Securing an application from being copied is a serious concern for software product development organizations, as there is no completely foolproof method for copy-protecting software; all that can be done is use a variety of techniques to make it harder for unauthorized copies to be taken or used. This article will demonstrate the use of one such technique: node locking. This technique can be integrated with licensing to provide some protection for your software. This article makes use of WMI and discusses how you can implement node locking in an ASP.NET application to ensure that the application can only be executed on the system on which the application it was legitimately installed, hence restricting it to be used on a single system that has a particular license file.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has chosen Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. She would be the first woman to serve on a Republican presidential ticket.
AFP - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's anti-corruption drive has claimed another scalp with news Friday of the arrest of an ex-governor who allegedly embezzled millions of dollars of state funds.
AP - The NBA officially handed over the Seattle franchise to Oklahoma City about two months ago, and three trucks arrived downtown at headquarters on Friday.
