HP Toner News and Tips

The Saga Continues Back in November we told you about a flaw in some HP laser-jets that may have allowed their security to be compromised, possibly even turning your friendly printer into a fire hazard! At the tail end of last week HP responded to the situation by releasing a patch to remove the vulnerability. While HP maintains that no-one has complained of falling victim to the exploit,...

Last week I wrote about how researchers at the University of Culombia had found a security flaw in some HP LaserJets that enabled them to completely re-write the operating system for those affected printers. Well since then there’ve been a couple of advancements in the story. Firstly, Professor Salvatore Stolfo has made another statement and gone into more detail about the extent of the...

Researchers at Columbia University have been working with Laserjet printers for a few months and believe they’ve uncovered a large security flaw with potentially huge effects. After talking with government agencies a fortnight ago and contacting HP last week the researchers went public yesterday through MSNBC.com. In a demonstration the Columbia researchers tricked a printer into overheating...

Anyone who needs to buy new ink cartridges for their printer should think about the best place to purchase the items and always consider the reputation of the vendor, it has been advised. Melissa Riofrio, writing for the PC World review site, noted that it is important for people who are buying ink cartridges to acquire them from a seller with a good track record, to ensure they are not...

It doesn’t rain, but it pours for HP.  In a class action lawsuit shareholder Richard Gammel accused the world's largest technology company of concealing the fact that its existing business model was not working and that webOS -- the operating software it inherited after buying Palm -- was no longer central to its business model reports Reuters. After  the announcement on August 18 it was...

HP and Microsoft fall from the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) The annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index is published today.  Compiled with  SAM, a self-described "investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing", the DJSI is used by 60 major asset-management firms in 16 countries to guide the investment of over $8bn in funds, according to Dow Jones.  And the big...

HP Desktop Machine Customers are starting to desert the computer giant HP after its shock announcement that it was going to quit the PC business, as well as stop production of its TouchPad tablet. According to The Wall Street Journal, HP’s dithering is already causing customers to look elsewhere. The paper cites engineering company Fluor, which generally spends $25 million a year on new...

Cybercriminals are always looking for easy ways to break into your network, whether at work or at home. In a talk at this summer's DefCon19 conference, security researcher Deral Heilanddemonstrated various ways to compromise multifunction printers. These include printers that can scan to a file, scan to email, and fax documents, and the vulnerabilities he found are similar across all...

Just Imagine getting your ink cartridges here HP is apparently thinking about a way to increase the number of locations where its customers could obtain new printer cartridges, give back old cartridges and refill their used cartridges.A patent filing outlines the idea of ink cartridge vending machines. According to HP, a vending machine could be an alternative to expensive cartridges that...

May 2002 and HP and Compaq ‘merge’ their technology operations. In one of the largest deals in the entire history of the technology sector, Hewlett Packard bought Compaq in a stock swap worth about $25 billion. On 28 April 2010, it was announced that HP would be acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion in cash and debt, so there goes over a $26 billion investment. That’s a HUGE number and roughly the...