Miscellaneous Tech News
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@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Even when I used SW, I used it with all agents.
I find that for inventory and stuff like that, Agents are usually more accurate and less resource intensive than reaching out to scan from the server.
For the server but for the computer it is more intensive... however I do like when something scans the network for me instead of an agent. There were certain devices added that sometimes do not get agents and so I like that part when there is a networks scan.
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Even when I used SW, I used it with all agents.
I find that for inventory and stuff like that, Agents are usually more accurate and less resource intensive than reaching out to scan from the server.
For the server but for the computer it is more intensive... however I do like when something scans the network for me instead of an agent. There were certain devices added that sometimes do not get agents and so I like that part when there is a networks scan.
Being able to do both is usually a good approach, IMO. When you scan the network, check for an agent. If the agent is found, trigger an inventory update. If the agent ain't found, try to inventory it yourself, or at least alert somebody to put the agent on.
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Zimbra 8.8.11 and 8.7.11 Patches
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Snipe-IT 5.0.0-Beta-1.1 is out with a lot of changes and improvements.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 5.0.0-Beta-1.1 is out with a lot of changes and improvements.
I can’t wait for the release.
Planning on testing the beta or wait for the stable release?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 5.0.0-Beta-1.1 is out with a lot of changes and improvements.
I can’t wait for the release.
Planning on testing the beta or wait for the stable release?
I only run stable.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 5.0.0-Beta-1.1 is out with a lot of changes and improvements.
I can’t wait for the release.
Planning on testing the beta or wait for the stable release?
The one feature that will be extremely useful to me is the custom asset report addition for the "fully depreciation" value. As it is now, we're guestimating when an asset is due for upgrade based on an Excel spreadsheet.
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Toms hardware encourages people to actively avoid activating Windows
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.htmlIf you don't have a valid key, you can still use Windows 10 on your PC even if you don’t activate the OS. I’ve spoken with colleagues who have used non-activated versions of Windows for years without Microsoft ever shutting it down. In this way, you can have Windows 10 Home or Pro running on your PC nearly flawlessly. Nearly.
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@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Toms hardware encourages people to actively avoid activating Windows
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.htmlIf you don't have a valid key, you can still use Windows 10 on your PC even if you don’t activate the OS. I’ve spoken with colleagues who have used non-activated versions of Windows for years without Microsoft ever shutting it down. In this way, you can have Windows 10 Home or Pro running on your PC nearly flawlessly. Nearly.
Nothing wrong with not activating. Not aware of the EULA requiring that. They aren't suggesting that it not be licensed, just not activated. Very different things.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Toms hardware encourages people to actively avoid activating Windows
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.htmlIf you don't have a valid key, you can still use Windows 10 on your PC even if you don’t activate the OS. I’ve spoken with colleagues who have used non-activated versions of Windows for years without Microsoft ever shutting it down. In this way, you can have Windows 10 Home or Pro running on your PC nearly flawlessly. Nearly.
Nothing wrong with not activating. Not aware of the EULA requiring that. They aren't suggesting that it not be licensed, just not activated. Very different things.
It does require activation:
So if you are not properly licensed AND activated, you are not authorized to use the software (Windows 10).
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Yeah Tom's Hardware people are just endorsing theft of software from Microsoft. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you're allowed too.
We've discussed this same thing here on ML. Like with IT Administrators who want to setup 3 Installations of Windows Server X using their Standard license.
You're allowed 2 installations, and that is all. Either 1 to the bare metal and 1 VM on the same hardware. Or 2 installations as VMs on the same hardware.
This is nothing different besides the fact that they're stating the licensing "doesn't apply because we haven't been stopped for all of this time".
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LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice vulnerable to same bug; only one is fixed
LibreOffice, an open source clone of Microsoft Office, has patched a bug that allowed attackers to execute commands of their choosing on vulnerable computers. A similar flaw in Apache OpenOffice remains unfixed.
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Samsung’s new Tab S5e is super thin, supports Bixby, and costs just $399
The more affordable tablet takes some notes from the premium Tab S4.
The high-end nature of the Tab S5e comes in its design. The all-metal unibody is the thinnest and lightest of any Samsung tablet, weighing about 14 ounces and measuring 5.5mm thick. Samsung didn't skimp too much on the display, either, sticking a 10.5-inch, 2560×1600 AMOLED panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio on the tablet. It's also the first Samsung tablet with Bixby built in, allowing users to call on the voice assistant to answer questions, control connected SmartThings devices, and more.
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Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave
A cryptocurrency exchange in Canada has lost control of at least $137 million of its customers’ assets following the sudden death of its founder, who was the only person known to have access to the offline wallet that stored the digital coins. British Columbia-based QuadrigaCX is unable to access most or all of another $53 million because it’s tied up in disputes with third parties.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice vulnerable to same bug; only one is fixed
LibreOffice, an open source clone of Microsoft Office, has patched a bug that allowed attackers to execute commands of their choosing on vulnerable computers. A similar flaw in Apache OpenOffice remains unfixed.
LibreOffice is on another level compare to OpenOffice. Why is that project still alive. Development is fast and there are more options for installing LibreOffice.
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Microsoft shaking up how Windows feature updates are rolled out—again
Each feature update now has one release date rather than two.
When Microsoft first started delivering Windows 10 "as a Service" with a regular flow of feature updates, the company planned to have two release tracks: a "Current Branch" (CB) that was consumer-oriented and "Current Branch for Business" (CBB) aimed at enterprises. The CBB track would trail the CB one by a few months, with consumers acting as guinea pigs to iron out bugs before the quality of each release was deemed good enough for corporate customers.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave
A cryptocurrency exchange in Canada has lost control of at least $137 million of its customers’ assets following the sudden death of its founder, who was the only person known to have access to the offline wallet that stored the digital coins. British Columbia-based QuadrigaCX is unable to access most or all of another $53 million because it’s tied up in disputes with third parties.
Cryptocurrencies present a whole new opportunity for going from rich to nothing in an instant. With traditional banking, it's essentially impossible for large sums of money to just cease to exist in that way.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice vulnerable to same bug; only one is fixed
LibreOffice, an open source clone of Microsoft Office, has patched a bug that allowed attackers to execute commands of their choosing on vulnerable computers. A similar flaw in Apache OpenOffice remains unfixed.
LibreOffice is on another level compare to OpenOffice. Why is that project still alive. Development is fast and there are more options for installing LibreOffice.
Totally this..
