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The new Spring Update for the Xbox 360 is out. While playing around with my system this morning I found a new feature I hadn't seen reported before. You can now boot your Xbox 360 directly into Media Center. From the dashboard, go to System, Console...
It occurred to me this morning that I haven't had to do any maintenance work on my Media Center PC since I installed Vista RTM on it, so I checked some stats on it. Days without a reboot: 106 Number of extender sessions established: 202 Number of...
We just posted the new Windows Media Center SDK for Windows Vista . That was the last thing I had to get done before moving to work full time on Zune. First though I'm taking some time off to go to the Galapagos Islands.
It's now official, in a couple of weeks I'll be transition from my current role on the Media Center team to a new position in the Zune group. I can't talk about what exactly what I'll be working on, but I'll continue to be working...
Engadget are running an interview with Joe Belifore . Joe is the VP at Microsoft in charge of Media Center. Joe talks about Media Center and about CableCARD and confirms that to use CableCARD you will need a new PC that has been certified as "Digital...
The Wall Street Journal has an aricle on Media Center and on Joe Belifore the VP for Media Center. Anandtech has a sneak preview of ATI's digital cable tuner for Media Center.
The Xbox 360 Premium includes (for a "limited" time) a remote control which is smaller than the Universal Media Remote and doesn't include any number buttons. This makes text input to Media Center applications when using the Xbox 360 as...
I'm taking a short break from playing games on my 360 to watch some TV. As I type I'm watching an episode of Las Vegas that I recorded on my Media Center PC. Setting up the 360 as a Media Center Extender was easy. I went into the dashboard, selected...
A while ago Ian Dixon interviewed me for The Media Center Show , Ian's podcast about all things Media Center. I haven't listened to it yet, but we talk about Media Center development and I hope you'll find it interesting. If that's not...
Akimbo for Media Center popped up in Online Spotlight recently and over the weekend I took it for a test drive... Akimbo is a subscription service offering video downloads, mostly of TV shows. Once you subscrible you can download the content and watch...
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