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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Come tomorrow, September 17, 2007, OpenOffice.org will release the latest (stable) version of OpenOffice.org 2.3.0. However, good news to all of you, the applications has already been made available for the public. This new version can be downloaded from several mirror sites, including OSUOSL.

There are several new features being introduced in this version; such as performance improvements, new charting wizard and the ability to generate Wiki pages. These information are made available from the Release Note page.

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Two days ago, WordPress has released the next version of 2.2.x family of WordPress. According to Ryan, it is vital that users of WordPress 2.2 series do upgrade immediately to this version.

Two of the fixes are classified as high priority and is a concern of security:

1. Invalid RSS2 Comments Feed
2. Users without unfiltered_html capability can post arbitrary html

Do not take risk, if you are running a big site using WordPress. Never fall prey to hackers. So, take a bit of effort and time to upgrade your WordPress blog to this version.

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Shortly after Beta 1 was released last week, WordPress 2.3 Beta 2 has also found its way to the public. Not that there is a major bug present in Beta1, but according to Mark Jaquith, the team of WordPress developers have decided to release the beta versions every Monday until WordPress 2.3 ships on September 24, 2007.

This Beta 2 version contains several bug fixes over last week’s release. Technically, it is still a rather unclean code, with many bits and pieces to be polished up. Note that, it is still not advisable to deploy this version on production web server. Do so, if you are comfortable with resolving PHP issues.

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Great news travel fast. The next major release of WordPress 2.3 Beta 1 is now being released. It is definitely a piece of excellent software, as we have been tracking the work on WordPress 2.3 over the last couple of months ever since WordPress was working on it.

This beta release has some changes:
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Simple Machine Forum (SMF) 2.0 Beta 1 is now released. According to the developer, mentioned here, this beta release is a significant milestone release that contains several new features. Some of which are listed below, with more to follow.

For those who are unaware of this software, SMF is a free open-source forum application that can be installed on web servers. In contrast to paid software such as vBulletin and Invasion Forums, SMF is available for free.

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According to the report by Villu Arak, Skype 2.7 for Mac Beta is now out for the public. There are several new features in this beta release - so do check them out!

1. * Group contacts – organize your contacts into as many groups as you need.
2. * See your Apple Address Book contacts in Skype - easily call or SMS anyone who has a phone number in their address-book profile.
3. * Create and manage public chats by clicking on Chats in the menu bar and choosing Start Public Chat.
4. * Auto Redial for busy or unconnected calls. When your call hits the busy signal, Skype will give you the option of automatic redial every two minutes until the call goes through.
5. * Easy sound-level controls – when you need to tweak the sound level during a call, use a simple slider in the call window
6. * Overhauled file transfer – wearing a more fashionable jacket, file-transfer now looks elegant and acts even nicer, especially when receiving many files at once.

Indeed, this version is worthwhile trying out. However, it is vital to note that this release is still labelled as “beta“, hence it is advised not to install this on production machines.

Download today from here.

For the Ubuntu enthusiasts, I am proud to announce that Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon Tribe 4 (the 4^th alpha release of Ubuntu 7.10) is now available to the public. This release is accompanied by a rich list of new features which is likely to excite all linux users, and not just Ubuntu die-hard fans.

If you are using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn and is highly interested to upgrade to this version - use the command below to perform your upgrade.

Upgrading from Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
Install update-manager 0.59.23 from feisty-proposed. Then run “update-manager -d“.

Below are some of the list of new and improved features of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.

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