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AIOs can be hacked through scanners

Researchers hack printers and computers through lasers shone at the printer’s scanner. PC World reported on the hack, discovered by researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, which works by “flashing visible or infrared light at the [open] scanner lid” of AIO...

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Lexmark announces Corporate Cartridges line

New line of toner cartridges for EMEA region designed to boost sustainability in businesses. IT Web reported on Lexmark’s release of its new line of Corporate Cartridges designed for businesses in the EMEA region, with the toner cartridges compatible with Lexmark’s A4...

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Panasonic launches new MFPs in MEA

The OEM has produced the KX-MB2100 series of MFPs. AME Info reported on Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa’s (PMMAF) launch of MFP duplex printers at the GITEX 2014 event, with the KX-MB2100 series of machines said to help offices “save on paper usage and...

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UK businesses unaware of new waste laws

Survey finds 90 percent of UK businesses are “completely unaware” of new changes to waste disposal law, putting them at risk of being fined. The survey, conducted by BusinessWaste.co.uk, involved 1,700 small businesses in the UK, with just 10 percent of business...

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Oh my clone?

I love Mondays, especially when I get sent a copy of a white paper entitled Getting rid of the clone. At last, I thought: someone has found a way… The opening statement of the white paper says “the terminology inaccurately discredits and damages the imaging...

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Print-Rite rewarded for SmarTact cartridge patent

The company was given two awards for its patent. Print-Rite won the China Patent Excellent Award at the 15th SIPO-WIPO Patent Awards for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention and Industrial Design, and also won the Outstanding Prize of Patent from the People’s...

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Governments and businesses working towards circular economy

A number of manufacturers have begun to take a lead in working towards a circular economy. Marketing Week reported on the moves towards implementing a circular economy model through governments and businesses, with some brands “pushed towards” rethinking...

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HP elaborates on printer security releases

Portfolio of products and services designed to offer same level of security to printers as seen in personal computers and servers. Financial Post reported on the potential printers have to act as a “hacker’s gateway” to a computer network, and that as a result, HP has...

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