The outbreak was attributed to a user opening an infected file attachment.

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Thirty years ago Alan Kay oversaw the creation of many of the personal computer's clever innovations, among them windows, point-and-click file opening and networks.

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It's just a matter of going to MakerBot's Thingiverse site, finding something you like, downloading it as an .stl file and opening it up in the ReplicatorG software.

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For Dropbox users, opening a link will provide the option to instantly save the file to their Dropbox.

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Information technology is changing at blinding speed, and new e-readers, new applications, new file formats, and new ways of presenting the wisdom of the ages are opening up a whole new literary universe.

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