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After Ruling the Blogging Software world for the last decade Wordpress has now introduced a new addition to social networking world

The v0.2 BuddyPress release by Wordpress adds an extended social layer to Wordpress Multi-User installations. The collection of WordPress MU specific plugins offers the following list of features. Admins can select which one they want to install: Extended Profiles, Personal Blog, Private Messaging, Friends, Groups, The Wire, Status Updates, and Albums.

Key Features

• Extended Profiles
• Personal Blog
• Private Messaging
• Friends
• Groups
• The Wire
• Albums
• Status Updates

BuddyPress is only the first step towards the next social network

Although the BuddyPress development team thinks of their product as a community building tool, or niche social network, I can’t help thinking this is the first step towards the development of the next social network. If BuddyPress turns out to be an success, Wordpress will probably develop a version for the self-hosted installations - making it possible for bloggers to connect with each other through a global Wordpress platform.

People can enjoy using New series of walkman series next month.  Sony Ericsson has unveiled three new Walkman phones - the W902, The W595 and the W302.

The W902 features a scratch-resistant 2.2″ QVGA display, a 5 megapixel camera and music navigation keys. It comes bundled with headphones and an 8 GB Memory Stick Micro (M2).It is a UMTS/HSDPA 2100 and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets in Volcanic Black, Wine Red and Earth Green in Q4 of 2008.

Ubuntu MID Edition targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices. Ubuntu MID, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, is redefining what can be done in mobile computing.

Ubuntu MID Edition, a fully open source project, gives the full Internet, with no compromise. Custom options may include licensed codecs and popular third-party applications.

• Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash®, Java, and more
• Outstanding media playback so you can enjoy videos, music and photos with superior quality and easy navigation
• A suite of applications that work seamlessly to meet every need of a digital parent, student or anyone who is on-the-go
• Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Dailymotion, 3D games, GPS, maps, in short, the full Web 2.0 experience delivered into your hands as a compact and powerful device that’s easy and fun to use

The product of Canonical collaboration with Intel and the open source community, Ubuntu MID Edition is the software that makes it all possible.Read More Here
Source : http://www.ubuntu.com/

I downloaded Net Bean 6.1 last week and I have been using it since then and it has come out to be a very efficient IDE for all Java Apps Developments . Its an open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

The NetBeans IDE 6.1 provides several new features and enhancements, such as rich JavaScript editing features, support for using the Spring web framework, and tighter MySQL integration.