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Apple’s Front Row Comes Closer to Couch-Driven Computing

Now that the computer industry is nearing the end of its decades-long quest to ensure that nobody’s nose is farther than three feet from a monitor, some companies are moving on to a different, more difficult goal: Letting you keep using the computer from across the room.

About three years ago, Microsoft took a stab at that goal with its Media Center Edition of Windows XP. This ambitious, creative release added a simplified, large-type interface that could be driven from the couch using a remote control, but it went nowhere in the market. It’s done a little better recently, as manufacturers have begun leaving out Media Center’s most glitch-prone feature, the ability to tune into and record TV broadcasts.

By Rob Pegoraro

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/05/AR2005110500263.html?sub=AR

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