Earlier this month, over 3500 of you responded to our survey asking you to help us prioritize some of the media features that had been suggested for the 2.9 release. While the exact features for 2.9 have not been hammered out yet, as we continue to match up developers with features, we wanted to share [...]

by Helen Foster.  
A big thank you to Tim Hunt for his outstanding contribution to Moodle whilst working at Moodle HQ in Perth.

In the past twelve months, Tim’s work has included:

Flexible block system design and development for 2.0
Theme engine 2.0 design and development
Navigation 2.0 design and development
Roles administration improvements
JavaScript improvements
Quiz module and question bank maintenance
Improvements [...]

Apple will shortly release a software patch for the iPhone to fix the security issue that allows a modified SMS message to disconnect a phone from the network, or at worst completely hijack it altogether.
Phones incorporating the Windows Mobile and Google Android operating systems are also vulnerable, they said. An O2 spokesperson said the [...]

Natcoweb Corp. is a privately-owned company with a product portfolio including shared, vds, dedicated and colocation services that accommodate all sizes and types of hosting needs from personal 10-page websites to complex e-commerce portals.
Natcoweb’s team has years of experience in delivering top-notch support services, server administration and systems management. Natcoweb pairs best-of-breed server equipment with [...]

Companies are faced with many tough cost-cutting decisions each day. Many feel spending less gets them inferior products. Well, IT departments can rest easy. Go Daddy Extended Validation Certificates (EV SSL) use the same stringent vetting process as competitors and cost up to seven times less.
For less than $200 per year, a company can get [...]

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.14 [Wojmamni ama naiki]. This release contains fixes for two material bugs that were introduced in version 1.5.13 and one low level security issue. Instead of waiting for a normal 6 to 8-week release cycle, this release is being made available to users now. [...]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – (Hosting-News.Net) – July 30, 2009 – Antispam consultancy and implementation enterprise, SpamExperts, has revealed the winner of its HostingCon full conference pass. From the many participants in its promotion, SpamExperts selected Hewlett Packard, former cPanel executive, Alex Villegas.
Mr. Villegas explains his [...]

Mountain View, California – (Hosting-News.Net) – July 30, 2009 – Search engine, Google, has released the company’s fiscal results, for the period ending as of June 30, 2009.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google noted, ”Google had a very good quarter, especially given the continued macro-economic downturn. [...]

Houston, Texas – (Hosting-News.Net) – July 30, 2009 – The Planet IT hosting provider, has joined the Microsoft BizSpark Program, where The Planet can provide early-stage startups with free Microsoft software, which otherwise may be unaffordable for certain companies.
As a gold-certified Microsoft partner, The Planet [...]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – (The Hosting News) – July 30, 2009 – Antispam consultancy and implementation enterprise, SpamExperts, has revealed the winner of its HostingCon full conference pass. From the many participants in its promotion, SpamExperts selected Hewlett Packard, former cPanel executive, Alex Villegas.
Mr. Villegas explains his [...]