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80,000+ Wordpress blogs targeted by hackers

Wordpress, a popular blogging platform, has been targeted by an unidentified group of hackers. The hackers have reportedly launched a wide scale attack against blogs.

In the Media by Owen Weldon - 1 comment

WordPress to start accepting Bitcoin as method of payment

Atlanta - WordPress.com, the popular blogging platform, announced Friday that it will now be accepting Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency that is the most widely used virtual currency, as a method of payment.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn website suspended

WordPress has suspended the website of the Greek political party Golden Dawn, which gained electoral success in Sunday's election, claiming violation of service.

In the Media by Katerina Nikolas

'Everything should be open source,' claims WordPress founder

WordPress.com founder Matt Mullenweg said everything, not just software, should be open source and described himself as an "open source hippie."

In the Media by Stephanie Medeiros

Blog on how to kill Muslims deleted by WordPress

Last week the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) asked WordPress.org to ask that a blog containing violence to Muslims hosted by the Internet company be deleted. The blog was deleted the next day.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 4 comments

Blog giant WordPress crashes, slowly coming back online

Blog giant WordPress.com has crashed and then later reappeared. Users were given no explanation at the time of writing but CEO Matt Mullenweg tweeted: “The vast majority of blogs are back up...”

In the Media by Gemma Fox - 3 comments

Wordpress Worm Attacks Unpatched Blogs

Wordpress is arguably the most popular blogging software in existence, but does its enormous market share make it a more attractive target for hackers? The latest worm to hit the Wordpress platform highlights the importance of keeping up to date.

In the Media by Chris Rowson

10 Best Wordpress Plugins for Google Adsense

Google Adsense has become the most popular online contextual advertising program. Wordpress allows bloggers to easily integrate Google Adsense inside wordpress using plugins. Listed below are 10 best Adsense plugins which help you work smarter with wordpr

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