Australian Media Center Community: Media Center

For all those wondering whether Microsoft will include Media Center with Windows 8 - the answer is yes. Media Center will not be in the first pre-release Windows 8 builds, Sinofsky acknowledged. Neither will some other features and capabilities, including Windows 7 games, DVD Creator, upgrade setup and “Dot Net 3.5...   read more

Microsoft’s latest demo of Windows 8 showed the company’s path to tablets, a unique user interface and a lot of promise. But Microsoft’s biggest risk with Windows 8 revolves around the familiar themes that always haunt the company: Reverse compatibility and the need to make Windows the Swiss Army knife of computing....   read more

It looks like Google wants to change the way we use our PCs. According to this article their new Chrome PC will eliminate the need for firewalls, anti-virus and updates. It all works on the PC only running what is basically a web browser (surprisingly Chrome) and all you apps, files and so on are stored on the "clo...   read more

Why settle for a high-powered media streamer like the Boxee Box when you can get one that can double as an HTPC as well? Well, that’s what Xtreamer is looking to offer with its new mini-ITX Xtreamer Ultra product, set to debut at CeBIT next month. The Xtreamer Ultra is an “aggressively priced” media streamer / HTP...   read more

Windows Media Center is a solid piece of software which works elegantly if you're sitting at your desk, and equally well if you're reclining on your sofa, waving a remote control and watching a movie. However, despite its many advantages and undeniable prettiness, Media Center does have its limitations. He we'll id...   read more

It seems that Microsoft is poised to re-enter the TV market with the launch of a Windows based set-top-box. The set-top box will run on a stripped down version of Windows and will be suitable for connected TVs. According to a report by Seattle Times, the Windows-based set-top box will run on the Windows Embedded ...   read more

A trio of changes to the Android Market have again brought the issue of platform fragmentation to the fore and left some users with a sour taste in their mouth. Android and Me has reported that many users who downloaded a number of EA Mobile and Gameloft games found themselves stuck with useless purchases, thanks t...   read more

What can only be described as a large mistake by someone, Mozilla somehow accidentally left a partial database of user accounts on a public server. This breach in security went on for some time, until on December 17 after Mozilla was notified by a security researcher of the issue. The leaked database contained 44,0...   read more