It’s been a while since I’ve written anything pertaining to software reviews but the latest version of Acquisition (v.2.0) is incredible. Utilizing both GNUtella and BitTorrent, Mac users have unfettered access to billions of files in a streamlined, easy to use interface. From start to finish the program has been designed to seamlessly integrate with iTunes and can preview/play media directly from within the client.
Acquisition is shareware and at $24.00 USD it’s well worth the nominal fee. My only gripe was that I recently purchased version 1.1 a few months back and was not given a path to upgrade for free.
Check out XTorrent 1.1 from the same software developer. They are rock solid!
I just installed the newly released Safari 3.0 for Windows Public Beta only moments after Steve Job’s keynote and it looks great and is SUPER speedy. Take a peek at the screen capture — notice the brushed metal is gone and it looks a lot like iTunes. Fancy!
It has just been announced that my favorite web browser on Apple is being ported to Windows! Steve Jobs is giving the Keynote Address at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco and updates are fed continuously at MacRumorsLive.com. Leopard Beta has already been announced to be released to developers attending the conference today, and now word of the new PUBLIC beta for Windows has just been dropped on the crowd. iPhoto developer extensions are also being covered towards the end of the Keynote. I love WWDC 
Omni Group’s latest application, OmniFocus, was just released today into Private Beta. Unfortunately I had not signed up on the mailing list early enough to snag a copy but I’m anxious to get my hands on it when it is more publically available later in the next month or two. I’ve been using Midnight Inbox and iGTD but have been holding out for the Omni product since their other apps, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner are so damn great. If anybody has a copy, pleeeez share!
OmniFocus is a personal task management system, designed to quickly capture your thoughts and allow you to store, manage, and process them into actionable to-do items. Tasks can be assigned to projects and stored within contexts (for example: “Home”, “Work”, or “Garden”), with built-in visual cues to highlight the next action you need to take care of. With OmniFocus, you can narrow your field of concentration to only those areas—tasks, contexts, projects—you wish to view, which helps you stay on track and organized.
In an effort to steal Andy’s thunder and copy his blog post verbatim, I have plenty of Joost invites too! I guess the “private” beta period has ended so if you wanna Joost invite and you’ve got some decent hardware (OS X -or- Vista) drop me a comment and I’ll get one sent out in a jiff. Only 997 more invites left so hurry! haha.
Update: Joost is now signing on new content providers!!! Check TechCrunch.
What’s Joost?
Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.
