The latest version of YooTheme's ZOO application is officially compatible with themes using a Responsive design. For the first time, this extension will now be able to display dynamically on a variety of different mediums.  No matter if you're using a desk top monitor, an iPad or similar tablet, or browsing from your phone, a website using Zoo will now display in a way perfectly suited for the user's medium.  Go ahead and try it out here to see how ZOO handles responsive deisgn in action.

Michael Richey has published a new extension designed to eliminate the problem of timing out while in the middle of important changes and updates on a Joomla website.

RocketTheme has rewritten their Joomla text editor extension, RokPad, from the "ground up" for Joomla 2.5. RocketTheme is also careful to point out that RokPad is not a WYSIWYG editor, but more of a desktop-style editor specifically for Joomla developers.

This simple but ingenious Joomla! extension is a simple way to add clean, easily to edit, information about a brick and mortar store's business hours to a website. Simply install the extension, set configure the module, and place it on your site. Keeping all of your business hour information in this easy to use extension will ensure that no matter where on your website you use the information, it will always be accurate and look attractive. This will help ensure that no matter what page a visitor lands, they'll always have correct information.

The new version of Phoca Gallery, version 3.2.1, is designed specifically for use with Joomla 1.7 and 2.5. There are a number of fixes and enhancements in this latest version, including a new cURL option for connecting with Picasa and a new parameter for filtering Parent Category ID.

ChronoEngine, creators of popular form building extension ChronoForms, has released a new Joomla forum extension named, as you might expect, ChronoForums. The extension requires the installation of both ChronoForms and ChronoConnectivity to function.

Kunena, one of the most popular forum extensions for Joomla!, has released version 2.0. Although a cursory glance won't reveal many changes, there have been significant improvements across the board to this beloved extension. The programmers have completed a full rewrite of the codebase which has offered up improved speed and performance for large Joomla! based forum's and communities. Anyone who has a high-volume of forum posts will want to upgrade ASAP. But that's not all that's changed with Kunena...

Brand new component JEDchecker is aimed at the Joomla developer community, and promises to provide a quick and easy check of common possible problems an extension might have before submission to the Joomla Extensions Directory.

Many Joomla users have already made installing JCE a habit with each new website build, and after this latest release, they may have a much better time managing code tweaks and overall article management.

RSJoomla has released an update to their Joomla firewall extension, RSFirewall, that now allows users to block ip addresses by country as well as automatically blacklisting "repeat offenders."