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Brother printers contain denial of service weakness

A security advisory by Trustwave has revealed that the firm has uncovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in Brother printers which is not being addressed. Following on from the reports of the inadvertent exposure of almost 700 Brother printers last month, The...

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Brother reports a rise in revenues

The OEM has reported their financial results for the first half and second quarter of the fiscal year 2017 which ends 31 March 2018. In the statement covering the first half and the second quarter of the fiscal year 2017, Brother reports a total revenue of ¥346...

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Konica Minolta and Toshiba dominate Frank Awards

The Cannata Report’s 2017 Awards and charities dinner reached $2 million (€1.73 million). The Cannata Report, raised and pledged $175,000 (€151,000) to benefit Hackensack Meridian Health, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center at its 32nd...

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Researchers make printed solar panel discovery

A team of UK scientists have made a bio-sonar panel using micro-organisms and a standard inkjet printer. Newsweek has revealed that scientists from Imperial College London and Central Saint Martins have collaborated to create a “bio-solar panel using a micro-organism...

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The impact of China’s new waste policy

In the wake of China’s new restrictions on the import of plastic waste, the chairman of the BVSE for plastic recycling called for action. According to K-Zeitung, Ton Emans, the President of the European Association of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE), has warned that...

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Flexprint LLC makes two new executive appointments

Mike Weetman and Randee Manley become Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of HR respectively. The office technology and managed print provider Flexprint LLC has added two new key executives onto its Arizona-based leadership team. Mike Weetman joins from Whalerock...

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HP develop new software to secure enterprise printers

The new feature will allow printers to stay one step ahead of malware. HP Labs have unveiled the new HP Connection Inspector, an intelligent embedded security feature for enterprise printers which will aid HP-networked printers in facing the challenges of malware,...

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Recycled desks given to African schools

As part of a circular economy scheme, hundreds of desks made out of recycled plastics have been given to schools in South Africa. In July this year, “The Virtuous Circle” circular economy project revealed that over 500 double school desks, constructed using recycled...

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Four Indian scientists pioneer Air-Ink

Four young scientists from India have come up with an innovative way to benefit from air pollution – by turning it into ink. This week Scroll revealed that the scientists have been creating Air-Ink, ink made out of air pollution, since June 2016, using “carbon...

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