Confused about what's happening to Windows Media Center in the upcoming Windows 8 release? You're definitely not alone. Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office. His ...

Unlike Windows 7, Windows 8 will not come with Windows Media Center as part of the operating system. It's now an add-on that can be purchased through the Add Features option in Windows 8. For a ...

Disclaimer: As of October 30, 2015, the Windows 8 and 8.1 Pro Pack (which upgraded Windows 8 Home or 8.1 Home to Windows 8 Pro or 8.1 Pro, with Media Center) and Media Pack (which added Media Center ...

Microsoft recently announced that after a dozen years, it would no longer include support for Windows Media Center (WMC) in the upcoming Windows 10. WMC was novel when introduced as a special edition ...

In case you missed it during the early days of Windows 8, the era of the home theater PC (HTPC) is over—at least for Microsoft. When Windows 10 rolls out this summer it will not be able to run Windows ...

When you install Windows 8 on your system, you gain access to a number of new features. Some are clear upgrades over previous versions of Windows—the new system-wide search, for instance—while others ...

It could be almost a year before we finally get our hands on Windows 8. In the meantime, early release versions of the operating system have been seeded to developers, and a ton of hidden feature have ...

Windows Media Center (WMC) will die with the release of Windows 10. It had it coming for a long time. After development ceased in 2009 and WMC was not included in Windows 8, Microsoft recently ...