BitsCast, in its 9th beta release, contains major usability enhancement, such as more keyboard shortcuts designed for visually impaired users, better database storage management, and worker threads managements.

BitsCast, in its 8th beta release, now supports BitTorrent as one of plug-in download method. The BitTorrent support streamlines the torrent attachment download for large media files. Also added is the streaming media support, such as Real Shockwave Flash, MMS, RSPT.

BitsCast, in its 7th beta release, now supports multi-threading news scan and download, and exports playlist to both Microsoft Media Player and Apple iTunes to interface with various mp3 devices and iPod. Among the feature enhancement, the auto-discovery of RSS feed from visited webpages, opml directory service integration, and a powerful download manager are worth mentioning. In addition, Bitscast now supports GUI localization in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese language. More languages are planned, and we are looking for user helps to localize Bitscast to your own language.

BitsCast is a versatile RSS reader/database/aggregator and podcast receiver/player designed from scratch to support the latest RSS technologies, including podcast and vblog. It features a powerful database query tool supported by Microsoft JET engine, a seamless integration with webpage browser/media player for news or music/video experience, and a full suit of tools to manage downloaded media files.