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HP Introduces A Bluetooth Printer

Posted by timothy on from the priming-the-pump dept.

man_ls writes: "I found this on C|Net, it's an HP Printer that also supports Bluetooth. You can read about it here. Not that the Bluetooth will do anything except interfere with 802.11 wireless networks, but it's an interesting feature to have." Actually, Bluetooth shouldn't interfere with 802.11 except in confusing product marketing, right? Nice to see that at least one printer will actually hit the market with a short-range radio interface instead of wire (inconvenient) or IR (poor interoperability).

19 of 165 comments (clear)

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  4. Re:Linux Support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only +2 informative ?

    This is +5 insightful material dammit !

  5. Kill all Muslims. Destroy Islam. Exterminate them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  6. ** WARNING: Mental Illness Alert! ** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  7. Re:First Anti-Islamic post!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Can't we dedicate it to the Beatles instead? They are truly the best band of all time, and deserve such recognition.

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  8. Exterminate Islam. Kill all Muslims. Destroy Them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The dead cry out for justice:
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  9. CAUTION: GOATSEX LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:CAUTION: GOATSEX LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  10. Re:why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are stupid.

  11. Re:this is a press release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  12. Re:this is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Even if the session itself is encrypted, you can still sniff the passwords. This is a known vulnerability of VPNs. MD5 ain't so hard to crack any more!

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  14. Re:why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You bitch-ass motherfucker AC. Not man enough to log in and post your insults eh? Only faggot ACs post insults anonymously you fucking moron!

  15. Re:Cordless Powercord is here, now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahaha! Hahaha! Ha .. ha .. oh, hang on, that wasn't funny. Moron.

  16. Re:this is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "private" does not imply "encryption". You can run a VPN on a switch - no encryption there, just a different way of routing packets than usual (you send broadcast traffic only to other ports in the VPN). This is technically a VPN, no encryption needed or used.

  17. Re:this is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Haha, stupid: You have been trolled.

  18. Bluetooth Misinformation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Readers of Slashdot,


    I can't believe the amount of rubbish i've deliberately posted in this article that's been moderated up as Insightful or Informative. This includes both AC and logged in posts.

    Moderators, get a bloody clue and check the facts before you mod something up. Just because it looks nice, it doesn't mean that is anything other than complete nonsense.

    It's quite clear that hardly anyone (including myself) has any clue at all about Bluetooth.

    Yours sincerely,

    stripes (posting anonymously to preserve karma)