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High-Speed Alternatives to USB Update Take Shape An Infineon chip could be at the root of complaints that iPhone drops calls and has unpredictable Internet links; Apple reportedly plans firmware updates to address problems. Sources Predict HP Will Reorg Printer Business HP plans to trim business units and streamline the organization of its printer business, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal. HP Gets Print Guru From Software/Web Dev Worlds Would a specialist in Web services and software take a job at a printing company, even knowing what he was getting into? In coming to HP, David Murphy did just that. HP Makes a Longer Reach to Preserve Print Dominance Continues to run over smaller players, even in increasingly competitive market for smaller, cheaper printers. Printer Aims to Save Power, Money With Server-free Spooling Designed to help customers put print spooling into small offices without the trouble of maintaining a server, the ISD300 Intelligent Spooling Device accomplishes a lot more. Xerox Offers to Calculate Green Power Profile Always-on, heavy power-using printers make up a big chunk of the power-use profile Xerox is offering customers who want to reduce power use in copy rooms, server closets and datacenters. Canon MFC Series Designed to Cut Print Costs Faster performance, better reproduction come with lower overall cost of ownership. Canon Multifunction Printers Open to Attack Vulnerabilities found in 20 Canon multifunction devices might let hackers redirect print traffic to their own sites. Lexmark Aims Suite, Printer Management to Health Care Adapts its suite and services for a vertical market. Vendor Games Make Picking Printers Perilous Some printer specs don't mean what they seem to; others aren't available at all. Staples Offers to Buy Print, Graphics Supplier Amsterdam-based Corporate Express has refused a $3.7 billion offer from Staples, but counteroffers from Staples competitors may be in the cards. Blurb Delivers Drag-And-Drop Micropublishing The web-based self-publishing effort delivers a more highly-polished route to micropublishers. But it doesn't offer a route to broader markets beyond its own web store. HP Buys NUR Macroprinters The acquisition, announced Dec. 10, gives HP a wider profile in wide-format commercial printing EskoArtwork announces updates to Enfocus PitStop Two updates are coming: a free update now for PitStop and PitStop Server, and a more substantial one this spring around DRUPA. Photoalbum.com leverages PDF for scrapbookers Parent company Magicomm makes Flash app do the heavy layout and print-production lifting to create high-quality keepsakes. Merger Puts Adobe on Its Toes News Analysis: Esko and Artwork is a big story for its customers, but the whole printing industry benefits from Enfocus' bigger test bed and should be good news for PDF users as Adobe feels some competitive heat. Adobe To Remove FedEx Kinko's Print-on-Demand Button from Acrobat Viewer After an uproar from the printing industry, Adobe backs off from its exclusive arrangement with FedEx Kinkos in the next release, due by October. Don't Blame the Web When Newspapers Die It is hard to blame declines in newspapers' readership on the Internet. There are other factors involved that nobody seems willing to discuss. Microsoft's Anti-ODF Battle Continues Microsoft is continuing to push for its OpenXML & standard& over OpenDocument Format on two new fronts. Distributor Tosses Paper for Digital Case Study: California Distribution's network administrator takes the company to an efficient electronic billing and inventory system, using Ricoh hardware and eCopy software. |
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