Monthly Archives: May 2012

Xerox donating 350K to help STEM at MCC

Posted on May 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Yeah yeah, I know that when compared to donations from other local companies like Wegmans, Paychex, etc, this is a drop in the bucket.  But its nice to see Xerox put a little money into the local area.  Read up … Continue reading →

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A PAM-USB module

Posted on May 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

Stumbled across this project on using USB thumb drives for authentication.  Basically it sounds like it makes a quazi smartcard out of it.  Not positive yet, its something on my radar to tinker with, but not too promising on my … Continue reading →

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Cool job for an embedded security person

Posted on May 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

Gotta love linkedin’s spyware that emails you “jobs you maybe interested in”.  Ironically I did get one that sounded pretty cool for a security oriented embedded engineer (I can tell you there are not many of us around).  Only downside … Continue reading →

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New Xerox colorQube

Posted on May 13, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice review on Xerox’s new MFD ColorQube. http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/686316  

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Xerox PARC, Shadow of its past

Posted on May 11, 2012 by robertwilkie

I remember as a kid hearing about stuff from PARC (and NASA)…now we get business models and museum pieces as pointed out in this article.  Hopefully Google Labs can pick up the torch from PARC. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/parc10-recap.ars?clicked=related_right  

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Women ready for CEO’s

Posted on May 11, 2012 by robertwilkie

Article that highlights Ursula Burns (Xerox CEO).  Interesting to read. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303990604577368344256435440.html  

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Xerox Take-over…come on really?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by robertwilkie

I had to laugh while reading this article.  I don’t know what the author is smoking, but he/she is definitely not in tune with Xerox. I doubt HP would take over Xerox.  They are already trying to spin off their … Continue reading →

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Good to see some of the empty buildings getting reused

Posted on May 11, 2012 by robertwilkie

Xerox has emptied out of a lot of buildings over the years all over the world.  Its good to see some of those buildings, which had a lot of money put into them, get reused. http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/business/location-of-new-dundalk-paypal-facility-revealed-1-3783679#  

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The little 3-D printer that could

Posted on May 8, 2012 by robertwilkie

I found this nice little 3-D printer that is a 6×6 based system ,with all the parts needed to get started for $600.  Its very tempting to get but no reviews on quality or expandability.  Its at least worth keeping … Continue reading →

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Hydropower for Kids

Posted on May 7, 2012 by robertwilkie

Cool instructable on building a mini hydro power that would be a good for kids to experiment with.  Try it out yourself from the directions below http://www.instructables.com/id/Hydropower-from-Reuse/

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