1. A computer-implemented method for updating a computerized catalog of hardware device and software object identifiers installed on a computing device, said method comprising: identifying identifiers associated with at least one of hardware devices and software objects within the computing device, wherein the identity of said identified identifiers is unknown to a collection of information relating to hardware devices and software objects associated with the computing device; categorizing each of the identifiers of unknown identity within the computing device, said categorizing comprising qualifying data associated with the unknown identifiers, said qualified data including a name of an entity associated with the identified identifiers, said qualifying comprising at least normalizing and correcting the data associated with the unknown identifiers, said categorizing comprising at least one of the following: categorizing each of said identified identifiers according to a public categorization scheme and categorizing at least a portion of said identified identifiers according to one or more private categorization schemes; providing, by the computing device, the categorized identifiers with the qualified data to a community of users for review by the community of users when the identity of one or more of the unknown identifiers is not identifiable in response to the categorizing; receiving, by the computing device, comments on the provided categorized identifiers with the qualified data from the community of users; and re-categorizing the identifiers based upon the received comments, said re-categorizing comprising weighing the received comments based upon a reputation of sources of the received comments.
1. A computer-implemented method for updating a computerized catalog of hardware device and software object identifiers installed on a computing device, said method comprising: identifying identifiers associated with at least one of hardware devices and software objects within the computing device, wherein the identity of said identified identifiers is unknown to a collection of information relating to hardware devices and software objects associated with the computing device; categorizing each of the identifiers of unknown identity within the computing device, said categorizing comprising qualifying data associated with the unknown identifiers, said qualified data including a name of an entity associated with the identified identifiers, said qualifying comprising at least normalizing and correcting the data associated with the unknown identifiers, said categorizing comprising at least one of the following: categorizing each of said identified identifiers according to a public categorization scheme and categorizing at least a portion of said identified identifiers according to one or more private categorization schemes; providing, by the computing device, the categorized identifiers with the qualified data to a community of users for review by the community of users when the identity of one or more of the unknown identifiers is not identifiable in response to the categorizing; receiving, by the computing device, comments on the provided categorized identifiers with the qualified data from the community of users; and re-categorizing the identifiers based upon the received comments, said re-categorizing comprising weighing the received comments based upon a reputation of sources of the received comments. 8. A computer-implemented method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said identifying identifiers associated with at least one of hardware devices and software objects comprises receiving requests from outside sources to identify said identifiers of unknown identity.