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October 21, 2009

WordPress Goes 2.8.5

With all the security problems around previous versions of WordPress platform, it is a great idea to immediately upgrade WP installations to the latest available version. Take that, Scoble!

Anyway, WordPress 2.8.5 is out. Spare no time and upgrade now.

It is available through the built-in upgrade feature or it can be downloaded from WordPress.org.
http://wordpress.org/latest.zip

More about WordPress 2.8.5:

A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

Don’t be a Scoble, upgrade your WordPress now!

For your reference (and give John Grubber more page hits!) | (like he needs more????):

Don’t worry, any referals from this post is like a few teardrops into the ocean.

June 21, 2009

Anything Goes: June 21st, 2009 Father’s Day and Summer Solstice Edition.

Happy Father’s Day and Summer Solstice!

Iran asks BBC reporter to leave (BBC) | This is no surprise because Iranian Government is running out of ideas and excuses. Iran is about to implode. Something similar happened about 11 years ago in another country.
Apple issuing $30 iTunes credit for AT&T activation issues (9to5Mac) | A lot of people opted to do online order instead of lining up at the stores.
Regarding the WSJ’s Report That Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant (Daring Fireball) | As usual it’s a good read from John Grubber.

The day is not over yet.

October 25, 2008

John Gruber, we need you to rid the world off Paul Thurrott

Editorial:

There are a lot of pseudo tech journalists blabbing their mouth without even using any logic. On of them is none other than Paul Thurrott, the original Microsoft Defender.

Why people still read anything he writes is a mystery. Why Leo Laporte is stroking Thurrott’s ego in TWiT’s Microsoft P.R. Weekly Windows Weekly is also baffling.

This world need John Gruber to once again expose the fraud that Paul Thurrott is.

One main reason why Microsoft P.R. Weekly Windows Weekly is hosted only by Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott is because anyone can easily debunk Thurrott’s statements.

Thurrott believes that he is the only person who knows the truth, and he is the only person in the world who can do something about it. What about all the lies you have been covering up about Microsoft, Thurrott?