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Barney's Rubble: Copy Protection: Aaarrrrrgh January 2009 • by Doug Barney When it comes to licensing, some companies might make it seem like everyone's a pirate -- including you. full story

Mr. Roboto: PowerShell Pro Forma January 2009 • by Jeffery Hicks Microsoft doesn't offer any sort of PowerShell forms editor -- but Sapien Technologies does. full story

Security Advisor: You Can't Always Trust SSL January 2009 • by Joern Wettern Don't be fooled by that lock icon in your browser. Outgoing SSL traffic can still give you something to worry about. full story

Foley on Microsoft: 5 Ways Redmond Can Fix Its Mobile Mess January 2009 • by Mary Jo Foley Microsoft should learn a couple of things from its Vista missteps. full story

Lessons in Logic December 2008 • by Jeffery Hicks How to use an IF construct in a PowerShell script. full story

Internet Impeded by ISA Server Firewall December 2008 • by Zubair Alexander A reader wants to speed up Internet behind and in front of the firewall. full story

Clustering and Rolling Upgrades (Exam 70-642) December 2008 • by Andy Barkl full story

SQL Insider: A Fix for Database Orphans December 2008 • by Eric Johnson A common problem when restoring databases is making orphans of users. Here's a quick solution. full story

Barney's Rubble: The Great Recession? December 2008 • by Doug Barney Inaction is no way to make it through an economic downturn. Here are some tips to stay afloat. full story

Mr. Roboto: Bionic Scheduled Task Reporting December 2008 • by Jeffery Hicks Mr. Roboto revamps a previous script to help a user retrieve and save scheduled task information from multiple computers -- all using PowerShell. full story

Security Advisor: Backup (Almost) Made Easy December 2008 • by Joern Wettern Coming up with a good data recovery plan is no easy feat. That's where Microsoft's System Center Data Protection Manager comes in. full story

Foley on Microsoft: 2009: The Year of Windows 7? December 2008 • by Mary Jo Foley Consumers have good reason to be excited about the next OS -- and Microsoft has good reason to ship it sooner rather than later. full story

Tips & Tricks: Prof. Powershell: Get Smart and Get -Out November 2008 • by Jeffery Hicks PowerShell cmdlets come well-stocked with common parameters. Let's look at what you can get out of the -OutVariable parameter. full story

Tips & Tricks: QuickTip: Next, Next, Repeat November 2008 • by Greg Shields Software installation might sound like instructions on the back of the shampoo bottle. But it doesn't have to be that way. full story

Disk Cleanup Disaster Waiting to Happen; POP3 Errors in Exchange November 2008 • by Zubair Alexander full story