The fine folks over at WordPress just released what they’re calling a “hardening” upgrade. Version 2.8.5 doesn’t have any new features, just some code improvements to make sure you’re WP site stays safe…
As you know over the past couple of months we have been working on the new features for WordPress 2.9. We have also been working on trying to make WordPress as secure as possible and during this process we have identified a number of security hardening changes that we thought were worth back-porting to the 2.8 branch so as to get these improvements out there and make all your sites as secure as possible.
The government that had already decided to make a 100mbit connection a legal right by 2015 took an intermediary step and passed a law that gives every Finnish citizen the the right to 1mbit broadband access by next July. This is really great news for me since I’ve been looking for a new country.
Police in Hendersonville, TN arrested 36 year old Shannon Jackson for “poking” someone on Facebook. Seems the poke violated a protection order the pokee had against Ms. Jackson.
This isn’t the first time the use of Facebook has led to an arrest; Earlier this month in Italy, a burglar got busted because he logged into Facebook during the crime.
NASA TV will broadcast live coverage of the LCROSS impacts with expert commentary 3:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. PDT on Friday, Oct. 9, and also broadcast a post-impact news conference a few hours after impact.
So, what happens if they drop the bomb on the moon and it just, like, splits in half? Does earths gravitational field get all screwy? And then we die? Really hope that doesn’t happen.
[singlepic id=191 w=250 h=187 float=right]Well, not yet, but the major milestone reached by Ad Astra last week puts the goal within sight, at least. Ad Astra successfully fired their 201KW VASMIR plasma rocket in a vacuum last week, which they will implement on the ISS in October, 2013. The 200KW rocket will use a mere fraction of the fuel currently required to keep the ISS in orbit (0.3 tonnes as compared to 7.5 tonnes currently).
Ad Astra’s CEO (and former NASA astronaut), Franklin Diaz, has much loftier goals in mind: one of their VASMIR rockets running at 10-20 megawatts could power a craft to Mars in a mere 39days. Wow.
Nintendo has release system update version 4.2 for the Wii and it seems it’s purpose is to do nothing more than cripple homebrewed systems. The update will remove the homebrew channel, as well as the most important couple of cIOS’ most homebrewed Wiis might have installed. The guys over at WiiHacks are already talking about some quick fixes for those that accidentally upgraded their already hacked systems to 4.2, but buyers of new systems with the 4.2 update already installed may have to wait a short while before hacking up their new toy.
WMPU has a detailed list of specifications. The Qilin is now notable not just because China will get the “Firestone” first, but because it’ll be the first HTC device in ages to get a new processor core. The amount of audio/video extras they’re stuffing into the new TI chip is very impressive, to say the least. Have we finally seen the last of the Qualcomm MSM72xx chips…? Let’s hope so…
DigiTimes reports that the 240Hz TV will have a (likely dynamic) contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1 & run less than $2K. Not too shabby…
Vizio’s LED TVs adopt LG Display’s panels and direct-type backlighting technology, the sources noted. The LED TVs will be packaged in existing chassis modules for its CCFL-backlit sets, which will enable Vizio to cut production costs for the new lineup, the sources said.
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Police in Hendersonville, TN arrested 36 year old Shannon Jackson for “poking” someone on Facebook. Seems the poke violated a protection order the pokee had against Ms. Jackson.
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