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Internet & Industry News
WordPress 3.2.1 is out and is a general update
WordPress 3.2.1 is available and is a general update to the recent 3.2 WordPress version. We will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients over the next 24 hours. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations ASAP as usual.
WordPress 3.2 now available to download and install
WordPress 3.2 is available and is an update for all previous WordPress versions. This is a fairly significant update which includes an updated user interface andis faster and lighter – for full details see the codex page for 3.2. We will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients over the next 24-48 hours. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations ASAP as soon as possible as usual.
High profile recent hacks: Sony to Sega to Fox News
We’d been planning on doing a news post rounding up all the recent high profile hacks of websites and databases, etc… but not had the time. However The Telegraph have just published a news article so saving us the time and trouble of doing this ourselves – so for a summary of the big names hit by hackers have a look here: Timeline of recent hacks: from Sony to Sega to Fox News. Remember one thing – if they can’t protect themselves, what hope for a small company website if targeted?
UPDATE 5th Sept 2011: And more big sites hit: “Visitors to the websites of Vodafone, the Daily Telegraph, UPS and four others were re-directed to a site set up by Turkish hackers on Sunday night.“
WordPress 3.1.4 is available and is a security update!
WordPress 3.1.4 is available and is a security update for all previous WordPress versions. This is an important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible. We will be upgrading all AKIS full service clients over the next 24 hours. AKIS Hosting / Self-Service clients should update their own installations ASAP as a priority.
IE9 ‘breaks’ Cufon fancy text
Many websites these days (including those we build) use “Cufon” to produce what you might call fancy text. This is mainly used for headings and the like, but also sometimes for all text. Per the highlighted example to the right.
It has come to our attention that in the current IE9 beta (testing) version cufon doesn’t render anything at all, not even the actual text. The final IE9 does the same! Read more on the IE9 problems here.