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 for multiple uploads. Full feature list

I’ve been playing the RC for the past week and I’m loving it. It’s going to be sometime before my plugins are fully supported but ya, this is one WordPress release you should not miss.

Download WordPress 2.5 here.

Source: WordPress Dev Blog

Just how many Linux are out there today? No one knows for sure but it’s pretty obvious that the number keeps increasing as the Linux is gaining audience from all over.

The Linux Counter Project was stated back in 1999. The project’a goal was and still is to count how many Linux users and Linux based machines are out there.

I’ve got my self counted and received my badge seen below.

If you are a Linux user then make sure to register yourself and your Linux machines. It’s simple,

1. Goto The Linux Counter and click “Get Counted“.

2. Fill up the form and you’ll receive your badge. Check your mail too.

3. Check your mail or go here to register your Linux machines. There’s a simple script which you can download and run from your Linux machine to register it.

Let’s start counting….

In the begining viruses were art, later they evolved and became weapons of mass destruction. Now, the guys over at Troika deceid to get back in time and start over by introducing “The Newton Virus” for the Mac. Newton has only one goal and that is to make you go “WOW”. See for yourself.

No data was harm in the making of this video.

Source: Troika

Torrentpy, once the most popular torrent site on the net has finally decided to shut it’s doors and pack up permanently. Why? Well as usual MPAA is the culprit, 2 years of battling the the MPAA proved to be too much for Justin Bundell, the fonder of Torrentspy.

“We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the TorrentSpy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.�

Those were Justin’s last words for Torrentspy.

Torrentspy was directed by the courts to log all user activities and have them submitted to the MPAA. Torrentspy came back by locking out US based users but that was not enough for the MPPA hence the decision to close it’s door. Protecting their user’s privacy was more important to Torrentpy and I respect them of that.

I’ve always used Torrespy as one of my main source for torrents and wish there was something I could have done to help.

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 is being added as a standard feature.

Other new features include a image gallery, faster load times, gravatar support, one-click plugin upgrades, full text feeds and improved tags management.

There’s a screencast of 2.5 rc2 available for you to get a glimpse of what in 2.5. Watch it here.

Looking good eh?

The WordPress 2.5 plugin compatibility list will help you decide if your favorite plugins are ready for 2.5.

Source: WordPress Dev