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50% of Xerox Revenue from Managed Print Services

Posted on November 26, 2012 by robertwilkie

Not profit but Revenue. http://www.dnaindia.com/money/interview_managed-print-services-now-form-50pct-of-xeroxs-revenues_1769397

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Xerox to hire 500 in Romania

Posted on November 26, 2012 by robertwilkie

Mostly low end IT and tech support from the sounds of it.  Funny thing is allot of “crackers” come out of this area. http://www.romania-insider.com/xerox-to-hire-500-romanians-for-shared-services-center-in-iasi/70061/

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Nice instructions on building a dual head for your 3D printer

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

I see an upgrade for my printer, if I ever get it up and running  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Dual-Extruder-for-3D-Printing/  

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Xerox has a new breed of fake ink to deal with

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

US Customs is helping Xerox with fake ink (wax/crayon like blocks) coming in from South Korea. http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/11/xerox_us_customs_officers_bloc.html

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What, a $300 3D Printer?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

I am still working on my 3D printer, and now I find one for $300 dollars…sigh…   http://www.makible.com/products/makibox-a6-1

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Build a Zoo

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

If you have kids, odds are you have alot of stuffed animals.  So build a Zoo to hold them all with some pvc pipe and cheap wood. http://www.veetje.be/the-zoo/

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Good basics on using a CNC (Homebrewed ones that is)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

If you took machine shop classes, you should already know this, but if you didn’t… http://www.wired.com/design/2012/10/you-suck-at-using-a-cnc-router/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29

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Beating on Xerox Transformation

Posted on November 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article where the author things Xerox could pull an IBM in transformation.  But not HP or Dell. http://www.thestreet.com/story/11772559/1/jensen-betting-on-a-xerox-transformation.html  

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DRM for 3D printing?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by robertwilkie

Basically its like tech of blueray to try and keep folks from printing out copyright material.  This soulds awefully like proposals for printing back in the 1980’s…. http://gizmodo.com/5952780/new-patent-could-saddle-3d-printers-with-drm

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Christmas present

Posted on November 20, 2012 by robertwilkie

Well maybe I will get one http://lifehacker.com/5952899/the-gerber-shard-is-a-multipurpose-diy-tool-that-fits-on-your-keychain

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