Automatic Updates for Joomla

 August 26th, 2008

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Heres an joomla extension that automatically allows you to keep your joomla installation up-to-date with the very latest updates. Have the folks from intellispire created the “holy-grail” of joomla extensions? Although its a commercial extension, the intellispire software installer boasts a 1-click update to your entire joomla installation. No more headaches trawling the web looking for updates to your extensions and then manually updating each one. This is a must have!

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Extension homepage

Listing on Joomla! Extensions Directory

The Joomla Security Strike Team!

 August 26th, 2008

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JSST

The Joomla Project introduced a new team focused solely on managing and improving Joomla security—the Joomla Security Strike Team.

The JSST replaces the previous Joomla Security Team by assembling a top-notch group of Joomla experts, complemented by security talent recruited from outside Joomla. Together, part of their goal is to investigate and respond to security matters.

JSST leader Anthony Ferrara is excited about what this means for Joomla security. “We’re already well into our first mission—a low-level code audit and a deeper look into every reported vulnerability since 1.5.0 alpha.”

The Security Center offers the community a transparency over how security issues are handled.

“The Joomla Core Team has been planning a new security team for a few months now in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The previous team worked in relative isolation, but the new Strike Team will have a strong public-facing presence,” said Ferrara.

Win a free Joomla T-Shirt

Being a community run project, the JSST would like the rest of the joomla team to submit and report vulnerabilities. For each verified security breach reported, the JSST will send the user a free Joomla t-shirt. You can submit here and, should it be verified as a vulnerability, you could bag yourself a joomla T-Shirt!

You can view the JSST activity at Joomla Security Center.

You can also subscribe to the JSST news feed, which provides up-to-the-minute notification of security issues as they arise.

Your OS of choice part II

 August 15th, 2008

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Once again - which is your operating system of choice?

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