Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 some time back and it is still making some progress in the browser market to seize back the loyalty from those who have joined the Firefox community, or even Google Chrome. There are several enhanced features, which the Internet Explorer developer team has put together for this browser version.

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News for WordPress users! The next release of WordPress 2.6.2 is now available and released for your installation or upgrade, as mentioned in our previous post. According to Ryan in his blog, a critical issue that is being resolved in this version pertains to blog owners allowing open registration to the public. This was basically due to the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and weakness of mt_rand() function, as pre-warned by Stefan Esser.

Prior to this version, it is possible for anyone to create a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly-generated password in an open registration WordPress blog. Although not disclosed to the attacker, the problem itself is rather annoying. However, when coupled with a weakness in random number seeding in mt_rand() function, it is a security exploit as attacker is able to utilise this to predict the randomly-generated password.

Besides this, WordPress 2.6.2 also consists of several other bug fixes. All users are highly advised to upgrade to this version, for security purpose.

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When we speak about Web browsers, the two main players in the market that come directly into our minds are none other than Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Of course, there are other web browers, such as Opera, Konqueror and Nautilus, but the one that truly dominates the market remains to be the software king, Microsoft.

In a bid to battle against the market share, Google has developed and released the so-called new web browser, Chrome. What is so good about this new browser?

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WordPress 2.6.1 was released just a couple of minutes ago. In the past, I would always mention “… users are advised to upgrade to the latest version…“, well not this time. According to Ryan, users need not upgrade to the latest version of 2.6.1 if version 2.6 is working fine for you.

The release of this sub-version is simply to continue the trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release, to get fixes for the bugs that might be present in the official release.

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Two days after Mozilla officially launched Firefox 3, openSUSE follow suits by launching openSUSE 11.0 GM. This latest release includes more than 200 new features that are specific to openSUSE, an installer that has been completely re-designed to suit the needs and enhancement of users’ experience, faster packages management to speed up operation at the back end and several other fixes and updates.

…The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more…

openSUSE is now available for immediate download from its website:

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A complete new security solution aimed at securing database has been released by Symantec. Known as Symantec Database Security (SDS) 3.0, the software comes with new capabilities to curb the loss of sensitive information or intellectual property stored in databases.

Some of the new features include intruder identification, real-time transaction policy alerts and integration with Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM). SDS prevents fraud and leakage of sensitive data due to faulty practices and oversights, while addressing growing auditing, compliance, and regulatory requirements for secure data access.

This software supports a variety of database software, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle and IBM DB2.

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This is exception for Opera web browser lovers; Opera 9.5 Beta is now available for download. It has been a long time since Opera released the alpha version, and this beta version is definitely more than welcome for all.

This release fixes several hundred of bugs, whilst improving website rendering at the same time. Furthermore, the stability and usability has also being tweaked for great scalability.

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Drupal 6.0 Beta 2 was release last week, after some rigorous testing and correction made to fix existing bugs and security issues. One of the most notable change is that the long time favourite Drupal.module has not being moved out of the Drupal package. Instead, it will be made available as the contributed Site network module. This approach has helped to improve security in Drupal 6, and support a wider solution for distributed authentication in the form of the OpenID standard.

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Adobe Acrobat, one of the most-used software, is said to be vulnerable to attacks, as according to Adobe Systems Inc. last Wednesday. It was mentioned that versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat software could allow malicious programs to gain access to the PC without the user’s knowledge. With such potential capability, it is possible that some hackers can take control of the machine and used it to steal confidential data.

The vulnerability is known to affect computers running on Microsoft Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7 web browser. The fix might not be available until the end of October 2007. During this period of time, it is best that user monitor their computer closely.

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It has been a long time since I provide the latest news of any latest software release. This time, I hope to introduce Skype for Linux 1.4 Gold, codename Panacea.

The choice of this codename is in contention with a Greek mythology; Paacea, daughter of Asclepius, God of Medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, God of Healing, is a goddess of cures. And thus, the name is chosen for this version of Skype for Linux - in compairson of the improved voice call quality.

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