Daily Archives: August 16, 2011

Virus Warning (Skype for Windows users)

     Skype has learned that a computer virus called “w32/Ramex.A” is affecting users of Skype for Windows. Users whose computers are infected with this virus will send a chat message to other Skype users asking them to click on … Continue reading

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Inkling Reinvents Textbooks as Interactive, Multimedia Learning Tools on the Tablet | 7×7

A guided tour to the slave trade from Give Me Liberty! An American History by Eric Foner.When it comes to a legacy technology that badly needs to be disrupted, its hard to imagine a better example than the college textbook.Its … Continue reading

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A Look Inside Square’s New Office Space in the Chronicle Building | 7×7

Jack Dorsey’s Square, which may just make old-school registers obsolete with their Square Card Readers, Square Registers and Card Cases, is HQ-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle Building on 5th and Mission. In what some might say is a changing … Continue reading

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Old Meets New: A Rotary Dial Cell Phone | 7×7

A main theme behind steampunk design is trying to discover how products would look today if technology advanced, but never quite changed, from its late 19th century aesthetic. Hence, a cell phone with a rotary dial. Designer Richard Clarkson has … Continue reading

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