Microsoft Patches XP, Vine YouTube, Mute Twitter, Life Simulator [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Microsoft patches Windows XP, Vine does a YouTube, Twitter experiments with muting, a Google Glass teardown, Amazon smartphone leaks, a real-life Dropbox, and the creator of Minecraft’s new game. Microsoft Backtracks On XP Support “DON’T USE WINDOWS XP WE WILL NEVER PATCH IT AGAIN EXCEPT WHEN WE TOTALLY PATCH IT AGAIN.” You blinked. http://t.co/moSpDAxJT2 — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 2, 2014 Microsoft has released an emergency patch fixing the vulnerability recently discovered in all versions of Internet Explorer. As well as the expected patches for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has issued...

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Microsoft Patches XP, Vine YouTube, Mute Twitter, Life Simulator [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Microsoft patches Windows XP, Vine does a YouTube, Twitter experiments with muting, a Google Glass teardown, Amazon smartphone leaks, a real-life Dropbox, and the creator of Minecraft’s new game. Microsoft Backtracks On XP Support “DON’T USE WINDOWS XP WE WILL NEVER PATCH IT AGAIN EXCEPT WHEN WE TOTALLY PATCH IT AGAIN.” You blinked. http://t.co/moSpDAxJT2 — Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 2, 2014 Microsoft has released an emergency patch fixing the vulnerability recently discovered in all versions of Internet Explorer. As well as the expected patches for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has issued...

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Lucidpress: The Free Online InDesign Alternative For Your Creative Needs

Adobe InDesign is a fantastic desktop publishing program, but is still prohibitively expensive for many who only need a casual page layout app. The monthly subscription model of the Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) is still not quite right for casual projects and minimal budgets. So, what is a casual designer to use as an InDesign replacement? After a bit of research, I decided to try Lucidpress. One of Lucidpress’s main advantages is that it’s a free InDesign alternative available online. For all the new Chromebook users out there who need a page layout tool, this is a major selling point...

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4 Hidden Benefits Of Learning A Foreign Language If You Are A Geek

When you’re an Anglophone geek, it’s easy to come to the conclusion that you don’t have to learn a foreign language. After all, nearly every piece of software comes with an English localization. Most programming languages use English words and phrases. Indeed, English is overwhelmingly the language of the Internet. And yet, there’s never been a better reason and a better time to learn a foreign language. We’ve talked about ways in which you can learn a language over the Internet, but we’ve not really talked about the benefits learning a new language can deliver to a geek. Indeed, there...

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