WordPress 2.8 was released on June 10 and it was a very easy upgrade on my blog with the automated update feature on WordPress. All of my plugins and my theme are working without issues in the new version. I strongly recommend backing up your blog and database before making any upgrade. There was one [...]

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If you don’t want to spend money on Windows applications, there are usually free ones that may provide enough functionality to meet your needs. The AlternativeTo web site lists major commercial applications and the free applications that are similar to them. It doesn’t just list Windows programs, you can also find Mac and Linux applications [...]

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<sarcasm>Everyone enjoys seeing Windows messages like the following:</sarcasm> You can’t delete files in Windows when their file handle is still open in the operating system. This can still occur even after you closed the document and the application that was used to display it. One solution is to reboot the computer which may release the [...]

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The Joomla Project released a version 1.5.10 security release for Joomla last March 28. Since this is a security release, I recommend all Jooma users apply the patch to their web sites. In this update, 66 bugs are fixed. An XSS exploit was repaired in com_content (see low priority fix) and fixes were made in [...]

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Today a maintenance release for WordPress was release. Version 2.7.1 fixes 68 bugs that were discovered. There weren’t any major security issues so the update isn’t that critical. The interesting thing about 2.7.1 is that the upgrade was done from within the Dashboard. I just pressed the upgrade button and the new files were downloaded [...]

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