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Xerox Stock Poised to go up?

Article talks about how there is a large number (and unusually large number) of options trading.  Which if I understand it correctly (I am not a stock person), is a bunch of folks taking saying they will buy the stop … Continue reading

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Wi-Fi Enabled Garage Door Opener

Article is about a project where the author created a wifi enabled garage door opener/closer. This sounds like a nice project, BUT I have a few issues, one is replay attacks or sniffing out the password, the other is the … Continue reading

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How to fix up you Credit Report?

Interesting an LONG WINDED article, gives out some good pointers on how to clean up your credit rating.  Something I should look at to get rid of a few possible blemishes here and there that I never bothered to clean … Continue reading

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PocketNC, an Affordable Five-Axis CNC | MAKE

This is a nice small CNC, can handle metal and sounds like it will be pretty precise, but…at 3 grand and up, I’ll stick to a shopbot. http://makezine.com/2013/09/23/pocketnc-an-affordable-five-axis-cnc/

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If you have windows, nice way to secure files with dropbox

The article talks about the author whom basically built bat scripts to take files send to a given folder, encrypt/zip them with 7-zip and send them to dropbox, and have another folder that had decrypted versions.  Clever idea, and could … Continue reading

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One wire shift register for Arduino to display strings on LCD

Interesting hack, the author did this for an ATiny (only 8 i/o pins) to save on pins.  Worth noting for the future. http://www.instructables.com/id/low-cost-1-wire-lcd-for-8-pin-micro-controllers-ro/

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More Xerox PR on Healthcare Services

Yeah yeah, normal PR stuff…but was is interesting is the names on the source of information for Xerox and contact points. They are not the standard “names” I usually see on Xerox PR releases.  One, is in Rochester, but works … Continue reading

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Oct 1st, big day for Xerox Services

I have a feeling next month (assuming Obamacare isn’t defunded) Xerox is going to have a very busy callcenter(s).  Should be interesting to see how things pan out.  Anyways the article talks about how Xerox will be servicing CT for … Continue reading

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Wait, Xerox still does technology?

Its good to see some parts of Xerox are still looking at the existing knowledge base and how to apply it in new ways. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/columnist/lahman/2013/09/26/sean-lahman-xerox-corp-developing-flexible-wearable-technology/2868671/

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Xerox: Set your calender for a whole hour of U.B.

You can watch A WHOLE HOUR about UB!  I know I can’t wait, how about you?  I have a feeling its going to be a fluff piece and basically going over how she became the first African American CEO of … Continue reading

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