"A new company called BadFruit has anticipated Apple Computer's plans to add podcasting support to iTunes with a software plug-in called 'BadApple'," reports CNET News.
As yet, the programmers behind the BadFruit site are remaining anonymous, although several clues point to a corporate identity. Unlike most basement-hacker projects, the software comes with a sophisticated privacy policy and terms of use that may indicate bigger plans for the future.
For now, the plug-in provides seamless access to hundreds of podcasts inside the iTunes shell, with downloads functioning in much the same way that the iTunes music store itself works.
It's Windows-only at the moment (which hasn't pleased some of the users) and there's a disclaimer running across the bottom of all pages which reads "BadApple is NOT from the Beatles. It's also not from Apple Computer Inc. It's definitely not endorsed or approved by Apple. In fact, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want you to use BadApple."
