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IntenseDebate Acquired By Automattic – The third party commenting service IntenseDebate has been acquired by Automattic, the company who brings you WordPress.com for an undisclosed amount. IntenseDebate allows users to have threaded comments, OpenID support, comment rating, reply by email and much more. Self hosted WordPress users will most likely see a full featured plugin which taps into IntenseDebate so that you can use their services on your blog. Keep in mind that no one will be FORCED to use IntenseDebate. – http://ma.tt/2008/09/intense-debate-goes-automattic/

WordPress.com Does A Woopsy – Those of you who use WordPress.com know that you can not upload any custom themes to use for your blog. On September 23^rd, WordPress.com announced that they had made changes to a popular theme called The Journalist. Just one problem, the theme over rode the original journalist theme forcing users to use the new one. Thankfully, Noel Jackson notified everyone that the new version is now a new selectable theme allowing for end users to switch back to the original journalist theme. I think WordPress.com may have learned that updating a theme that so many people are using without the users consent can lead to quite a backlash let alone an inconvenience. – http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/the-journalist-revised/

Top Entrepreneurs – Inc.com which is a magazine squarely focused on business individuals announced their list of the top 30 entrepreneurs who are under 30 years of age. Matt Mullenweg made the list at number 18. While WordPress began in 2003, Matt founded Automattic in 2005. Matt is 24 years old, just like me.

Plugin Of The Week – MTR Podcast Recorder – MTR Podcast Recorder offers real-time recording that is saved on the same server where WordPress is installed. All recordings will be saved into the MP3 format using the LAME encoder. In addition to all this, you can manage your playlists and recordings from the WordPress administration panel. You can easily add a Podcast Player widget to any of your sidebars, posts, or pages if you want to promote a specific recording to your readers.- http://mtr-design.com/en/projects/mtr-podcast-recorder/

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