TVSquad

Sure, you can get one of those fancy MCE remote controls to maneuver your way through your music, movies, and TV recordings on your Windows Media Center.

But if you're usually watching TV with your laptop or UMPC on the coffee table anyway, you can just pull up this new MCE Virtual Remote. Developed by Ryan Tollefson, MCE Virtual Remote is an easy to use interface for Charlie Kindel's MCE Controller.

In order to install MCE Virtual Remote, you'll need to run MCE Controller, create a MCE Virtual Remote folder, copy the program to that folder and click run. It's a pretty basic script, so you'll have to make your own shortcut.

The remote should work great on any touchscreen tablet or Ultra Mobile PC. Or you can just run it on your laptop and click away at the controls with your mouse when you want to fast forward, rewind, pause, or mute your MCE machine.

[via Chris Lanier's Blog]