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Hewlett Packard (HP) announced the recall of the HP 1010 and 1010xi fax machines on Friday. This recall affects 367,000 units in the U.S. and 84,000 units abroad, manufactured from 2002 until 2004. HP has received three reports of the machines overheating and two reports of minor property damage. The overheating is the result of an electrical component failure. HP and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) have told consumers to unplug the machines immediately, and contact HP for a rebate. Their phone number is (888) 654-9296, and they can be contacted on Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. YOu may also contact them at www.hp.com/fax1010recall.

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The names, social security numbers and other personally identifying information for 196,000 Hewlett-Packard employees were stored on a laptop stolen from one of the company’s vendors, sources recently revealed.

The stolen computer belonged to finance giant Fidelity Investments. A spokesperson for that firm has been protesting for weeks that the information was not intended to be on a portable device. The company is offering limited credit monitoring services as a result of the data breach.

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