July 2009

2.9 Features Vote Results

By Jane Wells on July 31, 2009

Earlier this month, over 3500 of you responded to our survey asking you to help us prioritize some of the media features that had been suggested for the 2.9 release. While the exact features for 2.9 have not been hammered out yet, as we continue to match up developers with features, we wanted to share [...]

The WordPress 2.0.x Legacy Branch is Deprecated

By Mark Jaquith on July 29, 2009

The WordPress team had initially committed to maintaining the WordPress 2.0.x legacy branch until 2010. Unfortunately, we bit off more than we could chew—the 2.0.x branch is now retired and deprecated, a few months shy of 2010.
Many of the security improvements to the new versions of WordPress in the last couple of years were complete [...]

Improving your plugin – Changelogs

By Peter Westwood on July 21, 2009

We’ve recently made some changes to help improve the communication between plugin authors and plugin users about the changes that are made between versions.
We feel that all software should have a changelog that details, at a high level, what changes have been made in each version so that the user can make an informed decision [...]

WordPress 2.8.2

By Ryan Boren on July 19, 2009

WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site. Download 2.8.2 or automatically upgrade from the Tools->Upgrade page of your blog’s admin.

WordPress 2.8.1

By Ryan Boren on July 9, 2009

WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable to this problem, but we advise upgrading to 2.8.1 to be safe.
What [...]

WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1

By Ryan Boren on July 7, 2009

2.8.1 is nigh. Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release. Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta 2, and have a look at all of the tickets fixed in 2.8.1. Thanks for testing WordPress.

Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista

By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on July 6, 2009

Microsoft aims to make a much different first impression with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, its oft-maligned predecessor.

Finance »

What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …

September 12, 2009

SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]

Real Estate »

Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures

September 9, 2009

Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]

Business »

Flaw in Free Markets: Humans

September 12, 2009

THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.

Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]

Technology »

ICANN postpones decision on .xxx domains

March 12, 2010

Advocates for a .xxx designation for adult sites will have to wait until at least June after the ICANN board postponed a decision on the matter at its meeting Friday.

Health, Technology »

FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner.

SPORTS »

Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final

September 13, 2009

Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]