Finally managed to upgrade to WordPress 2.5  yesterday.
Loving the automatic update and install feature for my plugins. However, the Popularity Contest plugin and Popularity Contest Widget are not compatible with WordPress 2.5 yet.
Get WordPress 2.5

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Wait no longer, WordPress 2.5 is out!!
The shiny new WordPress has gone through a major overhaul with tones of new features where mostly all new features were requested by the WordPress community.

New dashboard, enhanced tag support, updated WYSIWYG editor, better search better encryption for passwords and cookies, built in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades and support [...]

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WordPress 2.5 missed it’s initial release date but not for a bad reason. There’s quite a bit of work being put into the new version especially in the dashboard area.
The editor is receiving a much needed face lift and feature boost. The media manager now supports multiple uploads like flickr and support for embedding videos [...]

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A new security release for WordPress is out. This will be an urgent fix as it attentions a flaw found in the XML-RPC implementation. An attacker could easily exploit this vulnerability and gain the ability to edit user posts.
Besides the fix this release also includes a few bug fixes.
I’ve done my upgrade, have you?
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Switched over from Math Comment Spam Protection to reCAPTCHA. Spam has still been coming in despite the Math Comment Spam Protection plugin. I decided to take reCAPTCHA for a spin for a few weeks. Hopefully it helps.
What is reCAPTCHA?
You need a CAPTCHA differentiate human from computers. There are many other CAPTCHA programs [...]

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