From WordPress.org:
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.
If you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance.
I’m downloading now and will be updating here shortly… I suggest you do, too!
UPDATE – WordPress 2.51 is installed and live… so far, no issues! Whoo!
These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/13/08 … please enjoy:
Visualizing Evolution | Visualizing Evolution Blog
Here is an amazing collection of visual complexity in biology. It's like looking at beautiful works of geometric abstract art, except there is rigid scientific meaning behind each one, which only makes them all the more beautiful.
You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art | Animation World Magazine
If the Orphan Works legislation passes, we will lose virtually all the rights to not only our future work but to all past work over 34 years, unless we register it with the new, untested and privately run registries. Even then, there is no guarantee.
NASA Science – Science Mission Directorate | NASA
NASA launched a new website designed to provide information about its scientific endeavors and achievements. The site was built on top of the Plone Open Source Content Management System and features an easy-to-navigate design and new search features.
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Child Rape Photos | After Downing Street
A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over claims that they could damage America's image. Last year a Republican senator conceded that they contained scenes of rape and murder.
Espionage Against Pro-Tibet Groups, Others, Spurred Microsoft Patches | Wired
Computer intruders targeting pro-Tibetan groups and government agencies slipped in through previously unknown security holes in Microsoft Office, prompting Microsoft to issue a flurry of patches to the popular software suite in 2006 and 2007.
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/03/08 … please enjoy:
Net Scam Actually an Army Security Test | Military.com
An offer for free tickets to theme parks for servicemembers turned out to be an e-mail scam, which turned out to be a security exercise run by the Army.
Daily caffeine 'protects brain' | BBC NEWS
Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests. The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may
DJ Food: Raiding the 20th Century – UbuWeb Sound
In January 18th 2004, Strictly Kev premiered the original 'Raiding The 20th Century' on XFM's 'The Remix' show in London. It was a 40 minute attempt to catalogue the history of cut up music – be it avant garde tape manipulation, turntable megamixes or bas
Crawling fish may be part of new family | Yahoo! News
A University of Washington professor says a recently discovered fish that crawls instead of swimming and has forward-looking eyes like humans could be part of an entirely unknown family of fishes.
Study Finds Botox May Move From Face to Brain | FOXNews.com
A new study raises the concern that the popular anti-wrinkle treatment Botox may travel from its injection site into the brain. The toxin also moved from one hippocampus, which controls long-term memory and spatial navigation, to the hippocampus on the
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