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Some interesting news regarding future Internet Explorer updates!

Woohoo!

Opera have released Opera 7.5 Preview 1, the most notable changes in my opinion are…

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Apple have released v4.2 of their popular iTunes jukebox.

On Thursday, Apple announced that AOL users could purchase music from the iTunes Store via AOL accounts, and this update coincides with that news. Also included is an update to QuickTime 6.5 and according to the documentation there are a number of performance improvements too.

iTunes is the free software from Apple that lets users rip music from their CDs to MP3 or AAC format, mix the music using their own custom playlists, and burn their digital music to CD. It’s the software that bridges a connection between Macs and PCs and Apple’s iPod digital music player, and it’s the way that Mac and PC users alike can access Apple’s iTunes Music Store, a repository of more than 400,000 songs from commercial and independent music artists.

There are updates for both Mac & Windows versions.

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for (sorry I’ve always wanted to say that), the full final release of FeedDemon, the RSS reader for Windows is now available.

For those who don’t know exactly what FeedDemon is, here is a quote from the FeedDemon homepage:

FeedDemon enables you to quickly explore the world of RSS from your desktop without having to visit hundreds of sites. Written by Nick Bradbury, creator of TopStyle and HomeSite, FeedDemon makes RSS as easy to access as your email.

There is a trial version of FeedDemon available for download, and you can also purchase it for an introductory offer price of about £18 (GBP) or $29.95 (USD).

I don’t readily recommend software, but Nick’s work on TopStyle, Homesite and now FeedDemon make it an easy recommendation to make. And your not just getting a RSS reader for you money either, as the support via the newsgroups and email are second to none (in my opinion).

An excerpt from Nick’s Blog:

At the stroke of midnight tonight (CST), I’m “officially” locking the FeedDemon code in preparation for its final release. It’s been a long time coming, so I’m excited to finally get to this point.

Read more about FeedDemon 1.0 “going gold” here

Update: FeedDemon is now Golden.

Nick has released another build of the popular RSS Reader for Windows.

Download information and release notes for FeedDemon RC4a can be found here.

Nick has released the 4th and probably the final release candidate of his amazing RSS reader for Windows.

I haven’t had the time to install or use it yet as my computer is still in pieces due to the redecorating. However, I heavily recommend that you download FeedDemon, making sure you read the release notes first.

While I’m talking about Nick’s software, he’s just released a Safari 1.0 CSS Definition for TopStyle Pro.

Congratulations to Nick on an amazing piece of software!

Thanks to amazing discoveries by Ryan Parman and Joe Maddalone, I am now able to run, Internet Explorer 3, Internet Explorer 4, Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Explorer 6 on my Windows XP Pro PC.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Visit Ryan Parman’s site and grab yourself some browsers!

Nick has released the third release candidate of FeedDemon, the RSS reader for the Windows platform.

Important: Due to changes in this release, news items downloaded using earlier releases will be removed after installing RC3. Your groups, watches and news bins will be left intact, but previously downloaded news items will be deleted.

You are asked to read the release notes before downloading FeedDemon RC3.

Nick has released RC2 of his RSS Reader, FeedDemon.

This release sees the addition of a built in link to extra FeedDemon styles, and a way in which to manage them.

Please read the release notes before downloading FeedDemon.

Posting to MovableType from FeedDemon.

Jakub Kazecki posted a handy tip in the Bradsoft newsgroups which enables posting to MovableType directly from FeedDemon.

First, select Tools > Blog this News Item > Configure Blog Publishing Tools, then click the "Add" button and enter this as the command line:

http://www.myblog.com/cgi-bin/mt.cgi?
is_bm=1&bm_show=&__mode=view&_type=entry&
title=$ITEM_TITLE$&link_title=$ITEM_TITLE$
&link_href=$ITEM_LINK$&text=$ITEM_DESCRIPTION$

Where ‘www.myblog.com/cgi-bin’ is the URL of your MT installation.

After doing this, you’ll be able to right click on a news item and select “Blog This News Item” to post to your MovableType blog directly from FeedDemon.

Via Nick, and posted with the help of FeedDemon.

Nick has released the first Release Candidate of his amazing RSS Aggregator/Reader FeedDemon.

FeedDemon enables you to quickly explore the world of RSS from your desktop. Written by Nick Bradbury, creator of TopStyle and HomeSite, FeedDemon makes RSS as easy to access as your email.

Please read the release notes before downloading FeedDemon.

While I’m at it… congratulations to Nick!

Apple have released iTunes for Windows.

A hassle-free way to preview, buy and download music online quickly and easily, the iTunes Music Store has virtually every category of music to choose from. And whatever your tastes in music — Rock, Rap, Jazz, Blues, Pop, Latin, New Age, Folk, Inspirational, R&B, Reggae, Electronic, Classical or something in between — chances are you’ll find the tunes you’re looking for. With a vast catalog of music from all five U.S. major labels and agreements with 200 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog of songs is growing every week.

It integrates nicely with Apple’s iPod, for an unrivalled audio experience.

Download iTunes now.

Nick has released another beta version of his amazing RSS news aggregator FeedDemon.

I urge you to download, install and use it, but be sure to read the release notes.

While I’m at it, I was speaking to a friend of mine today, and it crossed my mind that everyone in the web design/development industry owes Nick a massive “thank you” for everything that he’s done and continues to do…

If you’re wondering why, read on:

• Nick is the brains behind Homesite, now owned by Macromedia.
• Macromedia are slowly assimilating most of the Homesite features into the code editing features of Dreamweaver.
• Nick is the God behind TopStyle, the CSS/(X)HTML Editor.
• Nick now gives us FeedDemon!

TopStyle, FeedDemon, Dreamweaver or Homesite, many of us have used at least one of these, and most of us have used them all at one time or another, and for that we should be grateful.

Thanks Nick!

Nick has released another beta version of FeedDemon, the RSS reader for Windows. You can download the beta here, but make sure to read the release notes beforehand.

If your confortable using beta software, then this is the RSS reader for the windows platform!