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Lexmark Exits Inkjets

By on August 29, 2012 in Computers, Hardware, Other Gadgets
Lexmark inkjet printer

Yesterday, Lexmark announced a 1,700 employee job cut and an end to manufacturing consumer inkjet printers, in a cost cutting and restructuring maneuver. The company plans on shutting down its inkjet supply manufacturing center in the Philippines by 2015 and an end to all inkjet development by next year. Lexmark chairman and CEO Paul Rooke […]

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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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