PowerShell
Get file or folder permissions using PowerShell
The Get-Acl cmdlet in PowerShell’s Security module (Microsoft.PowerShell.Security) does a great job of getting file or folder permissions (aka the Access Control List or ACL).…
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Windows
Hardware
Choosing the right ultrabook: Asus Zenbook, Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro
If you spend greater part of your workday on a notebook/ultrabook, selecting your primary work tool is as important as selecting race cars is to…
Windows
Make Bing the default search engine in Firefox address bar
I like Bing for a number of reasons. If you don’t prefer Bing, this is not a sales pitch to make you change your search…
News
Windows PowerShell 3 Wins InfoWorld’s 2013 Technology Of The Year Award
Windows PowerShell 3 has won InfoWorld’s 2013 Technology of the Year award. Finally, InfoWorld editors have discovered what IT pros have known for a long…
Scripts
Script: Save all Internet Explorer tabs as Favorites
We spend a lot of time in web browsers and if you’re like me, you probably have a gazillion tabs open – your work stuff,…
Microsoft
Installing Windows from a USB Drive, recovery partitions and TRIM support
USB flash drives have been a welcome development for computer storage — they offer a great alternative to optical drives (aka CD/DVD drives). The form…
Apple
Microsoft: Let the numbers do the talking
It’s been an eventful few weeks in technology. The mainstream and tech media (and fanboys’) euphoria over Apple surpassing Microsoft’s market capitalization (i.e. price per…
Microsoft
Windows 7 Crosses the 150 Million Mark
A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced it sold 100 million copies of Windows 7 in 6 months (see Windows 7 reaches the 100 million mark).…
Cloud
Microsoft Office, Welcome to the cloud
Micrsoft Office is live in the cloud! In a blog post (read Office is now live on SkyDrive on the Windows blog), Microsoft’s Jason Moore…
Microsoft
Windows 7 reaches the 100 million mark
Ten days after Windows 7’s October 22 launch, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said: Certainly we’ve seen initial sales be fantastic. The first ten days were…