Why are only now developers starting to really bring “push”-like services to the desktop? I mean: originally internet related services (like email and web pages) required the user to “pull” the data from the internet. Now recently there has been a lot more development for creating some “push”-like content like widgets, gadgets, twitter, etc.

I am just amazed by this recent focus on “push”-like services while originally services like telephones and sms have always been push services. Has the technology really never been there for the internet or has there been a refusal to go push by developers?

Upgraded to Wordpress 2.1.2 because of some stupid security flaw in the 2.1.1. Although Wordpress integrated into my website has its advantages, static pages have the advantage of not having to upgrade the damn framework that runs your blog. Well, all and all everything should work again (including all the version dependet plugins).