Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference gathers engineers, developers and designers to discuss innovations in the Windows hardware platform.

This week vnunet.com is on the ground at the event in Los Angeles, bringing you up-to-the-minute news, analysis and video.

VIDEO: Microsoft gazes into its crystal ball
Microsoft has been targeting the elderly and emerging economies as the company seeks to expand its business 

VIDEO: Windows Home Server enables digital spanking
Microsoft's Stephen Leonard shows how to ground your kids without even getting up from the computer 

VIDEO: Microsoft takes the headache out of networking
Microsoft wants to take the PhD out of setting up your home network 

VIDEO: Microsoft plays name games
Did you ever wonder which marketing genius came up with the name 'Windows Server 2008'? 

VIDEO: Windows Server 2008 partition switching
A demonstration of the server's ability to recover when a partition goes down