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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: printers

printers stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Word processors, dot-matrix printers, rotary phones, and other formerly state-of-the-art technologies are just about gone and nearly forgotten. Carrying the torch for the likes of holding up a cigarette lighter at a concert is JR Raphael of PC World, who lists 40 leading lights of abandoned technology:
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music • technology • punctuation • typewriter • printers • pay phones • phone booth • grammar • word processor • boombox • phone book • phone directory • rotary phone • cigarette lighter • mix tape

What Embargo? HP Printers Find Their Way to Iran

Company skirts US 
law with help from
overseas distributor

Dec 29, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - HP printers have become top-sellers in Tehran, despite a 13-year embargo against US companies doing business with Iran, the Boston Globe reports. An Indian-owned distributor sells HP products in Iran, enabling it to skirt American law. But questions remain: If HP execs cut the deal with Redington Gulf knowing their... More »

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Iran • Tehran • sanctions • trade • embargo • Department of Commerce • printers • Hewlett-Packard

 Green Font Cuts Ink Costs 

'Ecofont' has holes in the letters to save ink

Dec 23, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A new font designed to cut printing costs saves ink by not completely filling in the letters, the AP reports. The “Ecofont,” designed by Dutch firm Spranq, has small holes in the middle of the letters that cut ink usage by 15%. The font is free on Spranq’... More »

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environment • Netherlands • ink • open source • green • printers • font • Spranq • Ecofont

Printers Let Big Brother Connect Privacy Dots

Watchdogs worry about anti-counterfeit marks left by laser models

Jul 15, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The growing popularity of laser printers has privacy watchdogs worried, USA Today reports. Many such printers have a feature, designed to foil currency counterfeiters, that puts a signature of microscopic dots on each page. In the US, only the Secret Service can decode the information, but there are concerns... More »

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privacy • counterfeit • laser printer • printers • computer hardware

H-P Posts Big Numbers Despite Slowing Market

PC and overseas sales boost earnings

Feb 19, 08 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hewlett-Packard thumbed its nose at concerns over falling tech spending today, posting a 38% rise in earnings and 15% revenue jump in its first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports. The health of the tech giant, boosted by PC and overseas sales, is good news for an industry whose leaders,... More »

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Google • Microsoft • earnings reports • personal computers • Mark Hurd • printers • Hewlett-Packard

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