WordPress has launched the much awaited WordPress 3.0. Named as “Thelonious”, this is the thirteenth major release of WordPress.

Major Changes in this version of WordPress are as follows:

From the User Point of View:

• A New default “Twenty Ten” theme, ditching the previous “Kubrick” theme.
  
• Multi-site functionality through which you can manage a large number of blogs from a single wordpress installation.
• A lighter interface and a contextual help on every screen.
• Bulk Updates through which you can 15 plugins at once with a single click.

From the Developer Point of View:

• New APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies.
• The long awaited merge of WordPress and WordPress MU code enabling the multi site functionality.
• 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements.

For a full feature list, you can visit the wordpress version 3.0 changelog or watch the video below:

Have you upgraded to WordPress version 3.0? Do let us know how it went.

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WordPress team has launched the release candidate (RC) of WordPress 3.0, coinciding with the 7th Birthday of WordPress.

This release means that the development of WordPress 3.0 is almost complete and will be out soon.

Features of WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate:

1. Custom Menus.
2. Support for Multi Sites.
3. Look of the WordPress admin has been lightened up a little bit, so we can focus more on your content with less distractions.

WordPress also stated that there has been some major changes in WordPress 3.0. So all you plugin authors, start testing out your plugins now, so that your plugin is compatible with the final version of WordPress 3.0.

However if you are testing the RC version and come across any bug, then do report the bugs in any one of the below mentioned methods:

• Report it on the wp-testers mailing list.
• Join the dev chat and tell us live at irc.freenode.net #wordpress-dev.
• File a bug ticket on the WordPress Trac.

Download WordPress 3.0 RC1

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But I highly doubt such web based OS will make a mark in India, considering the frequent fluctuations and undependable internet connections here. What do you say?

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However, Twitter search is working seamlessly and you can observe people complaining about their time line being frozen.

Twitter has just posted on their Status Blog, that “They are currently investigating a problem causing many users’ timelines to be delayed and are deploying fixes to address this problem”

Considering so much downtimes that Twitter has, I wonder whether Twitter is now capable of being a mainstream media and also whether it has killed RSS? What do you think? Pass on your comments.

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About a few month back, we had told you about an amazing bot called as Sbot, through which you could search the entire web via IM.

Well now, the Sbot has been recently updated. It has incorporated Bing search and added support for Yahoo! Messenger and Live Messenger as well.

To perform Bing Search on IM, send “b<space>SearchQuery” and in a short while, you will get the top 10 Bing search results at that time.

Using Sbot on Yahoo! Messenger/ MSN Live Messenger is very similar to using it on Gtalk, you just have to add searchbot@ymail.com and searchbot@live.com respectively as your buddies to use Sbot.

This IM bot has been built by @hnprashanth and @the100rabh. So if you have any suggestions or comments about Sbot, do let them know here.

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Its been clear that people hate IE6 with the lots and lots of campaigns that have been launched on the internet. However, lots of people are still stuck using IE6 for reasons beyond their control such as not able to upgrade, no admin rights etc. Therefore, to combat this problem, Google has now launched Chrome Frame.

So What’s a Chrome Frame?

Chrome Frame is a new browser plug-in developed by Google for IE to replicate the Chrome browsing experience within any version of Internet Explorer.

So How does this Chrome Frame work?

Chrome Frame is basically, just a plug-in that creates a new frame of Chrome browser inside IE . The plug-in is very lightweight (~ 500K), but before using Chrome within IE, Â it needs to download some Chrome-related data (~10 MB) to work seamlessly on the machine.

Currently, Chrome Frame supports IE6, IE7, and IE8 on any Windows Powered PC.

You can download Google Chrome Frame from here. Also, to learn more about Chrome Frame, you can check the video below

So what do you think about this new Chrome Frame? If you use IE, are you willing to use Chrome Frames to replicate the Chrome features in your IE? Do Pass on your comments.

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If you are an user of BSNL Broadband and are not on any one of the unlimited plans, then you must keeping tabs on the data usage you have done. But what if you are on the move and not able to access the internet to check the data usage?

Simple, Send an SMS.

Yes, BSNL has now introduced a new feature where in you can now know your broadband usage via SMS.

How to Register for this New Feature?

Just SMS “REG Landline Number” prefixed with your STD code (For Example REG 080 23456789) to the following numbers:

52295: For Bsnl Mobile Customers.

9448077777: For Any Other Mobile Customers other than BSNL.

After Registering your landline number, you will receive a Thank you message and from then onwards, you can check the broadband usage of your account anytime by just sending an SMS.

How to Check the Broadband Usage of My Account?

Just SMS “BBU Landline Number” prefixed with the STD Code (EG BBU 080 23456789) to the following numbers:

52295: For Bsnl Mobile Customers.

9448077777: For Any Other Mobile Customers other than BSNL.

Note: This service is completely free, and you will be charged only for the SMS, based on your operator sms charges.

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Well, from today, you can use the same username to log in to Facebook.com rather than your email address.

This new feature, helps you to skip typing those extra characters that comprised your email address and instead use your shorter username to access your Facebook account.

I feel this move by Facebook makes complete sense considering the fact that people remember their usernames better than their email addresses. What do you think? Do Pass on your comments.

However, if you have not registered your username as yet, you can just head over to facebook.com/username to register your username and then start using it for accessing your facebook account.

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If you love Google’s Doodles which is used by Google to commemorate important events and holidays, a good news news for you. Tiffany Lane, A Google employee, has created a Greasemonkey script through which you can now replace Standard Google’s logo in the homepage with your favorite doodle from this list.

Currently, however the script will override your favorite doodle on holidays or any days with a special doodle by default and after that holiday is over, your favorite doodle will be back. But you can change the script such that your favorite doodle is always shown.

This script is compatible with only the Greasemonkey extension installed version of Firefox.

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There are currently 5 inbuilt themes namely:

1. Clean Sheet
2. Simple Reader
3. Ginza
4. Paramaibo
5. Dakhar

Or You can create your own custom blog header for your posterous site and then just upload it to see it at the top of every page on your blog.

You can also use the color picker to change the Color of  text, Date, link or even the site Background.

Or you can create your own posterous theme and use it.

Also Posterous Themes are Tumblr-compatible. So if you have an awesome Tumblr theme or you have created your own theme for Tumblr, then you can use it for Posterous as well.

So How to Theme your Posterous Site?

To theme your posterous site, just head over to “Manage” section on your Posterous site, click “Edit Settings” and then click on “Theme and Customize My Site” to add your own theme or use any one of the inbuilt themes.

Now that Posterous theming option is out, its just a matter of time before we will able to see some gorgeous themes for Posterous as well. What do you say? Do Pass on your comments.

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