PC World – Rumor has it that Microsoft will launch a barebones version of Windows for TV set-top boxes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Given Redmond’s success in the home entertainment market–specifically the Xbox 360 game console and Kinect motion-sensor add-on-it’s apparent the company does know how to sell fun gadgetry to consumers, despite its reputation (in some circles) as a PC-centric fuddy-duddy.