WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard).

Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click.

Video showing some new features:

Week 1 of my favorite links from around the web. Be sure to check them out.

1. The Ultimate Collection Of Photoshop Custom Shapes | Smashing Magazine

2. The Simple DVD Ripper for Macs | Ripit

3. Dynamic Content Gallery V2 | Studiograsshopper

4. Freebie – Grunge Corners and Edges Photoshop Brush Pack | Arbenting

5. Slickr Gallery (AJAX Flickr plugin for WordPress) | stimuli.ca

6. Free Font – FF MT | Creattica Daily

7. Customizable, User-Submitted, Helpful Web Design and Web Development Resources | CorkDump

8. 60 Impressive Free High Resolution Textures and Backgrounds | Photoshoproadmap

9. How to Setup a Dedicated Web Server for Free | NETTUTS

10. Free CSS Drop-Down Menu Framework | LWIS.NET