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If you use Windows Vista, you can make it less sluggish with an old USB drive you may have lying around.

On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Ina Fried explain why this seemingly eternal work in progress is finally ready for prime time--and whether it's the right choice if you're shopping around for a new PC.

Use Vista's search bar to open any program lickety-split. Works for documents, too!

Forget about launching some slow program to see what's in a file. Molly Wood shows you a Vista trick for previewing files the faster way.

At CTIA 2008, Bonnie Cha takes a look at the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the company's first Windows Mobile smartphone.

Brian Tong shows you a quick way to shut down Windows Vista without dealing with the shutdown menu.


At CES 2007, we take a look at this Windows Vista laptop, which takes advantage of the Windows Vista SideShow application.

Steve Jobs announces Safari for WindowsApple makes a bid for a larger slice of the browser market with a version of Safari for Windows, XP, and Vista.

You won't find a QWERTY keyboard, but the Cingular 2125 is a feature-packed Windows Mobile 5 smart phone.

Windows Live Local beta's dynamic maps and business directories invite you to plot your own points of interest and collaborate with other users.

Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564) should mark the final stretch for Microsoft's new operating system, but don't be surprised if Microsoft issues one more public release candidate before making Windows Vista final.

The Palm Treo 700wx brings some needed improvements to the Windows Mobile smart phone, such as more memory, but it's still far from perfect.

Veronica Belmont shows you a few handy shortcuts for speeding up your Windows experience.

Plagued by a bulky design and poor call quality, the I-mate Jaq can't stand up to other Windows Mobile smart phones.

The overall quality of this $399 Windows Vista Ultimate edition isn't deserving of final-release-candidate status, says CNET's Robert Vamosi. Expect to see at least one more interim build or perhaps even another release candidate soon.

Here's the newest of the Windows Mobile phones. We appreciate all the usual functions, but the bulky shape makes it too heavy and not very appealing.

See what Microsoft did right and where it still fell short with the release of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2.

Microsoft has released to hardware manufacturers its new operating system, Windows Vista, marking the end of the development phase and the beginning of the distribution phase.

For composing long PDF packages at an office that requires security and wants to use the new digital forms, Acrobat 8's got the goods, but it's overkill if you only seek to make short PDF files.