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Mon May 21 07:00 2012
Drivers in downtown Los Angeles may have more time on their hands starting today. LA ExpressPark™ goes live, an advanced parking system developed by Xerox (NYSE: XRX) and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), that applies new technology and demand-based pricing to increase the availability of limited parking spaces, relieve traffic congestion and reduce air pollution. 
Wed May 16 14:16 2012
PARC, A Xerox company, today announced PARC Research Fellow Van Jacobson’s inaugural induction to the Internet Society’s Internet Hall of Fame. Jacobson joined PARC in 2006 to lead the Content-Centric Networking (CCN) program. 
Fri Apr 27 09:45 2012
Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox’s (NYSE: XRX) chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group, has been named Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Personality of the Year in Belgium, by DataNews. 
Tue Apr 10 08:05 2012
If you think back to the last time you saw a doctor, it’s easy to see the barriers that stand between patients and physicians: excessive paperwork, difficulties sharing test results and medical records, confusing payment instructions, not to mention the limited time doctors have with each patient. Xerox (NYSE: XRX) researchers are on a mission to tear down these obstacles and simplify healthcare. 
Mon Apr 9 06:00 2012
Xerox is deploying a holographic tax stamp to help state governments reduce fraud and increase tax collections on all cigarette sales. The Department of Justice estimates that state governments lose $5 billion a year due to cigarette smuggling. 
Wed Mar 7 07:05 2012
Public transportation is more popular than ever in the Canadian city of Brampton. The recent SmartBus makeover implemented by Xerox (NYSE: XRX) makes public transit more predictable and popular and earned Brampton a prestigious government award. 
Wed Feb 15 20:23:15 2012
PARC, A Xerox Company, today announced that it is currently helping the United States government proactively identify internal threats before damaging acts are carried out via a two year, $3.5 million contract with the Department of Defense. 
Tue Jan 24 07:05 2012
Riding on any Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) vehicle soon won’t require passes, farecards, tokens or cash. As part of a $122.2 million contract with ACS, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX), passengers will instead be able to digitally pay their fare with a quick tap or wave of their “contactless” credit or debit card or even their smartphone. 
Mon Jan 23 12:00 2012
Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) continues to expand its rich patent portfolio filled with innovation that helps simplify, speed up and create more efficient ways for work to get done in enterprises around the world. The company received 1,030 U.S. patents in 2011. 
Thu Jan 19 07:05 2012
A national online survey conducted for ACS, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX), by Harris Interactive shows that the majority of those surveyed are concerned enough about vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses that they support measures to use cameras to ticket offenders. 
Wed Dec 21 09:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) wraps up 2011 with awards and accolades that represent the character of the company and the strong values for which it has operated by for more than 50 years. 
Tue Nov 15 09:05 2011
HR experts at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) say engaging employees throughout the year, but particularly during the open enrollment season, is essential for keeping employees happy and productive. Employees who don’t feel their employer understands their needs can be costly – according to Gallup, the cost of disengaged workers is estimated to be more than $300 billion annually in lost productivity for U.S. businesses. 
Tue Nov 15 07:00 2011
A team of Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) researchers has invented technologies that make it simple to find the exact images you need to illustrate and communicate your message. The imaging tools are available in the company’s online technology portal called Open Xerox, a website that allows customers to demo new inventions and provide feedback. 
Fri Oct 28 06:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) released its sixth Global Citizenship Report. The report illustrates how the company’s continued innovation supports the triple bottom line; good for the customer, good for the company and good for the planet. 
Thu Oct 27 14:30 2011
Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE: XRX) Sophie Vandebroek has been selected as this year’s Champion Outie Award winner, at the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit. Vandebroek, Xerox's chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group, was presented with the award today, during the group’s annual conference in Dallas. <img src="http://news.xerox.com/rss.ashx?id=683241" height="1" width="1" />
Thu Oct 27 06:05 2011
Finding a parking space in downtown Los Angeles will be a lot easier for drivers beginning in spring 2012. The city is teaming up with ACS, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX), to create a new pricing system that is part of a parking strategy designed to relieve traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and improve the efficiency of downtown LA’s transit operations. 
