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WordPress today announced the release of the latest version of its awesome eponymous blog platform. Version 2.8 (‘Baker’, after the famous Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker), consists of few immediately visible changes but plenty of performance enhancements.
iTunes 8.2 released [Softonic]
Hulu looks set for UK launch in September [Daily Telegraph]
Get more from Google Latitude [Google Mobile Blog]
Windows 7 RC1 released to MSDN and TechNet [Microsoft]
It has become something of a mantra over the last few months: as soon as a major event happens somewhere (or everywhere) in the world, bloggers and then journalists are quick to point to the speed at which news of the event spread on Twitter. For many people (including myself), the so-called microblogging tool has turned from being a slightly self-conscious way of publishing one’s current status, into a vital means of communication and a first contact point for interesting links, breaking news and the birth of memes.
Google promotes user profiles in vanity searches [Google Blog]
Ask.com to re-rebrand as Ask Jeeves (in the UK) [The Register]
Twitter’s ‘Discovery engine’ is coming [Twitter]