Continuing to take advantage of using WMI to get data from workstations, another project recently came up to get an inventory of printers installed across my organization. It ended up being a pretty easy task using WMI through a startup script but the results could be tailored more by being selective about the results. Combined with formatting the output as a csv and later … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
CNBC explores Cyber Espionage from China tomorrow
CNBC premieres an investigation into the place where cyber warfare and corporate espionage meet. Cyber spies hacking into U.S. corporations' computer networks are stealing valuable trade secrets, intellectual property data and confidential business strategies. The biggest aggressor? China. This new wave of espionage amounts to the largest transfer of wealth ever seen, experts … [Read more...]
Two more examples of people being dumb online
TMI, or Too Much Information, describes what far too many people are posting online. Not even taking advantage of privacy options on the social networks, many are posting a scary amount of information without a second thought. Here's one example from Twitter and another from Facebook. … [Read more...]
Understanding ODBC connections in a Windows 7 32bit and 64bit world
ODBC connections in Windows (found as "Data Sources (ODBC)" in the Control Panel, under Administrative tools) are required for connecting an application to a database through a database driver. When configured, they can hum along just fine and work splendidly as long as they don't change and the connection details on the database-side do not change. They can be complicated … [Read more...]
With Google shuttering iGoogle next Fall, here are some alternatives
Google's spring cleaning continues. Shutting down projects that few people use or have been replaced with alternatives has been on Google's hit list for quite a while as the company trims the fat and focuses on its core products. In this latest round of closures, Google announced that Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback widget, Google Video, iGoogle, and the Symbian Search app … [Read more...]