14 posts and columns on media center

Live at Dive–Microsoft Talks Windows Phone 7

in Mobile on December 7, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

So just how is Windows Phone 7 doing, and what is next in Microsoft’s effort to get back into the phone game? In the hot seat at D: Dive Into Mobile on Tuesday is Joe Belfiore, one of the Microsoft VPs in charge of the company’s phone effort.

D7 Tech Demo: Canesta

in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

Say goodbye and good riddance to your clunky and obsolete remote control. At least, that’s what Canesta, a San Jose-based company specializing in 3-D “natural interfaces,” would like to see happen. Today the company will demonstrate new technology that allows a person to use gestures to control TV functions–everything from changing channels to navigating more complex menus.
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Don't Cry, Billy. I'm Sure Santa Will Bring You a Mac Mini After Macworld

in News on December 16, 2008 at 7:17 am PT

Apple may not announce any new product categories at MacWorld come January, but it will uncrate an update to at least one old one: the Mac Mini. An “Apple corporate employee” tells Wired that the diminutive desktop has received a long overdue upgrade that’s to be revealed at the annual expo.

Don’t Cry, Billy. I’m Sure Santa Will Bring You a Mac Mini After Macworld

in News on December 16, 2008 at 7:17 am PT

Apple may not announce any new product categories at MacWorld come January, but it will uncrate an update to at least one old one: the Mac Mini. An “Apple corporate employee” tells Wired that the diminutive desktop has received a long overdue upgrade that’s to be revealed at the annual expo.

Picking a Laptop With Vista Business

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 15, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about choosing between Windows Vista Business and Home Premium for a laptop.

Running Windows Vista on a Mac

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 23, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about running Windows on a Macintosh computer, using one monitor for watching TV and computing, and turning digital photos into a printed book.

Vista: Worthy, Largely Unexciting

in Personal Technology on January 18, 2007 at 11:59 pm PT

Vista is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has produced, Walt Mossberg says. But while navigation has been improved, the successor to XP isn’t a breakthrough in ease of use.
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Waiting for Windows Vista

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 31, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about Windows Media Center, the Aero interface in Vista and right-clicking on Apple laptops.

Opening The New Vista

in The Mossberg Report on June 13, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

The release of a new version of Microsoft Windows is like the launching of a new aircraft carrier. It’s a major, ponderous event whose ripples affect everything around it. So Microsoft’s planned launch of the next version of its Windows operating system, called Windows Vista, currently set for January 2007, will be a big deal. [...]

Windows Software for Business, Pleasure

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 30, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help. Here are a few questions about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a [...]

Installing Windows Media Center

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, March 16, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Handheld Hollywood

in The Mossberg Report, January 4, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Switching From Dial-Up to DSL

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, December 15, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

Changing the Look of Your Wallpaper

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, December 1, 2005 at 12:01 am PT