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Here comes Gates and Windows XP for TV

Television has been something of a great white whale for the Microsoft Corporation. The company has tried to sell WebTV and build software for TV’s and cable boxes. It has even invested billions in cable systems. So far, these efforts have been expensive and have not yet put Microsoft into the position it covets: the maker of the software behind every glowing screen.

Monday, Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman, ventures into Hollywood to announce a renewed assault on a different front in his war of the tube, one that builds on Microsoft’s greatest strength: Windows.

Mr. Gates will unveil a new version of the Windows XP Media Center, software that combined with specially configured personal computers from dozens of manufacturers, turns the PC into a photo album, jukebox, DVD player and, most important, a TV set with a built-in recorder.

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