Here’s a first look at Inquisitor 2.0. More details on this later.

I am pleased to announce the immediate release of NewsFire 1.2. NewsFire 1.2 represents a solid evolution of the user experience of NewsFire with improved smart group capabilities, a redesigned grouping interface, substantially faster performance, Spotlight search support, and dozens of tweaks to elevate the experience (release notes). This release lays a solid foundation for the future of this continuously improving application.

Acquisition 122.1 beta is now available. This release features the following improvements over the previous release:
- an improved filter system including support for user-configurable filter presets.
- batch filter commands (“Apply Current Filter to All Queries”, “Remove Filters from All Queries”).
- a proper “Open With…” menu that lets you open a downloaded file with any suitable application.
- performance optimizations when dealing with a large number of queries.

NewsFire 1.2 (Beta 5) is now available. Beta 5 contains only minor bug fixes and tweaks over Beta 4.

A couple of days ago I changed the design of this blog, and I just wanted to send out some props to the creators of this kick-ass theme. DWBlog is now using the rdc 0.7 WordPress theme created by CSS geniuses Jon Roobottom and Paul Lloyd. Thanks guys, you rock!

As fantastic as the iPod nano appears to be, my only question is why Apple has abandoned the mini (supposedly the best-selling iPod) and, more importantly, why there is again not a single iPod in the lineup that doesn’t become irreparably scratched when used. When the mini came out, I thought Apple had learnt the lesson that shiny metal and plastic looks great for about a day. Thanks to its anodized exterior, my iPod mini is the only iPod I own that has kept its good looks. I’m pretty certain the nano won’t be as robust.