Just moments ago, WordPress 2.8.2 was released with an accompanying blog post:
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 [...]
Moments ago, Apple celebrated the success of its infamous App Store via a press release congratulating the company and its community of iPhone users on the most successful mobile application distribution system in history. A single year after its launch, the App Store has tallied 1.5 billion application downloads to iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s around [...]
Here’s yet another revived rumor for the week. Today, Netflix’s stock rallied 7% during peak trading hours on reports of Amazon, Inc. looking to acquire the 12-year-old DVD rental company. At this point in time,neither company has commented on the story, keeping it unconfirmed. However, the deal would indeed make sense for both Netflix and [...]
Mozilla strikes again! The company’s latest attempt at improving its popular browser’s usability and outreach was immensely successful. June 2009 statistics from StatCounter show that Mozilla Firefox 3.5, the company’s latest version of the browser, put its market share over 30%, taking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer down with it. For the very first time, Internet Explorer’s [...]
uSirius StarPlayr, an iPhone application developed by NiceMac, LLC., has created much fanfare in recent days. The application allows you to listen to both your SIRIUS and XM subscriptions on the go, utilizing the iPhone’s network connection. Today, the developers released uSirius StarPlayr Beta 1 to 200 Beta Testers, and I’m lucky to be one [...]
There is nothing better for your website that recording a tutorial that will explain newcomers how to best benefit from it. This approach also gives a much better overall impression to the viewer, as it evidences a lot of care and dedication towards making a website more accessible and immediate. Developed by French start-up Iteria, ScreenToaster [...]
fonolo, a new service and startup based in Ontario, Canada, plans on changing the way we interact with large corporation’s phone systems. How so? They’ve developed a new technology which calls into these toll-free numbers, and in a sense, “spiders” the phone system. The system completely scans the menus and displays them in a “map” [...]
I believe Google may have just released one of the most-needed features for their popular webmail service, Gmail. You may have forgotten to sign out of your Gmail session on the public library computer, leaving your private personal or business emails to be dug through by strangers. But with a new monitoring tool for Gmail, which begins [...]