Author: Jamie Welch, Senior Editor

That e-mail attachment is not a Twitter invite

Posted by | Jun 21, 2009 | |

Symantec is warning about a mass-mailing worm that comes in an attachment pretending to be a Twitter invite. “The observed messages appear as if they have been sent from a Twitter account; however, unlike a legitimate Twitter message, there is no invitation URL present in the body,” a Symantec blog post says. “Instead, the user will see an attachment that appears as a .zip file that purportedly contains an invitation card.” The name of the attachment is “Invitation Card.zip” and Symantec identified it as W32.Ackantta.B@mm, a worm targeting Windows computers that was discovered in an e-card virus attack in February, according to Symantec. The worm gathers e-mail addresses from compromised PCs and spreads by copying itself to removable drives and shared...

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WordPress 2.8 Released

Posted by | Jun 17, 2009 | |

I’m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available for download. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. We also fixed over 790 bugs. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. Here’s a quick video overview of everything in the new release: The first thing you’ll notice is that visually 2.8 feels a lot like 2.7, just with some minor tweaks here and there. However once you’ll dig in you’ll begin to appreciate the changes. Major New Improvements First and foremost, 2.8 is way faster to use. They’ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting. The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click from the comfort of your WordPress dashboard. If you make edits or tweaks to themes or plugins from your dashboard, you’ll appreciate the new CodePress editor which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor. Also there is now contextual documentation for the functions in the file you’re editing linked right below the editor. If you were ever frustrated with widgets before, this release should be...

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DTV is finally here

Posted by | Jun 11, 2009 | |

The long wait is over, the time for DTV is finally here! Starting tomorrow, all television stations must shut off their analog signals and transmit only in digital. This mandate was supposed to begin in February, but was delayed by Congress because people weren’t ready. Many, including us, said that if you weren’t ready at that point, you aren’t going to be ready. As predicted, many are still not ready. Maybe no television signal will give them the clue? It’s not like they didn’t have notice. They were making “digital ready tvs” way back in ’99. They’ve been talking about this for years, and we are one of the later countries to make the switch. All that I know is that I have really bad cable, and I’ve got this sinking feeling it’s still going to stink tomorrow. Who’s ready, who’s not? We’ll find out in less than 24...

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Starting On Saturday You Can Get A Username On Facebook

Posted by | Jun 10, 2009 | |

Starting this Saturday morning, June 13, at 12:01am EDT, Facbook users will be asked to choose a username for their profiles. This mad rush to grab a username should cause plenty of headaches if and when the masses decide to swamp the Facebook servers. But Facebook may be up to the challenge and have stated the following: When the landrush starts, users will be able to choose just one username for their profile and for each of the pages that they administer (they will not be available for groups or events). Usernames must be at least five characters long and can only contain letters, numbers, or periods. They will only be available in Roman characters at launch. However, users should be careful to choose the right one: once you have made a choice, you won’t be allowed to change it or transfer it to someone else later on. Facebook isn’t allowing transfers in order to undercut the rampant squatter market that would otherwise develop – although there will still definitely be cases of abuse. Facebook says that generic words like “flowers” or “pizza” will not be available as usernames, though we’re not sure how exactly those rules will...

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