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HP confirms reorganization, PC and printer groups to merge

HP confirms reorganization, PC and printer groups to merge

Posted on Mar 22, 2012 by MG1

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports of a major reorganization within the company. The firm plans to merge its Personal Systems Group, responsible for PCs, with its Imaging and Printing Group. Current boss of the company’s printer division Vyomesh Joshi will retire after 31 years at the company, and current PSG executive vice president Todd Bradley will run the combined operations. ”This combination will bring together two businesses where HP has established global leadership,” HP CEO Meg Whitman said. “By providing the best in customer-focused innovation and operational efficiency, we believe we will create a winning scenario for customers, partners and shareholders.” HP’s...

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Clemson researchers show how to print cells with your classic HP inkjet

Clemson researchers show how to print cells with your classic HP inkjet

Posted on Mar 19, 2012 by MG1

Filed in: Imaging DevicesHP

Scientists have been taking inspiration from printers for everything from treating burns to recreating cardiac tissue. Researchers at Clemson University have perfected a way to use an ordinary inkjet printer to actually print living cells — and they've put together a how-to guide and video for the Journal of Visualized Experiments to show how it works. Starting with an HP DeskJet 500, researchers empty a normal inkjet cartridge, and then fill it with a solution of suspended cells and fluorescent matter, the combination of which they call "bio-ink." A platform is set up beneath the printer head and layered with slides to receive the output. Using a standard word processor to drive the printer...

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HP posts fix for LaserJet exploits

HP posts fix for LaserJet exploits

Posted on Dec 27, 2011 by MG1

Filed in: Imaging DevicesHP

HP has posted a new driver update for its web-connected and networked LaserJet printers in an attempt to plug a malware explot. The was brought on after findings from Columbia University were revealed late in November. While no customers have reported attacks, HP claimed, the firmware upgrade would prevent them from happening in the first place.
HP still recommends common-sense tactics to lock down printers, such as securing putting them behind firewalls and disabling remote firmware uploads on exposed printers. Updating the drivers should make the printers secure against other currently known attacks as well.

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Researchers expose printer vulnerability, turn LaserJets into literal time bombs (update)

Researchers expose printer vulnerability, turn LaserJets into literal time bombs (update)

Posted on Nov 30, 2011 by MG1

Filed in: Imaging DevicesHP

Your precious printer might seem innocuous but, in reality, it could be a ticking time bomb just waiting for some hacker to trigger it. Oh, and we mean that not just figuratively, but literally as well -- they could actually be caused to burst into flames by some ne'er-do-well half-way around the globe. Of course, the potential doesn't end at remote arson, an attacker could easily gain access to a network or steal documents, and hijacking the lowly device would require little more than printing an infected file. So far researchers at Columbia University have only managed to exploit the hole on HP printers, but it's possible (if not likely) that others are also affected. Most printers look fo...

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HP LaserJet printers pose massive security risk, say Columbia University researchers

HP LaserJet printers pose massive security risk, say Columbia University researchers

Posted on Nov 29, 2011 by MG1

Filed in: Imaging DevicesHP

MSNBC is reporting a security flaw that could affect millions of HP LaserJet printers. According to Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo of Columbia University, the issue stems from the fact that the HP LaserJet printers tested do not require a signature or certificate to identify the source of remote software updates. Knowing this, Cui and Stolfo are able to exploit the fact that every time a LaserJet accepts a new job it checks for an included software update.
One demonstration by the duo involved infecting a printer through a virus-laden print job. A tax return sent to the infected printer was then surreptitiously forwarded to a remote computer posing as a hacker's workstation. A second, more ala...

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HP Made a 3D Scanner You Can Actually Afford

HP Made a 3D Scanner You Can Actually Afford

Posted on Sep 13, 2011 by MG1

Scanners are a bit of a running joke around the Giz office. "If you post a scanner, you're probably fired," our editors demi-joke. So it's sorta distressing news that HP's got a cheap 3D scanner that's actually kind of awesome.
HP's TopShot Laserjet Pro M275 works by taking six images of an object and compiling them into one 3D image. It also connects to wireless networks, so it can send the image wherever as soon as it's scanned, and it's got AirPrint, which lets you print directly from an iPad, Pod, or Phone.
But the price is the oh-hey-waitaminute bit: $400 is sort of nuts for a 3D scanner. The TopShot certainly won't have the same granular image quality as the models that go for tens of ...

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HP Announcs Designjet Z6200

HP Announcs Designjet Z6200

Posted on Sep 25, 2010 by MG15

The HP Designjet Z6200 delivers the highest speeds of large-format printers in its price class.

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HP lists Photosmart eStation C510 printer with detachable e-reading touchscreen -- is this the Zeus?

HP lists Photosmart eStation C510 printer with detachable e-reading touchscreen -- is this the Zeus?

Posted on Sep 04, 2010 by MG15

Now, we don't have any confirmation that the two are one and the same, but we just caught wind of a very intriguing printer on

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