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David Watanabe, the author of NewsFire RSS reader has released Public Beta 3 of his BitTorrent client, Xtorrent. This new release brings with it full support for RSS torrentcasts allowing you to subscribe to a sites list of torrents and easily download them with one click.

Having given this a try and get tell you that it really is as easy as Savid says. Simply subscribe to an RSS feed by adding its URL to Xtorrent and you will be presented almost instantly with a list of the latest files/folders from that feed. Each of these files/folders has a iTunes-esque download button next to it allowing you to download the file/folder in one click.

Money managing app, Cha-Ching has been updated to version 0.5.1 today bringing with it a whole bunch of bug fixes. The developers wrote on their blog that version 0.6 is coming soon but to satisfy the feedback they’ve been receiving from their customers they decided to release this intermediate version to “help out with some minor bugs that have been bothering some of you”.

The official list of bug fixes in this release is,

• Overlay issues not coming back in front of the main window.
• .Mac uploading issues.
• Issue when editing a transaction shifts its location in the transactions table.

Inquisitor 3 is a must have plugin for anyone who uses the built in search functions of Safari. It extends the capabilities of the Google search bar instantly finding the top results as you type, auto-completing your words with suggestions (and boy are these accurate!) plus it allows you to quickly search over other search engines with customizable shortcuts!

The best part? It’s 100% FREE!

To quote the developer, “it’s like Spotlight for the web”, this is no lie. Not only does it support you with your searches however, it remembers what you have been searching for, flagging previously visited results on the fly. Don’t worry though, it’s all remembered on your Mac so you don’t have to worry about Big Brother watching you!

I woke up this morning to a killer surprise from the Adium team. Version 1.0 of the multi-protocol open source chat application Adium!

As a regular Adium user at home I jumped straight onto the website to check out the full release details, there are over 600 enhancements and bug fixes in this release.

Adium 1.0 has been over a year and a half in development and boy was it worth it! Some of the new features include,

• New Xtras manager for bettter browsing and removing of Xtras
• Improvements to iTunes integration, updating is now much faster

Launching your applications can be a pain at times. Your favorite applications can be launched from the Dock, but this has its limitations of size, even on a large widescreen display. Getting to your other apps would traditionally be a case of opening up your Applications folder, looking for the application you need, and opening it up.

The solution? Application Launchers. These are nothing new and there are a wide variety to choose from; QuickSilver, Overflow, Todos and the ol’ faithful Spotlight to name but a few. A new player has come onto the market with a new feature however. Valet, from 94West.