It has been announced during my previous post that Mozilla Firefox 3 will be launched today, and so it did! Right now, there are thousands of downloads going on since the news have gone public. It was phenomenologically huge traffic such that the traffic to Firefox home page was rather sluggish.

Nonetheless, this is also an on-going campaign to hit the target of achieving the largest volume of downloads within a 24 hours timeframe. Hence, good luck, Mozilla. Meanwhile, if you do support Mozilla Firefox 3, download it today.

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About two days ago, WordPress has released the security fix for WordPress 2.5 version. This release contains several bug fixes and performance enhancement. It is highly recommended for users who are using the latest major release of 2.5 milestone to upgrade immediately, as the initial public release has a security vulnerability.

The entire 2.5.1 release has over 70 fixes and performance enhancement. Some of which are as follow:

• * Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• * Better performance for those who have many categories
• * Media Uploader fixes
• * An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• * Widget Administration fixes
• * Various usability improvements
• * Layout fixes for IE

Personally, I am happy to see the media uploader issue being fixed, as it has been quite an annoying issue for me for a period of time.

WordPress 2.3.2 was released 2 days ago, barely unknown to me just right under my nose. I have been expecting it for quite some time, as the previous version released, WordPress 2.3.1, was then released more than 2 months ago.

This WordPress version provides several bugs fixes, as usual, but more noticeably, it is highly recommended to upgrade to this version. One of the main fixes is that the previous version exposes a security flaw that allows draft posts to be seen by public. Several other bug fixes and enhancements can be found here.

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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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WordPress 2.3.1 was released in less than 24 hours ago. According to Ryan, this version contains all the bug fix and security fix for the 2.3 series of WordPress.

Some of these fixes include:

• * Tagging support for Windows Live Writer
• * Fixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than their WordPress Address
• * Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection queries
• * Link importer fixes

If you are using 2.3 series, it is highly recommended that users upgrade to this version, as Janek Vind found that a XSS problem can be exploited if the php setup has register_globals enabled.

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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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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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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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Most users would have already known about YouTube, one of the richest online video archive, powered by Google. Though it is rather easy to browse and search for videos in YouTube directly from its website, it is undoubtedly easier with YouTubeDesktop, an impressive dynamic web application, coupled with modern design for search, watching and even downloading videos from the web!

As according to the developer, YouTubeDesktop is designed based on the key idea; that is, to bring normal desktop experience to the browser. Within the web application itself, windows can be dragged, resized and minimized into a tray. It is even possible to drag-and-drop videos between players and result, all within a single web application, hence making it one of the richest, if not the best web application for viewing and managing video content. The incredible flexibility of the design is encompassed by the user-friend interface and functionality.

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