Microsoft

OpenSSH ships in Windows, sshd comes preinstalled on Server 2025, and PowerShell 7 remotes over SSH natively. A twenty-year follow-up to the Cygwin kludge, including the key-permissions gotcha that still bites everyone.

Learn how to enable PowerShell remoting over SSH today using /N software's NetCmdlets V2.0, without waiting for Microsoft's native implementation.

Examining why Windows setup ignores other operating systems during installation, and how Linux solved this problem years ago.

Guide to getting PowerShell working with SSH and Cygwin's sshd, including workarounds for common issues.

Exploring Microsoft adCenter Labs' content categorization and demographics prediction tools through analysis of Hivearchive.com and how they compare to Google's internal ad targeting algorithms.

Explore how Microsoft's Xbox security system failed through 17 critical mistakes, from buffer vulnerabilities to ineffective patching strategies in this detailed breakdown.

A humorous look at Microsoft's Local Live search engine misidentifying "Matt Michie" as a Russian village, with thoughts on the search tool's features and how it compares to Google Maps.

Exploring the competitive challenges Microsoft faces in grid computing and large-scale internet infrastructure compared to Google and Yahoo's Linux-based approaches.

Got locked out of my own Windows PC after making security too tight, then discovered XP's safe mode makes it pointless. A story about fixing old computers.

A critical examination of PowerShell's verbose command syntax and how it fails to deliver on its promise of a modern Windows shell alternative to Unix commands.