Category: Software

  • WordPress 2.3 released

    The latest version of the WordPress blogging platform was released late yesterday. New version 2.3 offers a wide range of enhancements and new features, including: Tagging Automatic notification of updated plugins Automatic notification when new WP versions are released Much…

  • Web 2.0 investing on the rise

    Venture-capital investment in Web 2.0 companies, generally ad-supported websites in fields like social networking or blogging, is showing signs of maturity, with more deals happening outside the Silicon Valley tech heartland. A Wall Street Journal report says: Investors directed $646.2…

  • Think of the users, Microsoft

    Last week, Microsoft released the third beta version of Windows Live Writer, its free software that lets you write and publish posts to your blog from your PC rather than having to log in to your blog. I use WLW…

  • Total Commander: The indispensable utility for PCs

    Do you have a favourite application on your PC that you simply couldn’t live without? I do. It’s a utility called Total Commander. If you remember the good old days of MS-DOS in the 80s, you might have used Norton…

  • Windows Live Writer beta 3 available

    If you use Windows Live Writer for your blog editing, as I do (notwithstanding glitches I’ve experienced), the latest beta 3 released on Wednesday looks like an essential upgrade. WLW developer Joe Cheng has the details on what’s in this…