Taken from a larger piece in the Irish Times about a retreat of a group of Syrian Rebels: “Diplomatic sources also say the “Free Syrian Army” is a name disparate local militias adopt without co-ordinating action or putting themselves under the command of Col Riad al-Assad, a defector based in Turkey who proclaimed the founding of the Free Syrian Army last year. He is said to have an office and [...]
Showing at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art from Mar 2nd to June 23, 2012 will be the exhibition “FAX”. It is a traveling exhibition curated by João Ribas, and co-organized by The Drawing Center, New York, and Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. From the exhibition’s page: “FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists, architects, designers, scientists, filmmakers and writers to reconceive of the fax machine as a thinking and [...]
As told by the Tampa Bay Business Journal in “Pinellas congressman uses fax to pressure postmaster”, a recent victory for St. Petersburg, Florida happened when the local congressman faxed the postmaster general to keep the local postmark. A good example that in a world where bureaucracy and email are becoming overloaded, sometimes the clearest way to get a message through is to use a different form of communication. For the [...]
As tax season arrives, so do new scams. The IRS is currently warning tax filers of a series of fax & email scams directed at them. People are receiving faxes and emails that claim to be from the IRS that detail either a change in their tax returns or some sort of additional refund. With that email or fax is also a link or internet website that then tries to [...]
With yet another reminder of the need to separate the use of business and personal activities, a Wichita City Council member is currently facing a state ethics charge over e-mails. Kansas state law prohibits the use of public equipment to advocate or campaign for any public office. This includes the use of computers, emails, and fax machines. It’s an issue that frequently comes up, and demonstrates the need that most [...]
Windows XP Still Dominant OS In news from the world of operating systems, Windows XP is still the dominant operating system on the market, with market share just over 47% 6 and a half years after its successor Windows Vista and 2 1/2 years after the next successor were released. While it’s been losing steady market share (although seeing a small increase in January of 2012) to Windows 7 (which [...]
CBS 21 News recently put out a travel scam warning that should be repeated. Airfare, vacations, summer rentals, and vacation rentals are what appear to be the primary focus on this summer’s travel season. Scammers frequent online classified ads locations such as forums and craigslist, as well as send out spam emails and junk faxes to advertise the perfect vacation at the perfect price. The problem is – all too [...]
Interesting FCC documents recently filed showing the process of the FEC going after a junk fax broadcaster, the FCC is currently attempting to find a software training company liable of sending 27 junk faxes to advertise its business, in an unrelated but similar situation, they are also doing the same for an employee benefits group for 97 junk faxes. The cost? the FEC is currently looking for $432,000, or $16,000 [...]
Posted on Linkedin, RingCentral is looking for a new sales executive in the Denver area. Previous sales success and a knowledge of technology will likely help http://www.linkedin.com/jobs/jobs-Sales-Account-Executive-2612618
Through a series of fraudulent faxes, it appears that Wells Fargo has been scammed out of $2.1 Million by wiring money to a Hong Kong bank. From documents released, it appears that money was wired from a Catholic Healthcare West account at Wells Fargo to a “Tektil Trading UK Limited” in Hong Kong. The interesting thing about the situation is that the account had a number attempts in over a [...]
In another interesting quirk of electronic security, there has recently been a number of situations where fax spam had an “unregister” link that led to a website focused on loading the visiting PC with malware. As listed on email security matters, the author visited the site only to find that his PC’s security watchdog programs were finding the unsubscribe page was listed as malicious with a Trojan downloader listed on [...]
Following a string of acquisitions focusing on cloud based and international service providers, J2 Global, Inc. (owner of online faxing services eFax, MyFax, as well as other cloud based services) recently announced that it will be acquiring Australian based Zintel Communications. Zintel offers a number of products to business and personal customers such as email faxing, voice mail, and business bundles based on reducing telecommunication costs to businesses and personal [...]
As reported by the Khaleej Times in an article called “Anger on the Rise” consisting of a list of annoyances that are common in the world today, “75 per cent of workers become angry when a colleague leaves the printer/fax machine empty of paper.” While it’s inconsiderate, it’s also a potential liability in an office environment – frequently a fax machine will receive a fax but save it in memory [...]
Xerox has recently announced a sale on some of their all-in-one printers, including the WorkCentre 3210, Phaser 3300MFP, WorkCentre 3550, and Phaser 3635MFP. All have the ability to print, copy, scan, and fax, and start at $199. The higher end WorkCentre 3550 and Phaser 3635MFP currently have a $50 and $100 trade in rebate on them. For more, see Xerox’s printer sale page at http://www.direct.xerox.com/shop/xerox-mono-printer-sale
Recently McAfee formed a partnership with Xerox to help develop security systems to address threats against confidential data in the workplace, specifically on Printer, Fax, and Multifunction (Copier) platforms. Designed for the business level platform, the result will be Xerox’s licensing of McAfee’s technology that is designed to make a layer of security between the core processor and the unit’s system software to be able to detect if malware or [...]
