completely refreshed the Media Center OS-- the current version is called Media Center 2005 -- making the refresh, dubbed "Update Rollup 2," ...

Microsoft has made Windows XP Media Center edition available to only a few large system builders, such as Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Sony, and Viewsonic. That complicates things for system builders who ...

The media center PC played an important role in advancing the digital age, according to Brian Jaquet, a spokesperson for Sling Media. But he also notes that one critical component was missing. "The ...

Speaking of perfect PCs, it doesn’t look like Gateway’s new Media Center PC would quite qualify for that title, at least according to DesignTechnica: While performance is above average, more fit and ...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is clearing its shelves of old Media Center PCs ahead of the launch of a new generation of the systems, one of which turned up at a store owned by Circuit City Stores earlier this ...

Microsoft launched its Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system at an event in New York Tuesday, showing the software in PCs from Hewlett-Packard. Windows XP Media Center Edition can be ...

A new, fanless Windows Media Center PC from Niveus. The AVX Media Center PC, is almost completely silent, which is a big plus if you’re going to have a PC sitting in the living room, and has a 2.8GHz ...

I'm planning on using a computer I have as our media center PC to watch TV through hulu, abc.go.com, Netflix etc etc. I'm stuck on what I need for sound and how I navigate the screen/television when ...

4.Windows Media Center is not your only option for software. XBMC makes a pretty sexy interface, there is alway MythTV, and Boxee is starting to show a little polish. All of these alternatives will ...