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WordPress 3.0 – Thelonious, the 13th major release of WordPress is out. With 218 contributors, a lot of work has gone into it, with new APIs allowing for greater functionality and ease of use. One of the other big enhancements is the ability to merge WordPress and WordPress MU, the Multi User edition, making it possible to run multiple blogs from [...]

This past weekend was quite a fun filled and exciting one (offline) and as usual, trust Google to come up with something to stir up a frenzy online. Yes, if you were among the millions of people who use Google, you could not have missed seeing the Pac-Man logo, commemorating the game’s 30th anniversary.

Amazon has announced the availability of Amazon Associates for Blogger, a direct integration between Amazon Associates and Blogger. This new collaboration enables bloggers to monetize their content by adding relevant Amazon products to their blog posts without interrupting the blog editing process. Amazon Associates for Blogger is accessible on Associates Central. Those who don’t have [...]

It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling to log in to the blogosphere and twittersphere to find that WordPress was under attack. To be more precise, all blogs running self-hosted WordPress that weren’t up to date were facing a threat from hackers. The latest version is 2.8.4 and for your own sake, it is better you upgrade right away! Apparently, [...]

Have not been finding enough time to blog lately, and the frequency of posts looks all set to dwindle to some extent. As if lack of time wasn’t a problem enough, my internet connection has been acting up big time. The service provider (BSNL) has been giving me a lot of grief and yes, numerous [...]

SiteMeter, the web metrics tracking service, seems to be having big time problems today. When I first logged in to SiteMeter using IE, the page refused to load, then did so partly, before returning an error. I didn’t think too much of it, and simply checked my stats using FireFox.

Automattic has released WordPress 2.5 ! By the way, along with the changes in the entire design and navigation of the software, even the WordPress site has undergone a transformation.