Using Outlook in Media Center Edition
Using Outlook in Media Center Edition
Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming
Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" (Hachette/PublicAffairs), a non-fiction gaming and business history book that has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications.
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Expertise I've been testing and reviewing computer and gaming hardware for over 20 years, covering every console launch since the Dreamcast and every MacBook...ever. Credentials
- Author of the award-winning, NY Times-reviewed nonfiction book The Tetris Effect; Longtime consumer technology expert for CBS Mornings
One thing about the Windows Media Center Edition interface is that it takes over your whole user experience, forcing you to go back to the regular desktop to perform everyday tasks like, say, checking e-mail. Some enterprising programmers in the Netherlands have put together a for Windows Media Center Edition, allowing you to access Outlook directly through the MCE interface. It's not as full-function as using regular Outlook, but you can read and send e-mail, check your calendar, etc. Various beta versions have been kicking around for a few months, but the latest code is available here.
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