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In the world of email, instant messaging and other methods of communication, the fax machine has slowly shifted its way out of a position of prominence. Although it is not as commonly used as it once ...

Ten dreaded words: “Just sign this form and fax it over to me.” This is 2012—going on 2013. Faxing is so 1998, and a little bit like loaning someone a movie on a Betamax cassette tape. Increasingly, ...

Although no longer nearly as necessary in these days of e-mail, faxes still have a role, especially on those occasions when a non-digitized document has to be transmitted faster than snail mail. You ...