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WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” released
RELEASE After a long wait WordPress release its newest version WordPress 3.0 Thelonious. WordPress 3.0 is thirteenth major release of WordPress, is now available for download or your can upgrade from your dashboard. Over 218 contributors take a part to get ready WordPress 3.0 and they complete there work in half a year. The Major new features introduce in this release …

Google Chrome URL bar no longer shows http://
GOOGLE The most recent developer version of Google’s Chrome browser has introduced a quiet, but appreciable change. When you see some text prefixed by “http://” you automatically know that what follows is a web address, as defined by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Google has removed http:// prefix from the recent developer version of Chorme, and simply displaying a URL as “glanceworld.com”. …

Firefox Lorentz Beta Released
TECH NEWS Firefox fans, it’s here: The first beta of Firefox Lorentz beta has been released. Lorentz is Firefox version 3.6.3 with a much delight in update. Firefox beta allows you to separate plugins, such as Adobe Flash, so that they don’t crash the entire browser when they encounter issues and the plugin is replaced with a dark image notifying the plugin …

What’s new in WordPress 3.0?
WHAT’S NEW On April 3, 2010, WordPress announced the first beta of version 3.0-b-1. There are some great new features coming, including custom post types, a new default theme, and a menu manager. Here is an overview about What’s new in WordPress 3.0 Choose your Username and Password during Installation. You’ll find new features as soon as you start! In early version, …

WordPress release its new Version 2.8
RELEASE For those of you who love to be on the cutting edge, you’ll be happy to learn that the new version of WordPress 2.8 is now available for download and has packed in a lot more user friendliness than before. According to WordPress – version 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, …

WordPress Implements Jcrop
WHAT’S NEW With the upcoming version 2.8 of WordPress, the extension to the JavaScript library jQuery Jcrop is implemented. Jcrop allows directly into a web application to crop images. A first peak shows the site about Jcrop and I’m curious how it will be included in WordPress, currently is no live demo available.

WordPress 2.8 Widgets Options Page
WHAT’S NEW In the current trunk of WordPress is a “first run” of the new widget management available to see. This is a development version, it shows the warning “This page is not 100% ready, please use only on test installations.”. Also new is that the sidebar now saves or updates via AJAX. Here is a Screenshot from the current development version:

WordPress 2.8 Password Security Option
SECURITY After a new installation of WordPress, you get informed that you are logged in with the default password and this can be a security risk. It is therefore strongly recommended to change the password. The necessary internal links to set a new password are included in this notice.