Trust in Computing Research
Yesterday in Scott Charney’s RSA 2012 keynote, he made reference to a statistic stating that 92.5 percent of respondents believe cybercrime laws need updating. This was one of the many findings of the...
View ArticleCreating a Windows 8 Bootable USB flash drive
Now I am back from the RSA Conference, I have a few moments to put the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my ASUS EEE Top machine. The fastest way for me to do this considering the machine does not have a...
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Mouse Without Borders and Windows 8 Consumer Preview
I have blogged about using Mouse Without Borders before, but today after installing the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my system I wanted to see if I could get Magic Mouse running. While the computer I...
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Microsoft PhotoDNA Technology Helping Law Enforcement Fight Child Pornography
Having worked with Law Enforcement around the world for many years, there is always a huge demand for tools and resources to help investigations. One such tool is PhotoDNA, which essentially creates...
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The Road to CSUN
Okay, I admit it… I had no real idea going in to a conversation today what the CSUN conference was. It turns out that I am referring to the Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. The...
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Webcast: Code Red to Zbot: 10 Years of Tech, Researchers and Threat Evolution
For those of you that joined us at RSA this year in San Francisco, you may have taking in the session presented by Jeff Jones and Tim Rains on 10 Years of Tech, Researchers and Threat Evolution. Jeff...
View ArticleRecovering a multiboot system after a drive failure
Okay, this is I am sure a topic that has been covered many, many times. However, it took me a few tries and a bit of searching to find the answer to the following challenge: I had a PC with two hard...
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Capturing and Restoring a Windows 8 Start Screen Tile Lineup
Ever wondered how you take a snapshot of the layout of the tiles on a Windows 8 Start Screen and then restoring them exactly as they were before. No? Well nor had I until I got asked just that...
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Querying Windows 8 Application Manifests for NFC launching
Recently I embarked on a supposedly simple challenge to determine if I could use Near Field Communications (NFC) to launch applications on a Windows 8 machine so I don’t have to attach a keyboard… if...
View ArticleMinimizing PowerShell Windows while executing
Okay, I realize it has been a really long time since I last posted anything… Essentially my role changed, but I am back. I recently came across an issue whereby I have been executing PowerShell scripts...
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