You're not happy unless you've got your TiVo or your MCE (Microsoft Media Center Edition).

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And, we're going to create this new design for the Window XP Media Center Edition logo program so you know what products are certified to work in those Media Center configurations.

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Media Center Edition with Extenders? or TiVo?s ?

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Based on the upcoming version 3.0 of Lagotek's Home Intelligence Platform, the new home automation controls tie into Vista Media Center Edition and and allow you to select "scenes" via the SideShow interface for activating certain lighting, home entertainment and other automated functions.

ENGADGET: SideShow finds a partner in Lagotek's home automation tech

Not to be left out from the CES announcements, the DV8000 also has some new tricks: the Windows Media Center Edition operating system is an available option, as is HP's Ultra BrightView display technology, which adds a second lamp over the standard 17-inch BrightView LCD.

ENGADGET: HP updates Pavilion DV1000, DV8000 and adds DV5000 notebook

So if you pop in a DVD "infected" with Protect DVD-Video, it can't be read by Windows Media Player, Media Center Edition, or any DirectShow-based software, thanks to a Universal Disc Format that tricks your machine into believing that the IFO file is zero bytes long.

ENGADGET: Protect DVD-Video prevents discs from playing on your PC