Wed Oct 5 08:00 2011
Chester Carlson, the man who changed the way the world shares information, will be inducted into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, on Oct. 6, in Appleton, Wis. Carlson, the inventor of xerography, will be honored for his process of plain paper copying that revolutionized communications. 
Mon Oct 3 09:00 2011
Sophie Vandebroek is one of four women who will receive the WITI Hall of Fame Award for achievements and contributions in science and technology. 
Thu Aug 4 05:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today named Paul Smith as vice president of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada. 
Mon Jul 25 05:00 2011
Three inventors at Xerox Corporation with a knack for turning ideas into practical customer solutions were recognized this month for passing patent milestones that rank them among the nation’s most inventive minds. 
Tue May 3 06:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) launched a free desktop application that lifts the curtain on your inbox and your brain. The Business of Your Brain™ desktop app analyzes emails and calendar notices to identify those distractions that steer focus away from their real business. 
Tue Apr 19 11:10 2011
PARC, a premier center for commercial innovation, today announced that Dr. James (“Bo”) Begole, Principal Scientist and manager of PARC’s Ubiquitous Computing/ Context-aware Services team, and Dr. Margaret (“Peggy”) Szymanski, Senior Researcher and interaction analyst on PARC’s Ethnography Services team, have published two significant works within the same month. Both books represent fields – ubiquitous computing and work practice ethnography – that PARC pioneered and continues to work in with clients today. 
Wed Mar 30 08:00 2011
Xerox virtual help desk prototype software uses Web-based 3D virtual reality imaging to give Xerox customers instant access to live support for their printer or multifunction device. 
Wed Mar 2 14:00 2011
TheHeatlhcareBlog.com founder Matthew Holt and fellow reporter John Irvine recap last week’s HIMSS11 show highlighting Health Information Exchanges, innovation, cloud based applications and Health 2.0. 
Thu Feb 24 06:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) has created a website to encourage customers to play a part in the exploratory research that serves as a source for new products, applications and services. Open Xerox is an online technology portal, providing instant access to the latest Xerox innovations and allowing anyone to test pilot technology and provide feedback directly to lab scientists and engineers. 
Wed Feb 23 06:00 2011
Drivers on two of the busiest highways in Los Angeles County could cut their travel times under a new electronic toll system allowing single passenger vehicles to shift into the HOV lanes. Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX), will establish the program allowing toll rates to change based on traffic levels to help reduce highway congestion on the new ‘ExpressLanes’. 
Mon Feb 14 03:00 2011
Sometimes less is more. Leveraging its proprietary solid ink technology, Xerox is introducing the world’s first high-speed waterless inkjet system to enable vivid image quality on low-cost paper for printers looking to produce high-volume, high-value jobs. 
Mon Feb 7 09:00 2011
Imagine simply adding your name or words to a photo and then blending them naturally to a wall or sign so it all looks like one image. It’s all possible with Simple Personalized Imaging (SPI), a tool introduced by Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX.) 
Mon Jan 31 09:00 2011
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) added to its extensive intellectual property portfolio with 1,031 U.S. patents granted last year, up 46 percent over 2009, ranking it in the top 20 companies for U.S. patents in 2010. 
Tue Jan 11 06:05 2011
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Steve Hoover has been named chief executive officer of the Palo Alto Research Center, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX). Hoover’s appointment follows previous CEO Mark Bernstein’s retirement from... <img src="http://news.xerox.com/rss.ashx?id=668940" height="1" width="1" />
Thu Dec 16 06:00 2010
Scientists at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) have created a prototype “smart document” review system where users can gather around a large touch-sensitive table top display and sort documents merely by moving their fingers across the screen. 
Wed Dec 1 08:49:43 2010
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) presented twelve of its scientists and engineers the first annual Anne Mulcahy Inventor Award, an honor created to shine the spotlight on inventors whose patents opened up new growth opportunities for the company. 
Wed Oct 13 06:00 2010
Thinfilm, a provider of advanced printed memory technology, and PARC (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated), a premier center for commercial innovation, today announced that they are working together to provide next-generation memory technology enabled through printed electronics. 
