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Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it'
News Users looking through Microsoft's help forums, instead of being offered numerous steps to fix technical issues, now get a single button to solve the problem.
Tags: Software, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, online support, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, general manager, reporting tool
Pushing dual-core PCs beyond the desktop
News Sparked by the introduction of Intel's Pentium D processor, PC makers discuss transformations in computer design and use.
Tags: Processors, Desktops
Researchers delve into the human factor
News Researchers are trying to get a grip on one of the big problems with computers: the human on the other end.
Microsoft removes key limit for Windows 7 Starter
News Those running the lowest-cost version of Windows 7 will not be limited to running three simultaneous programs at a time.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Emerging Market, Microsoft Windows, blog posting, Netbook
Microsoft patents means of limiting software
News Windows maker has been granted a patent on a technology that makes it easy to limit certain features of an operating system only to the particular edition a user has purchased.
Tags: Patents, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, Hardware, Media Center PC, software, Microsoft Windows
Windows 7 will come in many flavors
News The software maker plans to focus on two editions--Home Premium and Professional--but will offer at least four more versions in some parts of the world.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, BitLocker, Professional, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Center PC, Emerging Market
Microsoft to fix six critical flaws on Patch Tuesday
News For the last Patch Tuesday of the year, Microsoft expects to patch flaws in Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Windows Media Center, and SharePoint, among others.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Security Management, Databases, Remote management, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, critical patch, Microsoft Windows Media Center, security bulletin
Microsoft uses Internet as giant remote control
News Forget to program your Media Center PC to record your favorite show? Now you can do it over the Net.
Tags: Web sites
Microsoft to tune up Media Center PC
News The next-generation OS will allow consumers to watch one channel while recording another, CNET News.com has learned.
Tags: Operating systems
Comcast introduces open-cable platform
News Comcast has announced an "open" cable services platform called Tru2way, which enables cable service to be integrated directly into a variety of consumer electronics devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Bandwidth, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Cable, Digital media
HP: Happy and healthy
News Hewlett-Packard is satisfied with the success of its post-merger Personal Systems Group--and it's not stopping there.
Media Center not yet a home run
News Microsoft has made significant inroads with the latest version of its Windows Media Center, but the entertainment-oriented software has yet to find a permanent seat in the living room.
Tags: TVs, Personal Computers
With new OS, Microsoft seeks couch potatoes' eyes
News New version of Media Center and accompanying "extenders" will make TV shows recorded on a PC available all over the house.
Tags: Windows XP
FAQ: Will your Intel-based Mac run Windows?
News Since both the Mac OS and Windows now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn't it be easy to run them on the same computer?
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows
HP adds spice to Pavilion desktops
News HP has launched five new desktops in an attempt to appeal to back-to-school shoppers seeking a new machine with an appreciable bang for the buck.
