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By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jan 1st 2011 13:57Z, last updated Friday, Jan 7th 2011 15:23Z

A Kolavia Tupolev TU-154B2, registration RA-85588 performing flight 7K-348 from Surgut to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) with 116 passengers, 8 crew and 10 off duty crew, was preparing for takeoff from Surgut and had just been pushed back when a fire broke out. the crew could not extinguish the fire which spread into the fuselage. the airplane was evacuated. three passengers were killed, 43 people received injuries with 39 of them being hospitalized, the others remained uninjured. the aircraft burned down completely.the Russian Health Ministry reported on Jan 1st one person was killed and 34 people were hospitalized, 4 of them being in critical condition.Russia’s MAK (Accident Investigation Committee) confirmed RA-85588 suffered an accident at Surgut killing one passenger, the aircraft burned down. the MAK have initiated an investigation. on Jan 2nd the MAK added, that both flight data recorders have been recovered, analysis has begun. on Jan 3rd the MAK said, that all three engines had been started when the fire broke out. the quality of recordings is good, the work at the accident site is hampered by low temperatures however. on Jan 4th the MAK reported, that the fire broke out in the rear of the aircraft between frames 62 and 65, neither engines nor the APU were the source of the fire.Russia’s Rosaviatsia (Civil Aviation Authority) said, that the engine caught fire when the airplane was preparing for takeoff. fire fighters were able to extinguish the fire within 20 minutes but not before the airpane completely burned down.Russia’s Rostransnadzor (Ministry of Transport) said on Jan 1st, the airplane had just been pushed back, the engines were being started when ground staff ordered an emergency shut down of the engines due to a fire. the engines were shut down, the airplane de-powered and an evacuation was initiated. the fire reached the inside of the passenger cabin. Emergency services were able to extinguish the fire about 42 minutes after the fire broke out. the airplane was destroyed. 3 people were killed, 39 people were injured. the Ministry have initiated an investigation in cooperation with the Russian prosecution office. on Jan 2nd the Ministry added, that after the assessment of risk vs economics involving the continued operation of the 15 TU-154B types remaining in service in Russia the Ministry have proposed to suspend operation of TU-154B aircraft until the factors leading to the accident have been determined.the airline reported in a press release dated Jan 2nd, that 43 people including 8 crew members were hospitalized with burns of first and second degree as well as injuries from smoke inhalation. three persons have not been located so far. the airplane carrying 116 passengers, 8 crew and 10 off duty crew was taxiing out for departure at the time and burned completely down.Local Authorities in Surgut confirmed one fatality on Jan 2nd and reported two passengers (a father and son) missing. on Jan 6th Authorities confirmed, that the remains of three passengers have been recovered.One of the pilots reported, that they had started the engines and were just connecting the generators when they received the command to shut down. Passengers started to shout “fire”, almost instantly smoke came through all openings into the cockpit.Passengers reported, that people in the last seat row started to shout fire, then smoke quickly entered the cabin followed by actual fire that rapidly spread through the cabin along the ceiling.an airport surveillance video shows no fire or smoke visible outside the aircraft when all left hand emergency exits flew open and passengers emerged onto the wing, slided down the front and aft door where the chutes had deployed and jumped down from the L2 door where the side had not deployed (right side of aircraft not visible).Ground video of the burning aircraft (Video: AlfaZlo):youtube.com/watch?v=2kQSQlb7MuAThe burnt down aircraft:

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In a country like India, the adoption of Multi-Functional Printers in small and medium businesses is one of the largest trends in the industry because of the market opportunity that lies ahead. though both large and small organizations are using it alike, yet if we have to see it as a perfect fit then it has be for the small business. they are more cost conscious and constantly look to control their operating costs.

MFPs play an important role as organizations review their print expenses and attempt to better align printing fleets with their needs with the help of document management tools and services.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) would be a smaller and radically different company if it goes ahead with plans to unload its $41 billion personal computer business. But it would still face many of the challenges it has struggled with this year.

While PCs have been a central focus of the company for a decade, HP is a market leader in several other sectors, including printers and computer servers. But industry experts say that each of HP’s business segments is under economic pressure, and there are hurdles to ramping up competition with Oracle (ORCL) and IBM in software and technology services, two areas at the heart of CEO Léo Apotheker’s strategy for the future.

“They’re probably several years behind the curve,” said Patrick Sayers, a consultant and long-time analyst following the services industry, who noted that IBM sold its PC business seven years ago as part of its own effort to focus on software and services.

Apotheker and board chairman Ray Lane began meeting with major investors this week to defend and explain the stunning moves the Palo Alto-based company announced last Thursday. HP’s stock rose slightly this week after falling nearly 25 percent on Thursday and Friday.

Citing a squeeze on profits and increased competition from Apple’s (AAPL) iPad and other PC alternatives, Apotheker said last week that HP will consider selling or spinning off its PC division over the next 12 to 18 months. Apotheker also canceled the company’s short-lived TouchPad tablet and lowered the company’s full-year earnings forecast, while confirming a pricey $10 billion software acquisition and naming a new head for HP’s services business.

