As he’s done in years past, all-around good guy Seth Dillingham is once again working for the Pan-Mass Challenge, a fundraising bike-a-thon raising money for cancer research. You can get your hands on some great software, and help a great cause at the same time, by picking from among dozens of great applications. So visit the Bundle Builder right now and check it out.

And if you’re a software developer, Seth can use more donations, so why not get involved? Check out this link then send him an email.

Fast and easy screenshots are something we take for granted on Mac OS, with Command-Shift-3 producing a picture file on the Desktop dating back to System 7, and Command-Shift-4 letting you do a Selection screenshot starting in OS 8.

Windows users have never been so lucky, with the Print Screen keyboard button simply putting the screen contents onto the Clipboard. This in turn leads to all kinds of awkwardness when trying to give that screenshot to someone else.

Which leads me to Snapper, a recently released Windows screenshot utility created by our own David Hammerton (the programmer behind Airfoil for Windows and both Airfoil Speakers for Windows and Linux). I’ve been using Snapper myself to take our screenshots of Airfoil for Windows for a few months now. Whenever I had to take them before, it was an absolute chore to get done. With Snapper, I don’t have to give it a second thought, just like on Mac OS. That’s exactly how it should be. For our Windows users out there still suffering with Print Screen, check out the free utility Snapper.

We’ve got another small update Nicecast, our tool for creating an Internet radio station right from your Mac. We’ve fixed several minor bugs and also added full track title support while broadcasting audio from DJ-1800.

DJ-1800 is a DJ system that lets you use your Mac as a complete DJ solution. When coupled with Nicecast and their new Nicecast plugin, DJ-1800 can be used for great internet radio streams as well, with full song information being sent to listeners.

So be sure to grab the latest Nicecast and check out DJ-1800 and the Nicecast plugin as well.

Late last week, Jason Snell posted an excellent article over at Macworld.com, discussing some of the ways in which Apple has stumbled over the past year. Apple has attempted to do many things recently, and they haven’t all succeeded. As Snell asks:

“It makes you wonder: why did Apple decide to launch a brand-new phone, a major software update, the iPhone App Store, and a new Web service, all on the same day? I suppose the company thought it would make a big splash, and it did—but it was caused by a belly flop.”

There are no simple answers here, but it’s definitely worthwhile to ask why these problems are occurring, and how they can be avoided in the future. Read Snell’s entire piece for much more.

As mentioned earlier, Airfoil for Windows has been largely re-coded, moving from Win32, to .NET. Our goal here was to make it easier to maintain for the future, provide greater productivity on our end, and make it more versatile overall.

This update also features improved compatibility with applications like foobar2000 and others and better synchronization with all output types. Airfoil for Windows 2.6.1 is a free update for all licensed owners of Airfoil for Windows, and can be downloaded right here. Windows 2000 users should note that Airfoil 2.6.1 requires Windows XP or Windows Vista.

If you’re not currently using Airfoil (for Windows or Mac), you can learn more about our tool for sending any audio to the AirPort Express, Apple TV, and other computers on the Airfoil page.

Update (August 14th, 2008): While in development, Airfoil had an expiration date in the code, so we wouldn’t have old copies in the wild. It looks like this wasn’t properly disabled in Airfoil for Windows 2.6, preventing the software from working past August 31st, 2008. Updating to Airfoil for Windows 2.6.1 fixes this issue, so grab the latest version right here.