Remote Potato is an iOS app that allows Windows Media Center users to scheduled recordings, view pictures, and even stream music or videos from your PC to your iPhone. Now the developer is preparing to launch an iPad app. It’s expected to hit the App Store on July 12th. Windows Media Center is Microsoft’s 10-foot interface for controlling a PC. It’s built into most consumer… Read more »

You can use the AirPlay feature in iOS to stream music, photos, or video from an iOS device to a TV connected to an Apple TV box. But what if you’re a Windows Media Center user instead? Now there’s an app for that. Developer Thomas Pleasance has released a plugin for Windows Media Center which adds support for AirPlay. You’ll need to install Apple’s Bonjour… Read more »

Microsoft bundles Windows Media Center software with the Windows 7 operating system, allowing you to use your computer like a TiVo or Roku box and access music, movies, and photos from the comfort of your couch — assuming you have a remote control or wireless keyboard. Microsoft also offers some pretty powerful media software in the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. You’d think it… Read more »

You know what probably would have been a no-brainer for Microsoft? Building a Windows Media Center remote control app into Windows Phone 7, allowing you to use your phone to control audio and video playback on your PC. But Microsoft doesn’t really seem to be paying much attention to Windows Media Center these days, so I’m not really surprised the company didn’t bother baking it… Read more »

Windows Media Center is a 10-foot interface for a PC that lets you control your music, movies, photos, and other media from the comfort of your couch — provided your PC is plugged into your TV and you have a Media Center remote control. But here’s a little secret: Windows 7 Home Premium and Ultimate both come with Windows Media Center functionality baked in, whether… Read more »

The iTunes App Store is filled with applications that let you control desktop media players from your phone. There are remotes for iTunes, Boxee, VLC, and other apps. And then there’s RemoteX — a single application that functions as a remote for all of those apps, plus 9 more. RemoteX is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7, and requires you to download a… Read more »