PC division chief Todd Bradley later told CNBC the review of his operation may be completed in eight to 12 weeks. That implies a decision could be made soon after, although it might take another year to carry out whatever change HP’s board decides to make.

Analysts say there are few likely candidates to buy the PC business. in a statement Wednesday, South Korea’s Samsung appeared to deny interest. HP executives have signaled they might spin the division off as a stand-alone company. Apotheker has said that would let the PC operation focus on developing new products, while HP concentrates on serving business customers.

The steep drop in HP’s stock price, meanwhile, prompted speculation that archrival Oracle might swoop in to buy the rest of the company. such a deal would be costly, however, and many analysts view it as unlikely. an Oracle spokeswoman declined comment.

Apotheker has painted last week’s announcements as part of broader strategy to focus on selling more profitable tech products and services to corporate and government clients. Many experts agree the company could reap higher profits in those sectors, at a time when competition from lower-cost Asian manufacturers is pushing down margins on computer hardware.

While the PC division has been HP’s biggest source of revenue, the division’s $9.6 billion in sales last quarter was almost matched by $9 billion in revenue from the company’s consulting and tech services division. By comparison, IBM had $15 billion in services revenue last quarter.

All told, after subtracting $40.7 billion in PC sales, HP still hauled in revenue of $85 billion from its other segments last year. That’s less than IBM’s revenue of $99 billion last year but substantially more than annual sales of other tech giants, such as Dell’s $61.5 billion, Cisco’s (CSCO) $40 billion or Oracle’s $35.6 billion.

An HP spokesman declined to say how many people work in the PC group, which has offices in Cupertino but operations in other parts of the United States and overseas. Analysts estimate up to 100,000, but their departure would still leave HP with one of the tech industry’s biggest payrolls, since its current global workforce is more than 324,000.

HP, meanwhile, said it will incur $1 billion in restructuring costs related to the company’s decision to stop making tablets and phones based on the webOS software acquired when HP bought Palm last year. That’s likely to include severance for many of the roughly 900 Palm workers who joined HP, although a spokesman said HP has not determined how many jobs will be affected.

At least on paper, divesting the PC business would raise HP’s overall profit margin: the PC division had operating profit of 6 percent last quarter, while every other division reported operating margins in the low to high teens.

But the PC business also boosts other segments of the company. HP’s printer and data center divisions benefit from “bundled” contracts with corporate customers who buy an assortment of tech products, including PCs, and from volume discounts that HP negotiates with its suppliers for those products.

Each of HP’s remaining businesses also has its own challenges. Apotheker has lowered the company’s annual earnings forecast in each of the last three quarters.

As with the PC sector, profit margins are shrinking in the server business, which is increasingly dominated by lower-cost, commodity machines. Growth in the printing business has slowed; experts say the popularity of digital media means consumers and businesses will print even less in the future.

Printing has been a major profit center for HP, largely because of high mark-ups on printer ink. Apotheker said HP has no plans to dump the printing group, although some analysts argue the printing and PC businesses are so closely linked that they should go together.

In the services business, meanwhile, Apotheker has said HP needs to invest more to expand its expertise and capabilities. He named former IBM executive John Visentin to lead the division, following longtime executive Ann Livermore’s move to the HP board.

Experts say demand is slowing for the kinds of basic outsourcing operations that HP acquired when it bought Electronic Data Systems for nearly $14 billion in 2008. when it comes to more profitable contracts to help corporations use technology to revamp their business, Sayers said HP lags behind IBM and Accenture.

And despite several recent acquisitions, HP’s software division is still its smallest business, with $780 million in revenue last quarter. That’s up 20 percent from a year ago, and Apotheker has said the $10 billion purchase of British software-maker Autonomy will drive more growth.

But it’s not an easy task to assemble software from different companies into a coherent set of products. both Oracle and IBM have more experience there. Ventana Research analyst mark Smith said HP has struggled to meet goals for another software acquisition, Vertica, after canceling an earlier program aimed at a related market.

“If they’re going to compete with IBM, Oracle and SAP, they’re going to have to do more acquisitions, they’ve got to streamline their software portfolio and they’re going to have to gain more trust and credibility with customers,” Smith said.

Contact Brandon Bailey at 408-920-5022; follow him at Twitter.com/BrandonBailey

I'm baffled by all of the repair kts advertized online. Ive already tried Target and Lowes… they didn't have any. I'm trying to save money. I really can't afford to pay more than 20 or 30 dollars… help! Experienced people plz answer… thanks!

I was wondering Where can I buy cheap and good quality color and b/w printer cartridge for Lexmark X125 printer for home use?

