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Amazon Unleashes A Flood Of Kindle Updates, Including One For Your Guppies

By on September 18, 2014 in Hardware, Other Gadgets, Tablets
Amazon Kindles

Amazon’s Kindle line is one of the biggest recent success stories in consumer electronics. With a custom Android OS, Amazon prices them lower than other vendors because it’s seen as a “digital shopping cart” to consume the e-tailing giant’s products. Last night, Amazon unveiled a whole ton of updates, including one parents will love. Before we […]

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New Printer Exploit Could Really Burn You Up!

By on November 30, 2011 in Hardware, Odds And Ends
HP printer on fire

Columbia University professor Salvatore Stolfo warns of a potential security issue with HP printers (and quite possibly other brands as well). Stolfo, while doing research with his Ph.D student Ang Cui, discovered most HP laser printers allow unsigned remote firmware updates, meaning anyone can upgrade the printer’s internal software without it verifying the update comes […]

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