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Now that Microsoft’s Mango announcements have beenmade and digested, videos are bubbling to the surface that show off some of what the company has planned in a hands-on format. We mentioned in a previous article that the Bing elements of the Mango update caught our eye as technologically interesting, and potentially useful. The following video, shot byour friends atWinRumors, shows them off, without any special effects or Microsoft posturing. Fire through the video, it’s only a minute long, and then we’ll circle back to talk about what it contained right afterwards:...

WPCandy has postedup a video previewing the distraction-free editor that WordPress developers are hoping to ship with WordPress 3.2. The interface is reminiscent of OmmWriter more than any other desktop distraction-free writing application, with bounding boxes that fade away as you begin writing. It’s not apparent from the video if the bounding boxes are resizeable as in OmmWriter. The distraction-free editor will replace the current full-screen editor. It’s still very early in development, having only just hit the development releases of WordPress, so it’s a great time for feedback — and a great timenotto rage about aspects you don’t like....

WPCandyhas launched a service calledPros, whereWordPressprofessionals can create profiles for themselves that makes it easier for clients to find them. Clients can run a search on WPCandy Pros that factors in location, specializations and project budget to find the most suitable candidates for the job. The service offers a free plan, Basic Pro, and a premium offering, Sweet Pro, that runs customers $20 a month. Sweet Pro customers are put at the top of search results pages that include them, get a larger display on the the homepage and in search results, and can show more information at a glance....

There are a variety of security services out there for WordPress users, including Automattic’s own subscription based security and backup service,VaultPress. But if you just want to scan your installation for security vulnerabilities and plug the holes yourself,WPScanmay be the tool for you. Released onethicalhack3r, a blog by a British computer security student, WPScan is a Ruby script with a couple of dependencies, so make sure you follow the installation instructions on the blog if you’re not all that familiar with using Ruby scripts....

All sorts of creatures exist in Paradox Interactive’s World of Darkness (WoD), and none so intriguing as the ghostly wraiths. If ever there were a franchise rife for exploring in the immersive world of virtual reality, it’s Wraith: The Oblivion. For those unfamiliar, the World of Darkness is a vast gaming universe created in the early 1990s for use in table-top and live-action roleplaying games. Its most popular franchise is “Vampire: The Masquerade,” but there are other creature-centric properties in the universe that focus on monsters ranging from werewolves to mummies....