Tue Sep 28 10:00 2010
A new search tool, designed to act more like a human personal assistant than a plug-in, was introduced today by Meshin, a start-up funded by Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX). 
Thu Sep 16 08:23:40 2010
Zhigang (Zeke) Fan, principal scientist at Xerox Research Center Webster and Nan-Xing Hu, lab manger at the Xerox Research Centre Canada have earned their 100th patent – a rare achievement in the scientific world. 
Tue Sep 14 05:00 2010
Trailmeme, a new web publishing technology, launched today at DEMOfall 2010. The Web today offers users many tools to collect and share information, but there’s a noticeable lack of tools that truly make sense of that abundance of diverse content. Trailmeme gives users the ability to create and consume Web content in a more meaningful and visual way. 
Wed Sep 1 10:09:27 2010
PARC, a Xerox company, today announced it is one of four project teams chosen by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to pursue ways to build a more trustworthy and robust Internet. 
Wed Jul 14 06:00 2010
An engineer at the Xerox Research Center Webster, who is working on a number of Web technology and online marketplace projects, will participate in this year’s National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 16th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a gathering of the country’s “most promising” engineers. 
Tue May 18 02:00 2010
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) will highlight the power of “supercharged” continuous feed production at IPEX 2010, this year’s largest print industry trade show, with a preview of its high speed production inkjet technology. 
Tue Apr 20 06:10 2010
In a world where “high def” has quickly become the norm and paper flies through printers at ever increasing speeds, researchers at Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) and Fuji Xerox have developed technology to meet the challenge of printing high definition images at speeds of 80 to 100 pages per minute. 
Thu Mar 25 05:00 2010
Each year, hospital-acquired infections affect millions of patients around the world, killing hundreds of thousands. While doctors and nurses have stepped-up hand washing and other methods to curtail infection, linguists at Xerox have teamed up with medical researchers in France to explore how “language technology” can help. 
Wed Mar 17 05:00 2010
Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE:XRX) new research facility – the Xerox India Innovation Hub – will bring together Xerox scientists and engineers with leading Indian academic institutions, research labs and industry partners. 
Thu Nov 12 10:00 2009
Tasked with developing ways to extend the lifespan of printer components - and reduce their impact on the environment - a group of scientists at Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) have developed a new chemical armor that protects photoreceptors, the light-sensitive elements in xerographic machines. Protected from normal wear and tear, a photoreceptor coated with the new "armor" can survive more than one million revolutions - nearly doubling its usable life. 
Tue Oct 27 14:00 2009
With the development of a new silver ink, Xerox scientists have paved the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics. Printable electronics offers manufacturers a very low-cost way to add "intelligence" or computing power to a wide range of surfaces such as plastic or fabric. This development will aid the commercialization of new applications such as "smart" pill boxes that track how much medication a patient has taken or display screens that roll up to fit into a briefcase.
Wed Sep 23 08:00 2009
Scientists at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) have taken the concept of "paint by number" to a whole new level with the release of a technology that translates detailed human descriptions of color - such as "brilliant yellow" - into mathematical algorithms that tell a computer how to edit that specific hue. 
Tue Aug 18 20:00 2009
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center Inc.) has appointed Dr. Tamara St.Claire as Vice President of Global Business Development. St.Claire will manage PARC’s commercial R&D innovation portfolio, drive international partnerships, explore new markets and industry engagements, and align organizational strategy with portfolio management. <img src="http://news.xerox.com/rss.ashx?id=512152" height="1" width="1" />
Tue Jan 13 14:00 2009
Many scientists claim to have 'eureka' moments, but rarely at the age of 12. However that's when Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) scientist Peter Kazmaier first felt the thrill of creating new molecular structures - while using his first chemistry set. This fall, Kazmaier experienced another thrill from the scientific community: the receipt of his 100th U.S. patent, a rare achievement that puts him among the ranks of Xerox's most inventive scientists, and only the fifth Canadian scientist at Xerox to accomplish this feat. 
