The Movable Type team have released the 7th beta of MT 4 in the last few minutes. Not only does this release include bug fixes it also includes "out of the box" support for podcasting, which should make a lot of people really happy. Byrne Reese has all the details. … [Read more...] about Movable Type 4 Beta 7 Released – Podcast Support Added
Open Source
Browser Usage Stats – Is Firefox Gaining or Losing?
About a year ago I posted about browser and OS usage on this site and search.ie Damien mentioned a new report on browser market penetration this morning, so I thought I'd have a quick peak at my stats. The results surprised me! The first image is the browser usage for this site. As you can see Internet Explorer is slightly ahead of Firefox: Search.ie remains true to form with … [Read more...] about Browser Usage Stats – Is Firefox Gaining or Losing?
Google Desktop Now On Linux
Google desktop has now been made available for Linux You can peruse the documentation or download the files from the Linux version of the site. As should be expected there are both RPM versions (RedHat and derivatives) and .debs (for Ubuntu / Debian). I'm not sure how useful this would be, as the only time I need to conduct search is with email and thunderbird handles that … [Read more...] about Google Desktop Now On Linux
Movable Type 4 Beta 4 Released
MT 4 Beta 4 was released earlier this morning. The changelog hasn't been updated yet, but probably will be during the day. … [Read more...] about Movable Type 4 Beta 4 Released
SPF Does Its Job – Pity The Host Didn’t
SPF has been around for a couple of years now and is included with all installs of Spam Assassin by default. So why is it that some hosting companies can't understand how it works or how email filtering works? It's not rocket science. SPF, which I've mentioned here several times in the past, allows a domain owner to specify which mail hosts can send mail from the domain. It's … [Read more...] about SPF Does Its Job – Pity The Host Didn’t