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! A good reminder on Wink News in Fort Meyers Florida that there are a number of cruise contest scams going around. Recently in Florida, Wink News had their reporters enter into a local cruise contest to see the legitimacy of it. The only result? a 12 minute long phone message followed by “winners” having to pay out a $100 voucher to book the trip. Following a [...]
According to the Fay Observer, to get a birthday card sent from the President to someone over 80 years old, the fastest way to do so is through fax. The quickest way to get the message through is by fax – by sending it to 202-456-2461. Alternatively, it can be sent through mail to White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 20500, or online at http://whitehouse.gov/contact. All requests should be [...]
With a new effort to help citizens avoid the trip to the courthouse, Philadelphia is now letting their citizens contest parking tickets through the internet, email, fax, or regular mail. Considered a good move by people who work irregular hours or far from courthouse facilities, similar systems have already been implemented by Boston, New York, and San Diego. For more information on Philadelphia and Contesting Parking Tickets by Fax: Newsworks.org [...]
As quoted from WINK News in Napels, Florida, Deborah Foley and Paul Lietz got a new phone line, and with it a number that was frequently misquoted by the David Lawrence Health Centre in Naples. At first they contacted the health center and the faxes stopped, however recently they have been deluged with faxes from other health facilities trying to fax the health center, thinking that a residential number is [...]
Looking to fax directly from your iPhone? There’s an app for that. Popfax has recently released their iPhone faxing application, integrating their online faxing service with the Apple iOS platform. Anyone can try the application for 3 days with no obligation to buy, and it’s a good way to keep tabs on communication while on the road. For More Information: Popfax official release on iPhone Application International Business Times Press [...]
After opening their Tokyo office only a year previous, J2 Global Inc. has announced that its eFax brand has passed the 10,000 customer mark in Japan, with increasing demand. eFax has also expanded to have iPhone and Android apps aimed at the Japanese Market. For more on eFax’s entry and growth in Japan, J2 Global Official Press Release Morningstar – eFax® Passes 10,000 Customer Mark in Japan, Grows Network by [...]
AIIM, the “Global Community of Information Professionals” recently released a report on the benefits of removing paper from corporate office processes. If anything, many of the advancements of the paperless office have moved to more printing and paperwork than less. Quoting a survey run by AIIM, 3/4 of IT professionals say that the first thing they do with PDF based invoices is print them out, with almost 1/6 of them [...]
Canon U.S.A. Inc, recently was awarded seven Winter “Pick” awards from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) for its imageFORMULA, imageCLASS, and imageRUNNER ADVANCE solutions. Primarily focusing on two areas – the scanner market with “outstanding scanner” (in their own classes) for the imageFORMULA DR-M160, DR-C125, P-215, and DR-M140, and the area of energy efficiency – with the Canon imageCLASS D550 and imageRUNNER Advance C2020 copy / print / scan / fax [...]
While we don’t want to wade into official positions on legal issues, we feel the need to gently remind the public that faxes are generally considered a communication that has been “received”. As we are reminded in the case of an owner of a Georgia nursing home who was accused of neglecting to maintain the facility as well as issue bounced cheques, a number of faxes (likely with a copy [...]
J2 Global Inc., owner of online faxing brands such as MyFax and eFax and others has recently announced the acquisition of UK based Zimo Communications Ltd. Zimo’s background is in voice based services through its Numberstore product, providing non-geographic numbers and online call management tools, and was the FCS Service Provider of the Year for 2008. For More Information on J2’s Acquisition of Zimo Communications Ltd.: J2 Global – Official [...]
The great state if Illinois has an ethics policy that employees “shall not intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time. State employees shall not intentionally misappropriate any state property or resources by engaging in prohibited political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any political organization” That line appeared to have been potentially crossed when WGFA radio in Watseka checked the D-1 Statements [...]
J2 Global, owner of MyFax, eFax and others, recently announced Q4 earnings as well increased their quarterly dividend to 21c from 20.5c per share. J2 Global’s 2011 GAAP revenues climbed 29.3% to $330.2 million from 2010’s 255.4 million, while GAAP net earnings per diluted share climbed 34.3% to $2.43 from 2010’s $1.81 per share. More On J2 Global Q4 Earnings and Quarterly Dividend J2 Global 2011 and Q4 Earnings Report [...]
For those living in the Los Angeles area, J2 Global, owner of popular online fax brands MyFax, eFax, and others, has recently posted a listing for a director of online marketing at its Los Angeles Headquarters. See more at the J2 Global Job Posting on Linkedin
As reported by the Shopshire Star, although seeing strong sales numbers, pre-tax profit at Ricoh has declined by 2/3. On the heels of recent financial data is the option for “redundancy,” primarily for administrative employees at their Telford, New Jersey headquarters, however it has been reported that the Dutch arm of the company has also seen layoffs. This likely part of Ricoh’s larger plan to shrink its administrative workforce in [...]
In a world of laser guided missiles, multi-million dollar fighter jets, and cyber-warfare, there is, apparently still a need for fax based technology in the world of warfare. As covered by Time magazine’s article “The Navy’s Flying Fax Machine: The Way Back to the Future“, In a recent Navy contract inquiry, there has been a request for a fax machine capable of operation at 10,000 feet, as well as a [...]
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