Here is the next 1.8 beta. Please test it if you can -- try compiling it on your granma's Ultrix box, run it on your niece's flashy web site, see if cookies work, etc.
Get it from: ftp://gnjilux.srk.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget/.betas/wget-1.8-beta2.tar.gz (The `.betas' directory is intentionally unreadable, but the file is there.)