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Add Official Google Buzz buttons for your Website [No hacks]
Google code has just made it easy for you to add official Google Buzz buttons on your websites without no hacks. ‘Post to Buzz’ and ‘Follow on Buzz’ can be added to your web pages by simply placing a customizable javascript in your HTML, PHP, etc web pages, where you want the buttons to show-up, then reload your web page to make sure you did it correctly. Test by clicking to see the posting box your users will see.
Official Google Buzz buttons are available here; buzz.google.com/stuff. More»
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WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release
“WordPress 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.”
- no other specifications; what if you do not have untrusted authors, do you have to upgrade?
- Which are the endangered WordPress files? so we can simply replace them without having to do a complete upgrade. Questions that need answers. via [WordPress 2.8.6 ]
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Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.5
After several security threats were found on older versions of WordPress, it’s rather obvious that the newly released WordPress 2.8.5 is security focused. Security hardening is a major priority in WordPress 2.8.5. Don’t wait till WordPress 2.8.4 gets pounded, you better upgrade right now.
So what are the worth noting improvements in WordPress 2.8.5? More»
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Translate your Website Content with Google’s ‘Website Translator Gadget’
Google Translate has got a new tool, called “Website translator gadget”. Web developers can use this tool to offer their web contents to their readers in 51 different languages. Its definitely a quicker and cheaper to get your web contents translated, though the translations still have to be improved. I tried translating my blog Kabatology with this gadget from English to Italian but the outcome was full with grammatical mistakes and sometimes incomprehensive.
To get this tool on your website hit the Website translator gadget link, select your website or web page original language, choose the Translation languages, hit the “Preview and Try” button to get a preview. Copy and paste the generated snippet of code into your website/webpage
WordPress Users: WordPress can grab and drop their generated code somewhere into the Header.php file above the </head> tag
via [The Official Google Blog]
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WordPress 2.9 to get a basic Image Editor
It seems WordPress is now ready for a basic image editor. This new feature will be in-built in WordPress 2.9 and won’t require a plug-in. Its certain, you can see it from the screenshots you’ll be able to re-size and rotate images, crop and scale them and so on. I certainly don’t expect layers, it’s just too bulky for WordPress. 
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Upgrade to Keep WordPress Secure
Here is Matt Mullenweg, the guy behind WordPress. He is here to explain to all how to keep WordPress secure.
Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. This particular worm, like many before it, is clever: it registers a user, uses a security bug (fixed earlier in the year) to allow evaluated code to be executed through the permalink structure, makes itself an admin, then uses JavaScript to hide itself when you look at users page, attempts to clean up after itself, then goes quiet so you never notice while it inserts hidden spam and malware into your old posts.
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WordPress Security Threat: Old Versions Under Attack
There are reports that older versions of WordPress -- now at version 2.8.4, are exposed to security threats.
Two clues provided by Lorelle on WordPress blog that your non-up-to-date WordPress blog is under attack;
1) Strange additions to permalinks, such as
1 | example.com/category/post-title/%&(%7B$%7Beval(base64_decode($_SERVER%5BHTTP_REFERER%5D))%7D%7D|.+)&%/ |
The keywords are “eval” and “base64_decode.” More»
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WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release Available
WordPress 2.8.4 is an important update given that it fixes a security bug. The bug can be exploited by hackers this way:
a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner.
It is advisable to modify your WordPress admin username from default “Admin” to something else. Than can be done only in the MySQL database. That doesn’t solve all of the problems, but it renders your WordPress admin account less vulnerable.
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