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If you have a WordPress blog you probably already know this but in case your weekend was a little fuzzy (Hope you’re using Google’s Mail Goggles!) here’s what WordPress had to say about this update:

A vulnerability in the Snoopy library was announced today. WordPress uses Snoopy to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard. Although this seems to be a low risk vulnerability for WordPress users, we wanted to get an update out immediately. 2.6.3 is available for download right now.

If you don’t want to download the entire package for the update you can download the following two files and copy them over to your 2.6.2 installation:

1. wp-includes/class-snoopy.php
2. wp-includes/version.php

As always WordPress is on top of things keeping us blog lemmings safe! Thanks for your hard work guys!

WordPress 2.6.3

PS. I wrote this post on a shiny new DasKeyboard Ultimate. My review of both the Ultimate and the Professional is coming soon so stay tuned!

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret

Had I read this on April 1st I would dismiss this as an April Fools joke. Maybe that’s even where this ingenious idea started. I’m talking about Google’s latest Google Labs addition, Mail Goggles! Even the name is funny!

The concept is awesome. This add-on lets you define a period of time during the day throughout the week when you are most likely to to send e-mails you surely will regret later. You probably get the idea, but to illustrate; that e-mail to your ex asking to get back together, or that drunken gibberish you sent to your team mailing list at work. All these horrible, but probably brilliant, ideas can now be prevented!

Mail Googles settings

The way it works is fairly simple. You go to Gmail / Settings / Labs and enable Mail Googles. Set your settings and choose your difficulty level as shown above. Next time you feel inclined to write a masterpiece at 2am after 12 beers and a tray of Jäger shots you might be presented with a screen similar to this after hitting that infamous Send button.

This will seem hard if you're an idiot

Now some of you should consider leaving this on all the time – I’m just saying! You know who you are!

The Fring App

Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, and ICQ. In addition, Fring offers Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) using the iPhone’s Wi-Fi connection. Features listed include:

• VoIP (Voice) Calls over WiFi
• Instant Messaging
• Integrated dynamic contact list ?with real-time contact availability
• SIP integration
• Multiple Connection types

Fring supports SkypeOut and SIP which allows you to make calls to landline and mobile phones. Some charges may apply depending on the type of call and plan. Fring is available as a free download in the App Store. (App Store)

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iPhone 2.2 Includes Hidden Japanese Emoji Icons

According to MacRumors the latest iPhone 2.2 firmware has one hidden feature that should please Japanese iPhone customers: the inclusion of 461 emoji characters.

The hidden iPhone emoji (emoticons)

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Obama ’08: The Official iPhone Application

In these times people are wanting change while protecting their shiny iPhones with their lives. The Obama camp has decided to combine the two. Basically you get the Obama ’08 campaign on your phone.

Feature list

From the website

This year’s presidential election is a real chance for Americans to create change and build solidarity. This campaign has been about people like you making a difference. With Obama ’08, you have the information and tools necessary to help deliver the change we need come this November.

Norway consumer body challenges Apple over iTunes.

So a Norwegian consumer agency has decided to go after Apple planning to take it to court over not being able to use iTunes store downloads on music players other than iPods. I don’t think they’ll get very far with this but they’re hoping other countries will follow suit and do the same thing.

I usually don’t get fashion. I’m not stylin’ or groovin’ the latest trends. You’re likely to find me wearing cargo pants/shorts, jeans or sweatpants. It’s comfortable and I prefer to be comfortable rather than look like I was spit out of the latest fashion magazine.

But sometimes, on a rare occasion, a fashion show will catch my eye or I’ll be forwarded something that makes me do a double take, and no it’s not the many see through shirts and dresses I’m talking about here. No, we’re talking about when fashion meets drugs, cause that’s the only damn explanation for these two pictures…

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The first hardware running Google’s open source OS “Android” has finally arrived. I first saw the news announcement over at Engadget. No doubt they face a pretty daunting market with the iPhone and Blackberries dominating much of the sales and with good reason. Might explain why they’re launching it for $179 with a 2-year T-Mobile contract, but more surprisingly you can get the phone for “only” $399 contract free. If you’re already a T-mobile subscriber you’re in luck, they are taking pre-orders for you faithful customers already.

Amazon has aligned itself with the new handset giving you access to their MP3 store, so obviously they’re aiming to be a music device too. So explain to me, where the hell is the standard 3.5mm jack?

Keep reading for picture, specs and link to official site.

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Radioshack came out with a new Micro Mosquito helicopter over the summer (link) making it version number 3.0. It’s pretty easy to recognize now since it’s black and orange instead of black with green LED’s.

Overall the helicopter looks a little more polished and more like a bug instead of a science experiment. Not sure I prefer the new model over the old one. The old one had a cool feel to it and looked home made almost. The new body has been curved and looks more like a bug with orange decals and orange covers over the eyes. It also grew another set of legs which does help with landing and balancing the helicopter in my opinion.

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