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Drum roll please… WordPress 2.7 is here!

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At last! It’s here and I’ve just got it running on the GEEK! site. Despite a few issues I had with the wp-includes folder, its now working. Oh, and that would explain the small downtime earlier, my apologies 😉

Anyhow, you’ll be really pleased to know I really like it! They’ve finally put all the features back and I can use the click and drag again. The new dashboard is fantastic, and overall the interface is a massive improvement.

Definately, without fail, download the new version at www.wordpress.org!

Thanks everyone at WordPress!

Sky Broadband – the ONLY broadband that’s truely unlimited

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I heard this out a while back but I didn’t really think to post about it. 

Anyway, according to Channel Five’s (UK) The Gadget Show, Sky.com is the only company in the UK that provides truelly unlimited broadband. On their full maxed out package, they recently removed their fair use policy and have told The Gadget Show that there is no cap whatsoever. Hopefully, this will persuade other companies to make their broadband fully unlimited.

So, if you’re looking for a full on broadband for all your download needs – head for Sky.com’s MAX package.

I myself have never needed full on broadband – I would’nt have thought I download more than 20GB a month on a busy month. Generally I suspect I download about 10GB a month, depending on where I am.

Free .co.uk for one year with OVH (UK Only) [EXPIRED]

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If you’re in the UK, I’ve got the perfect treat for you.

Head over to www.ovh.co.uk and they’ll give you as many .co.uk’s you like for one year for nothing whatsoever. No surveys to fill in, no “points” to collect, nothing.

It’ll be registered in you’re name, you’ll get a free Nominet registration, the right to change the DNS servers to whatever you like (if you want a good host, I suggest NovaHost) and everything else you’d expect.

Go get one. Something for nothing – that’s what I like hear on GEEK!

There’s no limit on how many you get, as long as you stick to their terms (same as any old terms).

Just make sure you’re in the UK and have a UK mobile number that they can text you with for verification (no cost on text).

The company I believe is actually French but has UK headqaurters.

17.5.09: I believe this offer no longer exists after checking the site. OVH is no longer advertising the offer. If you have already registered a domain with them, you will not loose it, however you will have to pay to extend it at the end of the free year.

Have you got your copy of OpenOffice 3?

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Now I know I use Microsoft as my primary office software, and probably always will, but when OpenOffice 3 was released I had to get my hands on a copy.

So, despite the massive problems OpenOffice have been having with their site (huge traffic), I managed to get my download of the 150MB file. 

Well its installed fine, and I opened it up, and the new interface is fantastic! It’s brought Open Office in to 2008 rather than 2000! There are several new features that have also been added, including docx support and other important features.

Grab a copy at OpenOffice.org (They are currently having problems with server overload at the time of writing – you may not get the full download first time).

Is Skype 4 Beta 2 any good?

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I’ve tried it myself and have been using it for about a week now, and overall its a big improvement on the first beta. Heres a quick video from the Skype staff on the new features:

So there you have it from the staff. The most useful features I have found is the new compact view which makes it much better for anyone who is used to the older versions of Skype, because it makes Skype much easier to use when you are doing a lot at one time on the computer.

The new alerts system is much better. In beta 1 I had issues that I’d open up Skype and notice I’d missed a message from someone a day back which is a newsense. Now the new notification system will leave plenty of ways to tell me I’ve got a new message.

Overall, much better, and hopefully the next release from Skype will be the final version which I look forward to. 

Grab a copy at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/beta/ and try it for yourself, but beware there are still a few bugs and a few call drops/program freezes, so if you want to be on the safe side stick with Skype 3.8.