The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.9 [Vatani]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately. It has been around two months since Joomla 1.5.8 was released on November 10, 2008. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular,

Previous version of Wordpress just has a problem where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors. If you have untrusted users signed up on your blog and sensitive posts in the trash, you should upgrade to 2.9.2. As always, you can visit the

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. According to Ryan Boren from Wordpress.org, if you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The Wordpress developers have released version 2.8.5 of their popular blogging software. The version is considered a security upgrade. The developers are calling this released a hardening release as it tightens Wordpress security to make Wordpress blogs more secure than before. The release is also fixing a Trackback denial of

It's confirmed that Dreamhost has banned "All in One SEO Pack", one of the best SEO plugin for Wordpress. They've banned it from the shared hosting server. But the private servers are fine, unless they ban it from private server too.

Matt from Wordpress has published a great article on Wordpress Security. Read the full aricle: How to Keep WordPress Secure.

Wordpress 2.9 beta version is being tested. Help required with beta testing the new features and ironing out any bugs. Testing process can be done by a number of different ways, like- joining the wp-testers mailing list and/or the Trac ticketing system. In this process, wordPress developers will help people

WordPress has updated and released the "Security Release" version 2.8.4. Version 2.8.4 which fixes all known problems is now available for download and is highly recommended for all users of WordPress.

WordPress 2.8 is Available for Download. The most notable feature would seem to be the ability to browse themes at the WordPress Dashboard. Now you can specify the color you want, how many columns there should be, and fixed or flexible width. You can then select and install themes that

At MOC conference, federal CIO cites low-cost apps, processing among potential benefits

The federal government must tap the dynamic functionality of Web 2.0 technology if it is to capture the potential savings from a growing list of low-cost software applications and processing capabilities, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, told an