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Microsoft is counting on the Xbox 360 to help the company beat Sony and other home entertainment outfits in the war for control of the digital broadband home …

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Microsoft has made no secret of its desire to dominate the living room. Three years ago, it unveiled the Media Center PC operating system, a version of Windows that enables computers to function as TV tuners, DVRs, audio/video jukeboxes and editors, DVD players, and digital photo albums. […] there’s talk that Media Center will be a standard part of Microsoft’s next operating system, Longhorn. Which means that soon every PC will have the capabilities of an entire living room entertainment setup and, thanks to VoIP, be able to take care of your telecommunications needs as well.

read on at Wired