The latest project from Microsoft Research entered beta today. It's called ChronoZoom. It seems to use the same technology as the previous Microsoft Research project SeaDragon which allows you to embed high resolution images on the web and then zoom in or out to see the detail or the scale, respectively. This time, instead of zooming in on an image, you're zooming in on … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Pizza Box, Lunch Box and other PC case form factors identified by WMI
One of the many classes I wasn't able to discuss in last week's post about WMI scripting is the Win32_SystemEnclosure class. It enables access to a number of properties regarding the computer's physical case. Things like depth, height, width, and weight all make perfect sense for properties you might like to know or use to determine if a policy should apply. There are plenty of … [Read more...]
This scanner has some serious bugs
A scanner would make a pretty good ant farm. Five years ago, I installed an ant colony inside my old scanner that allowed me to scan in high definition this ever evolving microcosm (animal, vegetable and mineral). The resulting clip is a close-up examination of how these tiny beings live in this unique ant farm. I observed how decay and corrosion slowly but surely invaded the … [Read more...]
Using scripts and WMI to ask a computer more about itself
When you sit down to a PC hoping to troubleshoot a problem, the more information you can have about it the better. Sometimes that means crawling under a desk, opening the case, or visiting various locations within Windows to find all the properties you are wanting. If you want to get fancy, you could write a script to get all your information from a single place. Of course, … [Read more...]
Out-of-band update available for Adobe Flash Player
The Google Security team alerted Adobe to two vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe has issued a security bulletin and priority 2 update. A priority 2 update means... This update resolves vulnerabilities in a product that has historically been at elevated risk. There are currently no known exploits. Based on previous experience, we do not anticipate exploits are … [Read more...]