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Xerox Corp. Tuesday at the TechXNY show will expand its arsenal of multifunction printers and roll out new software to help businesses manage document output. Aimed for enterprise users looking to consolidate output devices, the new WorkCentre Pro C2128, C2636 and C3545 allow users to print, copy, scan and fax. The C2128 prints 21 ppm […]

According to published carrier reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission, a variety of things, from natural disasters to careless maintenance, can result in disruptive and costly network outages. But sometimes, as in the case of a Verizon Communications Inc. central office last spring, the cause can be deliberate. As first reported in eWEEK in […]

PalmOne Inc. is beefing up its new Tungsten T5 handheld with more memory in an attempt to make the device more appealing to business users who need access to data-intensive applications. The Tungsten T5, which will be one of many new IT products on display at the TechXNY expo in New York this week, includes […]

Lexmark International is shipping new color laser printers with faster speeds, enhanced media-handling capabilities and cost-saving features. The C762, targeted at midsize and large enterprises, prints 25 pages per minute in color and in monochrome. It will replace Lexmarks older model, the C752. The C762, priced at $1,799, is cheaper than the older model, which […]

Speech technology looks finally to be moving out of the lab and into business applications to stay. That was the message from speech technology providers and users at the SpeechTek Exposition & Conference in New York this month. Although deployment of speech technologies in enterprises is still relatively small, IT research company Gartner Inc., in […]

PalmSource Inc. this week will introduce a new version of Palm OS that is designed from the ground up for smart phones, a move meant to expedite the release of new devices that will compete with the popular but pricey Treo 600, according to officials. But with PalmSources biggest licensee, PalmOne Inc., apparently rejecting Cobalt […]

NEW YORK—At the SpeechTek Exposition & Conference here, Nuance Communications Inc. on Tuesday announced the latest iteration of its text-to-speech software, with improvements to such features as address handling and bilingual support. The new software, Vocalizer 4.0, adds support for all address abbreviations used by the U.S. Postal Service and recognizes more contextual ambiguities than […]

NEW YORK—A day after ditching its tagline “The Document Company,” Xerox Corp. sought to drive home the companys burgeoning services business. At Xeroxs analyst day briefing Tuesday, the company focused on its new document management software and highlighted its multimillion-dollar deals to provide hardware, software, and services to British bank HSBC Holdings plc. and U.S. […]

Microsoft Corp. last week rolled out a slew of mice and keyboards for business users. The Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition includes a keyboard and mouse with enhanced ergonomic features. The keyboard is slightly curved, and its keys are at a 6-degree angle to align better with the natural angle of the hand and wrist. […]

Computer Horizons Corp., which led the IT efforts for this months Republican National Convention in New York, is no stranger to setting up temporary networks under pressure. After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the Mountain Lakes, N.J., company helped New York Citys Office of Emergency Management get an ad hoc network up and […]