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How to read data from a remote Windows registry using Python
2012-01-07 03:39:00 It is easy to connect to a remote Windows machine and retrieve information from the registry using the Python Windows registry access module _winreg from _winreg import * reg = ConnectRegistry ('computer123222', HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) key = OpenKey(reg, 'SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionWi ndowsUpdate',0,KEY_READ) value = QueryValueEx(key, 'SusClientId') ConnectRegistry() allows you to specify the remote computer and one of the HKEY constants like ... More About: Data , Read
Google sets https as Default for Gmail
2010-10-27 09:59:00 Google is currently in the process of enabling https by default on all Gmail accounts. Gmail users have been able to use https since 2008, however due to performance concerns the option was disabled by default. Users who wish to collect their email over plain old http can still do so by ... More About: Google , Sets
Sourceforge Bans ?evil? Nations from Uploading and Downloading Open Source
2010-10-27 09:59:00 The world got a little less open today as Source forge announced that it is to ban users from Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, and Syria from using its open source software repository. Using IP address based blocking, users from countries on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list will ... More About: Open Source , Open , Nations , Open-Source
Accessing Symfony 1.0 Database attributes
2010-10-27 09:59:00 I am still using Symfony 1.0 for a project, mainly because of the number of plugins that are being used, but that's another story. I came across a problem when trying to introduce an external class that allowed backups of a MySQL database. I wanted to reuse the DSN of the Symfony ... More About: Database
Joining Ubuntu Lucid to Active Directory
2010-10-27 09:59:00 The latest Ubuntu release (Ludid, 10.4) makes it very easy for you to join an Active Directory domain. Here's a quick guide to get you started. 1. Install the likewise open AD authentication application by issuing the command sudo apt-get install likewise-open 2. Register your Ubuntu system with the domain by running ...
Spotify on Ubuntu
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Yes folks, it's the craze that's sweeping the nation (well the 'tinterweb), it's fun, it's funky, it's Spotify! It's like a version of Last.FM that plays the actual songs you want to hear and what's more, the app works with Ubuntu . OK, so it's not a native app, but at least ...
High Altitude Balloon Photography
2009-09-21 15:08:00 An interesting Slashdot article about high altitude balloon photography just sparked my interest. The first article tells the story of a group of students launching a balloon to a height of 20 miles, for just under $150 USD, using only off-the-shelf components. Using a cheap pre-pay mobile phone with GPS, a ... More About: Photography , Balloon , High
Update Reminder When Logging in Remotely
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Just logged into a Jaunty desktop machine over ssh and got a reminder to update: 8 packages can be updated. 16 updates are security updates. Is this feature new? Has it been around for ages and I missed it? Whichever, nice one! More About: Update
?Email on Three? Push email using SEVEN.
2009-09-21 15:08:00 I've just installed the 'email on three' application onto my Nokia e71. It seems to be a rebranded version of SEVEN; a push email solution for various mobile devices including Symbian based mobile phones. So far it seems to be pretty good, and although there are a few reports on the ... More About: Email
Using the Wiimote & Wii Balance Board in Ubuntu
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Matt Cutts, head of webspam at Google, has written a couple of very interesting articles describing how to hook up Wii peripherals to an Ubuntu Pc over bluetooth. The first article describes how to hook Ubuntu up to a Wiimote , followed by another showing how to build a working weight sensor ... More About: Board , Balance
MPs? Expenses ? Interesting claims by David Davis MP
2009-09-21 15:08:00 As you might have seen in the news, the UK Parliament has made available records of MPs' expenses from 2004/05 - 2007/08. Obviously these records can reach hundreds of pages for each MP and will take some time to sift through. It seems to me that by applying a bit of ... More About: Interesting , David , Expenses , Claims , Davis
Pirate Party UK Launches
2009-09-21 15:08:00 The Ubuntu-UK mailing list brings news of the emergence of the 'Pirate Party UK' (PPUK). Inspired by the Swedish Piratpartiet, the PPUK is a single issue political party campaigning principally for the reformation of copyright law and patent systems. Interested in the political/legal concepts of Free Libre and Open Source software? Give ...
Making ?ondemand? CPU frequency scaling more responsive
2009-09-21 15:08:00 For a while now I've found that ondemand CPU frequency scaling (enabled by default) makes my laptop seem sluggish under Ubuntu. Basically the CPU speed doesn't seem to increase quickly enough to keep up with the sudden brief bursts of demand caused when using Gmail, or playing Youtube videos for instance. ...
