Examples of use of Windows Media Center
1. Intel‘s Viiv brand will be introduced in homes on PC–like devices running Windows Media Center software.
2. They will use Microsoft Corp.‘s Windows Media Center Edition operating system, which is the software giant‘s attempt to move into the living room itself.
3. Microsoft has attempted a PC entertainment hub with its Windows Media Center, but the product only got a lukewarm response from mainstream consumers.
4. "Centrino was like preaching to the choir if you had a notebook, here was a better notebook [Viiv] is getting people to do things they are not used to doing." Viiv will initially be a feature of entertainment personal computers running Microsoft‘s Windows Media Center Edition, featuring digital video recorders and ideally linked to living room televisions.
5. The BBC statement added: "Any actual procurements of new technology, or launch of new services by the BBC, would be subject to appropriate regulatory approval." Mr Thompson said: "To ensure that the BBC is able to embrace the creative challenges of the digital future, we need to forge strategic partnerships with technology companies and distributors for the benefit of licence payers." Mr Highfield added: "Microsoft is a key gateway to audiences that the BBC needs to reach through web services it runs like MSN and Windows Live Messenger, and hardware such as Xbox and the Windows Media Center.