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The world of WordPress is always buzzing and vibing with new and exciting news. Here’s a selection of the hottest topics that the frogs around this pond have been reading, in the week that passed.

• How to BackUp and Migrate Your Posterous to WordPress.
  Yesterday afternoon, Twitter announced that they had acquired blogging platform Posterous, and by all indications, it was mostly for the talent. If you’re a Posterous user, this means that your Posterous blog, called Posterous Spaces, is in limbo…
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  I’m very happy, and admittedly a bit proud, to announce that the first issue of The WPCandy Quarterly is now shipping. The first batch of issues is (finally!) on its way to owners now…
• A Faster Way to Publish Posts.
  The process of publishing new posts just got simplified big time. Starting today, any time you’re logged in to WordPress.com, you can create and publish new posts without leaving the page you’re on. So instead of having to visit your blog’s dashboard each time you want to publish a post, now you can start a new post the very second you’re inspired to create one…
• WordPress Takes SXSW 2012!.
  The South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) holds a special place in the history and heart of WordPress. Though the conference has changed in the years since I first met Matt in the hallway in 2003 — before WordPress even had a name — it’s still arguably one of the most influential events in our industry…
• 30,000 WordPress Blogs Infected to Distribute Rogue Antivirus Software.
  Almost 30,000 WordPress blogs have been infected in a new wave of attacks orchestrated by a cybercriminal gang whose primary goal is to distribute rogue antivirus software, researchers from security firm Websense said in a blog post on Monday…

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