The search engine giant Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) announced on January 6 an agreement with the software giant Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) to extend Yahoo! services to Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx), Microsoft's version of the Windows operating system designed to provide all-in-one, digital entertainment experiences. Best of Yahoo!, including My Yahoo! and Yahoo! Premium Video, will be available to consumers through Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
Under the agreement, consumers will be able to access Yahoo! services optimized especially for the digital home environment. Yahoo! expects to deliver a variety of services and content over the course of the coming year via Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, with the first offerings being made available in the coming weeks.
In addition, the search engine giant announced the launch of the Yahoo! Digital Home Developer Program (http://digitalhome.yahoo.com), which will allow consumer electronics companies and other software integrators to make Yahoo! content and services accessible to their Internet-enabled stereos, televisions and other home electronic devices.
