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One of my favorite podcasts, Skepticality, is back after a brief hiatus. It's a great show that discusses critical thinking, debunks common myths, and has some great guest hosts. They are now the official podcast of Skeptic magazine.

At first I was—excuse the pun—skeptical, and asssumed that the podcast would be bitter people not wanting to believe in anything, but as the show taught me a skeptic's goal is to disprove or prove an unverified fact. So for instance, a true skeptic would be/should be equally happy to prove a paranormal experience as to debunk it.

It's a great show, with people that believe in applying critical and applaud analytical thinking. Give it a try!

At the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple has given a sneak preview of their newest version of the Mac OS. Due out in spring 2007—perhaps before Windows Vista ships—Apple promises some key new features.

You can see the whole list on Apple's sneak preview site, but I have heard from conference attendees that Apple is keeping some really significant features under wraps until launch.

Here are some of the new features:

• Timemachine: a backup solution
• Mail.app updates
• Desktop sharing and custom video effects in iChat
• Virtual desktops
• Full 64 bit support

The server version holds even more promise!