After almost six (6) months after the release of WordPress 2.8 (Baker), WordPress 2.9 – Carmen is now available for download. Developers named this latest WordPress version in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae.
According to its release notes, here are some of the new features added to the version 2.9:

Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on …

The latest version of WordPress blog engine is now available for download. The version 2.8 was nicknamed as “Baker” in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.
After implementing over 180 new features, changes, upgrades, and improvements on the Codex, the developers is saying that it works faster compared to the it’s predecessor.
There’s more, according to the official WordPress 2.8 page:
The core and plugin updaters in previous versions of WordPress have been such a success we decided to bring the same to themes. You can now browse the entire …