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Has someone tried to log in to your computer remotely? Would you know if someone had? Veronica shows you how to catch that perp red-handed.

Perhaps influenced by prominent social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, Microsoft will begin integrating features such as a news feed and profiles into its Windows Live applications. On this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss the company's motivation to join the party and the potential to infuriate long-time users with these newfangled features.

Learn how to disable the Windows log-in screen, even on PCs with multiple accounts.

With just two weeks until a key developer conference, Windows watcher Ina Fried answers your questions.

CNET looks at a prebeta build of the next Microsoft operating system to follow Windows Vista.

Microsoft confirms that the next version of Windows will creatively be named Windows 7, Joost finally launches its streaming service, Yahoo helps you follow the electoral college, and the EU wants you to protect your ears.

Although Windows 7 is still months away from a public release, word on the street is that Microsoft's new OS is only marginally different from Vista. CNET senior writer Ina Fried got her hands on a prebeta laptop with Windows 7 and shares her first impressions with Kara Tsuboi on this edition of the Daily Debrief.

Demand for the cute, green One Laptop Per Child computers with the Windows OS was so great that Microsoft will release this version in a handful of emerging markets. CNET News senior writer Ina Fried talks to Kara Tsuboi about what's different in the Windows version. Also, hear a review from an expert 8-year-old who got her hands on both of them.

The (PRODUCT) RED version of Dell's XPS One 24 is the most fully featured of Dell's all-in-ones and would serve as a fine PC to anyone in search of a Windows-based all-in-one for basic digital entertainment and productivity tasks. A few more innovations or forward-thinking options would earn a warmer recommendation.

Sony's Vaio LV180J updates its digital-media-oriented all-in-one with a larger LCD, more powerful hardware, and an exceedingly smart method for switching between the Windows desktop and other components connected via the unique HDMI input. No other all-in-one can make as strong a claim as this one as a command center for your digital media.

On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Ina Fried chats with Bob Muglia, one of Microsoft's senior executives, about Windows Azure, and what's in store for the cloud and beyond.

Vista's Sidebar is cool, but it can be so much more. Molly Wood shows you how to customize and improve this crucial screen area.

Make your cursor do amazing tricks you never thought possible with this free download.

Don't just live with what they gave you. Customize your Windows Vista welcome screen with this free download.

A simple way to stop those auto-launch programs from starting when Windows boots.

Veronica shows you how to bring together all your scattered folder windows and apps under one desktop when you use Spaces.

The LG Incite is LG's first U.S. smartphone, with Windows Mobile 6.1 and a 3-megapixel camera.

The much-coveted Samsung Omnia finally lands at a U.S. carrier. Check out our First Look video to see what this Windows Mobile touch-screen smartphone has to offer.

Rearrange your windows without disrupting your current application. Patrick shows you how on today's Tekzilla Daily.

Veronica will show you an easy way to organize the windows on your desktop, now with more control than ever!