Bitscast is a RSS news reader/database, a audio/video podcast receiver/player, supporting all Microsoft Media PlaysForSure mp3 devices, as well as iPod.

• Handles all news/podcast feeds in RDF, RSS 0.9, 1.0, 2.0, and ATOM 0.3.
• Support multithreading podcast download and synchronization with various MP3 player/iPod.
• Supports for multiple channels, subscription lists, and channel/list management.
• Keyword based news watch
• Group subscription/directory browsing through OPML.
• Unicode support for subscribing to feeds in various international languages
• Feeds/bookmarks list management supporting drag and drop.
• Minimizes to the system-tray with new arrival notification.
• Media (audio/video or software image) auto-downloader and local cache management.
• Podcast audio/video browsing/preview, as well as software download.
• Podcast audio/video download management with flexible timer/scheduler.
• Powerful database query tool, supported by Microsoft JET engine.

System Requirements

• Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Media Player 9
• Windows 2000, with MDAC 2.7, IE 6, Microsoft Media Player 9

Playboy launches the Bodcast.

“Playboy.com continues to extend its online consumer base by embracing emerging technologies and creating products that reach people when they want it, how they want it and on the device they want it,” said John D. Thomas, editor of Playboy.com. “We’ve seen an overwhelming response to several features we created for consumers to view on different devices such as the Apple iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable. The success of those features demonstrates that our fans are clearly interested in viewing fun, sexy Playboy features on these kinds of portable players.”

The “Playboy Bodcast” feature on Playboy.com will be updated every weekday and will be drawn from the following online video features:

– Joke of the Day — no one delivers a joke better than a Playboy model
– Ask Hef Anything — wit and wisdom from Mr. Playboy
– From the Mouths of Babes — video advice from Playboy’s sexy CyberGirls

Playboy’s previous iBod service - downloaded photos to your iPod had been discontinued.

Creative is launching a new video player. The announcement has already been released in Japan and speculation is that it will be announced to the rest of us tomorrow.

It has a 2.5-inch screen and a 30GB hard drive.

TypePad has added video cast support to its blogging software. They have partnered with Serious Magic to offer a free special edition of Vlog It video casting software for TypePad users. This version will allow users to create and post a video to their blog, as well as provide free video hosting for non-commercial use.

TypePad has also partnered with VideoEgg to offer the VideoEgg Publisher to TypePad users. The VideoEgg Publisher is a website plug-in that hleps users to capture, edit encode and post digital video online through weblogs. Publisher allows users to publish videos that anyone can watch without worrying about player compatibilities, encoding settings or extra software.

Under the terms of its deal with Six apart, a preview version of the VideoEgg Publisher is now available to all registered TypePad users free of charge. TypePad users simply go to http://typepad.videoegg.com, log into their TypePad accounts, and then create and post their vlog entries using VideoEgg Publisher. Video postings are hosted without charge.

Apple has cut a deal with NBC Universal to add 11 television shows to its online iTunes Music Store

Apple’s online iTunes Music Store will get 11 TV shows from NBC Universal. They are “Law & Order,” “The Office,” “Surface,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Monk,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Dragnet,” “Adam-12″ and “Knight Rider.”