Archive for May, 2007

Antivirus better than Norton (4/5)

May 30, 2007

I have come across many software programs and utilities in my lifetime. Some i have beta tested and others i have played with. Many times i can tell which one is a winner. Recently, i came across “Avira AntiVir” personal edition anti virus program that i am currently running on trial basis and very happy [...]

Life

May 17, 2007

“Everything in life is balanced!”
- BigIdea

Network Protocol Analyzer

May 1, 2007

Recently, a colleague of mine asked me if there was a way to monitor queries to SQL SERVER without using Profiler. He was thinking on the lines of a packet sniffer. I found ‘Wireshark’, a network protocol analyzer that does the job. It is an opensource product available from here.
This tool has plenty of choices [...]