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 …

With Facebook’s overwhelming popularity, other social networking sites have been threatened. According to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, this social networking site has reached 350 Million users worldwide.
This has caused an alarm to Friendster, not so long ago, Friendster has been the most popular social networking site in the world. At it’s peak, it seems that every citizen of the world-wide-web owns a friendster account. When Facebook came into the picture, Friendster was put into the sideline, I can’t blame the users, Facebook offers more than networking, it …

A new SEO Contest was launched last November 30, 2009, it’s the Sikat Ang Pinoy SEO Contest. The object of the contest is to rank the keyword ‘Sikat Ang Pinoy’ in Google Search Engine Results Page.
Noticed that the keyword is in Filipino? Well that’s the main objective of the contest, it aims to promote the Filipino language in the SEO world, not to mention the competitive aspect of the contest which would in turn gauge the SEO capabilities of the participants.
Contest prizes (combined) is estimated to reach more …

Twitter recently launched the beta version of it’s verified accounts. The reason behind this is to prevent confusion and to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis.
Twitter Verified Accounts will be initially available to well-known accounts that have had problems with impersonation or identity confusion like well-known artists, athletes, actors, public officials, and public agencies. Accounts verification for other users may be available in the future
Accounts carrying the ‘Verified Account’ badge are deemed authentic, but this also does not mean …

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 …