According to the Mozilla foundation that released the new browser, the software was downloaded 8.3 million times in its first 24 hours of release starting Tuesday morning.

The downloads were so popular that they initially crashed the servers running the operation. At their busiest, the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute and within five hours had surpassed the initial daily download of 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006. But the success was tempered by reports from a software security company that Firefox 3.0 contained a serious security flaw! Within five hours after the official release, security tool vendor TippingPoint noted a “critical vulnerability” affecting Firefox 3.0 and 2.0 and reported it to Mozilla. (remark by publisher: I’m not aware of security flaws being reported before on FF 2.0 - so they found that in just 2.0 just now???)

Mozilla on its security blog stated that, “There is no public exploit, the details are private, and so the current risk to users is minimal. We are investigating the issue. At Mozilla we appreciate any report of security issues because that is how we make the browser stronger and more secure. The best way to keep Firefox users safe is to report the issues directly to Mozilla as TippingPoint has chosen to, and to wait to release details until a fix is available.

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WordPress is a so-called blogging program. Blogs are specially structured web sites, mainly by publishing new content that they chronologically list on the home page of the website.

An example is this site - powered by the WordPress engine. This baja website uses all the advantages WordPress as a blog, but also as a CMS = content management system. Although WordPress generally not perceived as CMS, but you can use it as such, because it allows so-called static pages. This means that important content on menus at the top or page.

WordPress has many advantages. It needs to use only a hosting account on an Apache web server with PHP and MySQL, conditions which are not to difficult to obtain.

WordPress itself as open source software and completely free. WordPress Blog is for CMS software and Web sites around the world very often, so that a single community, which in the development of its website.

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For thousands of people around the world, the work week begins and ends inside their own homes. These workers have discovered the advantages of telecommuting , a work-at-home arrangement between employers and employees. Telecommuters often have the same responsibilities and workloads as their office counterparts, but they can perform their duties without a daily commute to a centralized location. Not all occupations are suitable for telecommuting, but the practice is usually seen as a win-win situation for both employers and employees.

Some of the advantages of telecommuting are economical and environmental in nature. A telecommuting worker does not have to use a gas-burning vehicle to reach his or her workplace. There is no specific dress code for most telecommuters, so there is little need for expensive dry cleaning of business attire. Instead of spending significant amounts of money on restaurant food, telecommuters are free to prepare more economical meals at home. Telecommuters can also coordinate their working hours with family meal times.

Other advantages of telecommuting are more social in nature. Telecommuting workers may be able to coordinate their work schedules with spouses working other shifts. Working parents can provide their own daycare services, which is a considerable savings over commercial daycare centers’ fees. Telecommuting parents are often available for medical emergencies or other needs. Working at home also allows workers to make personal appointments with fewer scheduling conflicts. Work hours missed during the morning can often be made up during the evening, for example.

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