You can get them on Ebay at this URL: computers.search.ebay.com/Lexmark…

I don't know what price you are looking at paying but Lexmark wants way more for the cartridges Hope this will help you by the way you can get a ebay account for free just give them a credit card number (they will never use it)
and your off(except for the rest of the registration)

Right : so I have a Primary Domain controller based on Windows 2003 Server,which also acts as File&Print Server and DNS server. The domain name is (i won't give the real name,just example) VOO , all users log on to VOO.
The company has a website VOO.RO and email on the VOO.RO domain.
Any computer OUTSIDE the LOCAL/INTERNAL network can access VOO.RO website and email,but when a computer INSIDE the LOCAL network (pc's logging to VOO domain controller) tries to access the VOO.RO email or website,there is an error "page not found". any other domain is accesible,any email account EXCEPT for VOO.RO (so there is nothing wrong with the ISP,etc) . I cannot use the public IP address of the VOO.RO instead of the DNS,as I have multiple domains hosted on one external physical server…
What is wrong? How can i fix the local pc's to be able to access website and email of VOO? there is something related to the DNS,but what?

You broke it.

Contact whoever runs the external server.

Q: There’s always something that means my computer’s never quite updated with the latest and greatest. now it’s my MacBook. Apple’s released “Lion.” should I upgrade?

A: That cuts to the heart of our modern technological age, and highlights the crazy pace of change and progress. Nothing is ever done, no ultimate goals are ever attained and we all know that something better is just over the horizon. maybe that’s an essential part of modern life, but it’s sure tiring and just when you think you’re golden — Blamo! — something newer comes along.

Here’s the secret, though, the one that all these hardware and software companies don’t want you to realize: you don’t have to upgrade. sure, hardware gets faster and adds new features, but if your computer isn’t slow, what’s the big deal? yes, the new iPad is better than the previous generation, and the newest cable modem will increase your network speed by 20 percent and all, but if it’s not broke, maybe ya don’t need to fix it.

Software is the same. you want to write a letter to your Aunt Sandy? Ya know, the functionality in Word 2004 is more than enough to space paragraphs, indent lines and send proper info to the printer for it to look good on paper. same thing with operating systems. each major release typically has jumps in performance, usability, functionality and appearance from the previous, but that often also translates into a requirement for better hardware.

Having said all of that, there are updates that defy this pragmatic perspective. When there’s a new technology, like HD video, then the upgrade is worth the investment in both time and money. The difference between Blu-Ray and conventional DVDs, on an HD television, is startling.

If you’re still running Microsoft Vista on any of your computers or servers, it really is worth it to upgrade to Windows 7. It’s that important an update. Windows 98 to Windows Vista? not so much.

In the Mac world, it’s the same story. Leopard to Snow Leopard wasn’t much of a jump and could be ignored. But Lion / Mac OS X 10.7? There are some fundamental changes in how the Mac works that make it a smart upgrade, in my opinion.

Chief among those is that every file automatically has version tracking enabled, so if you realize this evening that the 17 paragraphs you deleted from a document at lunch needed to be saved, it’s got your back: it automatically saves previous versions of the file. Smart.

There’s also a much greater emphasis on multi-finger gestures on the trackpad, so once you give it a whirl I think you’ll find you’re more productive on your MacBook with Lion.

One more: Resume. ever had a bunch of apps open, a bunch of tabs in your Web browser and for some reason you lose power or the system crashes? with the new Resume feature, Lion starts up again and every app relanuches with every window that was open before. It’s magic and it’s a huge time saver, particularly on a laptop.

Oh, and you know what? The upgrade is only $29 and you can get it directly from the Mac App Store (and then install it on multiple machines). That’s pretty sweet, really.

Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet and its predecessors since 1980 and has had the same e-mail address since 1989. you can find him just about everywhere online, though, at DaveTaylorOnline.com.

I have 400 i want to spend on a printer and scanner. would it be better to get a printer scanner combo or to get them separately? what do you recommend? any web sites with good reviews? i was concidering HP Photosmart C8180 or maby HP Officejet Pro L7680

What do you want to print? Photos? Letters? in colour, mostly, or in b/w? How many prints do you do per month? what size? do you need double-sided? These are all questions that you need to ask before you buy. Eg, if you are a heavy user, get a laser because the running costs are cheaper. if you are a light user, you might as well get an inkjet. You may find that the best option is to get a cheap b/w laser and a separate colour inkjet such as a Canon pixma.

buy 2! you can get a good HP printer/scanner for around 100, then get a dedicated 4×6 photo printer, also for around 100. they will both run from a USB port, so get a cheap "hub", when you go to print a document or a photo, you just select the proper printer from a list before printing.

Why do the manufacturers of the printers and all-in-one's made for home use (think HP, Lexmark, EPSON & others) refuse to include USB printer cables in the package?

I wouldn't even mind paying a slightly higher price to have that cable included when I buy a new printer for my home office. I've always wondered why it has to be a separate purchase.

Any ideas out there?

I asked HP this question once a few years ago (none of theirs come with cables). the answer I was given is that their research told them that (1) most people already have an existing printer, an existing cable with that printer, and thus getting another cable just adds clutter (2) not every user needs the same length of cable so it's difficult to judge just what type of cable to send

Neither answer did I find particularly acceptable. And, like you, believe the very least they could do is include a cable. It's a pain in the caboose to have to go and purchase a cable but, unfortunately, that's HP.

Are you sure, it's not refurbished?

I've recently purchased a new canon PIXMA MP140 It did come with a USB cable, whereas my cousin bought the same printer, but had no USB cable. this has me puzzled as well. I think it might have do with the packaging and manufacturers.