The dashboard of Wordpress’ previous version wasn’t really an attraction even if it boasted a new and improved user interface design. Version 2.7 however, is I think a huge leap forward. With the dashboard’s 2-column layout, a drag-n-drop functionality, Ajax-driven menus, and a simpler color palette, I would say that the user interface Wordpress has today is much easier to use. A classic left navigation menu, combined with a nifty set of icons allowed for the Dashboard to be compressed so as to be usable on small screens.

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This day marks the release of the latest version of Firefox, 3.0. Help Firefox set a Guiness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours by clicking on the Firefox 3 Download Day 2008 icon below.

I just did! I’m sure you’d like to join too. What are you waiting for? Download Firefox 3.0 now!

JAlbum, a free, cross-platform Web photo album software and photo gallery software is now offering a free album hosting service. Registering for a free account will give you 30 MB of storage, 2 GB of bandwidth per month, and your own URL (yourname.myjalbum.net). For a price of €20 per year, you’d get a premium account with 1 GB of storage, 10 GB of bandwidth per month, and your own URL. If you’re the power user type, €100 per year would entitle you to a whopping 10 GB of storage, 100 GB of bandwidth per month, and your own URL.

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On Monday, September 24, 2007, WordPress version 2.3 was released to the public. For information on the changes and improvements in this new version, see Changelog for 2.3.

With a lot of significant changes to the latest release, upgrading has to be done with utmost care. Please make a back-up of your databases, posts, themes, and plugins. There are plenty of plugins affected in this release, so make sure that your plugins are included in the Plugin Compatibility List for version 2.3. In the case of this blog, one plugin had to be disabled until a working version comes out.

You may download a stable version of WordPress 2.3 at the official site.

Opera 9.22 build 8800 has already been released last July 10, 2007. This is the latest build (8801) which addresses several security issues.

You can now download the offline installer from the official Opera download page.

From the Opera Changelog page:

Release Notes

This release is a recommended security upgrade…

Security Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue that could occur when removing a specially prepared torrent transfer, as reported by iDefense.
• Prevented an issue where data URLs could be used to display the wrong address in the address bar.
• Improved the display of long domain names in authentication dialogs. Long domain names will now scroll instead of using ellipsis.
• Added Trustcenter class 3 G2 root certificate.
• Fixes for a problem with certificate import from PKCS #7 Signed and Netscape Multicert files.

Firefox 2.0.0.5 has been released. The latest update addresses multiple vulnerabilities including the Firefox “firefoxurl” URI Handler Registration Vulnerability which was labeled by Secunia as highly critical. Please update your Firefox Web browser ASAP if you don’t have auto-update enabled.

Bugs/Vulnerabilities Addressed

• MFSA 2007-25 - XPCNativeWrapper pollution
• MFSA 2007-24 - Unauthorized access to wyciwyg:// documents
• MFSA 2007-23 - Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer
• MFSA 2007-22 - File type confusion due to %00 in name
• MFSA 2007-21 - Privilege escallation using an event handler attached to an element not in the document
• MFSA 2007-20 - Frame spoofing while window is loading
• MFSA 2007-19 - XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout
• MFSA 2007-18 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

Download

The update is already available in the official Web site. Other platforms and languages for Firefox are also available.

For those who don’t have auto-update enabled, click Help - Check for Updates…

An update for Yahoo! Messenger has been released. It isn’t confirmed yet if this is an emergency update in response to a vulnerability found in the software which could be exploited by a specially crafted address book entry.

A direct download link for the offline installer is provided below:

http://download.yahoo.com/ycs/msg/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr810_413_us.exe

You can also try updating via the Yahoo! Messenger application (Help - Check for Updates) or through the YM download page.

Sources:
Yahoo! Messenger and Trillian Hit With Critical Vulnerabilities via A Little Tech + Photoshop
Critical IM Bugs Hit Yahoo, Trillian via PC World
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 via 9Down