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12 days after it’s release, WordPress 2.8 has managed to clock 1 million downloads. As of today, the download count stands at 1,175,317 and counting. It’s pretty obvious that WordPress is the current blogging platform of choice. Check out the WordPress [download counter][2] page to stay up-to-date with the downloads. Have you upgraded to WordPress 2.8? Make sure you do…. [go here][3]. [1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/WordPress-Download-Counter.png) [2]: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ [3]: http://wordpress.org/

Those are just a few of the inspiring ads from WWF to bring awareness to us about what we are doing wrong. I got them from [Abinesh][4] and [DeWebTimes][5]. We need to turn back the clock on nature and bring her back to here original state. NGOs like WWF can’t do it alone, all they can do is promote awareness amongst us in hope that we actually to the same by promoting awareness to those around us....

Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 RC3 is out. [Download Firefox RC3][2] Hopefully it’s the last release candidate before Firefox 3.5 goes public. From what I’ve heard the release date is set for next week, start of July. The [video][3] below, by Mike Beltzner gives a quick preview of what’s new and exciting in Firefox 3.5. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Zbc-Rg6e8[/youtube] Also, check out the [demos][4] to see what Firefox 3.5 is capable of. Take release candidate for a spin, you’ll realize it’s much faster compared to the previous versions of the browser....

![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/chart_total_alltime_2009_06-500x344.gif" alt=“chart_total_alltime_2009_06” width=“500” height=“344” srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/chart_total_alltime_2009_06-500x344.gif 500w, /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/chart_total_alltime_2009_06.gif 560w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" />]1 The best DNS service on the net, OpenDNS, receives 14 billion DNS request a day now!! Yup, 14 billion hits a day!! At pick time they process about 200,000 hits/sec which is mind blowing. A new location is planned for Amsterdam in a few months and also Asia hopefully. We need a location in Asia to speed things up....

Kingston’s rolled out a new flash drive, the [Data Traveler 200][2]. At 128GB it’s the largest flash drive availalbe today and also the most expensive with a price tag of USD 550. There is also a 64GB model priced at USD 215 and a 64GB model priced at USD 120 if 128GB is too much for you to handle. With so much storage capacity squeezed into such small form factors, are portable HDDs going to be something of the past?...