Symfony ? cssTabsPlugin and security
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Hi all, I have been working on a Symfony (ver1 of the MVC) based application. It needs really tight security that is really granular. So I did what most people do and installed the cool sfGuardPlugin. It works a treat. But.. I started to look at how I secure individual buttons, ... More About: Security
Speeding up Firefox 3 in KDE 4 (Kubuntu Intrepid)
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Having just moved across to Kubuntu Intrepid I found that Firefox looks a little crappy by default. This can be remedied pretty quickly by grabbing this theme, created especially for KDE 4: http://ramonantonio.net/kde-firefox/ Secondly some people suggested that they found Gmail scrolling a little slow on some computers. Disabling the Ubuntu Firefox ... More About: Firefox 3 , Speeding
Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF
2008-05-25 00:00:00 I just read this on Slashdot and wondered what people thought of this seemingly bizarre move from MS? After campaigning for OOXML so vigorously, MS have now announced that they will be issuing an update to Office 2007 to add support for OASIS ODF 1.1. This won't be available as the default ... More About: Microsoft , Microsoft Office , Support , Office 2007
Hull Beats Bristol to Reach Premier League
2008-05-25 00:00:00 This is just a quick post to say well done to Hull City AFC for achieving promotion to the premier league! The city of Hull is currently undergoing a period of regeneration unprecedented in it's long history. Previously a prosperous fishing town, Hull is fighting back against economic decline and trying ... More About: Bristol , League , Beats , Reach
Valve?s Source Engine Coming to Linux?
2008-05-12 00:00:00 Some exciting news coming from the Phoronix website suggests that Valve may be porting the Source engine to Linux . The Source engine powers many of Valve's top titles including Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2, Day of Defeat: Source, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. Linux support for Source is likely to increase the ... More About: Engine
BBC iPlayer on Xbox Media Centre (XBMC)
2008-05-06 00:00:00 Want iPlayer on your telly but don't have a Wii? Check out this very useful script for the Xbox Media Centre . The script allows you to download programs from the BBC iPlayer service to an old Xbox (or Linux or Windows PC) with XBMC installed, and watch them at your ...
Hardy Heron and Stuff?..
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Hello there. I can't believe it's been nearly a month since I wrote anything. Recently I've found myself pre-occupied with other things so I've been neglecting you. I'm sorry! There has been a major change in the Ubuntu landscape since the last time I put finger to keyboard. Hardy Heron has ... More About: Stuff , Hardy Heron
Ubuntu Survives PWN to OWN Hackfest Unscathed
2008-03-29 23:00:00 A laptop running Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) remained the only uncompromised system at the CanSecWest conference PWN to OWN competition. The competition sees hackers compete to discover a 0 day code execution vulnerability, on one of three laptops running Mac OSX, Windows Vista or Ubuntu. The winners take the pwned laptop ...
Authenticating an Ubuntu PC to Active Directory
2008-03-23 00:00:00 Likewise Open is a piece of software designed to make it easier to integrate Linux PC's into an Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) domain. Now you can log onto your Ubuntu PC using your Windows network username and password, and access your shared files and resources whilst logging on only ... More About: Active Directory
Why Ubuntu Needs to Charge for (some) Software
2008-02-19 00:00:00 Now before you fire up your trusty keyboard to shoot me down in flames for suggesting this. I want you to think about the continuing challenges that Ubuntu (and Linux in general) face as they compete against Microsoft for a share of the desktop OS market. A good place to start ... More About: Software , Charge
Karoo Customers Speak Out
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Hull for those of you who don't know - it is a city which is trying really hard. Hull is working its arse off to drag itself out of economic and social decline and to establish itself as a 'top 10 digital city'. After years of treating this as back ... More About: Customers , Speak
Modifying the Xbox . Installing a Bigger Hard Drive
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Again, the standard disclaimer. This like any other type of mod can jigger your Xbox ! This time round though the risk is slightly less. If you make a mistake on your new hard drive it's not the end of the world. You should be able to replace the original drive again ... More About: Drive , Hard , Hard Drive
Modifying the Xbox . Installing a Softmod and Xbox Media Centre
2008-02-03 00:00:00 First of all the sombre warning. Don't rush into this, read around. Use this article as a basic guide and check around on the 'net for more info to pad it out. You can totally knacker your Xbox by softmodding it if you're not careful. This is my experience of ... More About: Media , Centre
Modifying the Xbox . Making a USB Cable
2008-01-28 00:00:00 I'm thinking of turning my Xbox into a media centre, it isn't used much any more so it might as well become useful (or die trying). I don't have a mod chip, I don't want to take the Xbox to bits (and I'm too tight to pay someone else ... More About: Cable
Creating HDR Images in Ubuntu
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Wikipedia tells us that "high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques." Phew... Chris 'o' pedia would read something more like "HDR images look really cool. You can ... More About: Ubuntu , Images , Creating , Ages
BBC Goes Web 2.0ish
2008-01-18 00:00:00 The BBC have quietly made public their new web 2.0 style homepage. It looks good, but under Ubuntu + Firefox I´m finding it pretty slow. Personally I see a performance hit when trying to drag a content box. Id find it interesting to discover whether or not this is because ...
Why Use an Open Source Licence?
More articles from this author:2008-01-14 00:00:00 OK, imagine if you will, that I suddenly developed uber programming skills and coded a great application for - lets say - keeping track of properties in an estate agency. At this point I'm faced with a couple of choices (but please add more if you think of any): 1) Provide my ... More About: Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source , Licence 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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