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Read More »Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch Cleared in US Fraud Trial
British entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been cleared of fraud charges by a jury in a court in San Francisco on Thursday, avoiding the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence. The once-celebrated cofounder of software company Autonomy was acquitted of all criminal charges, ending a 12-year legal saga accusing him of …
Read More »HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times
HP launched a subscription service Thursday that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing for families and small businesses, but the deal also comes with monitoring …
Read More »HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers
Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink. Speaking to CNBC Television, he said, "We have seen that you can embed viruses in the cartridges. Through the cartridge, [the virus can] go to the printer, [and then] …
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