Another Friday is upon us, and with it, another Airfoil release. Today we’ve got an update to Airfoil for Windows, which is now at version 2.6.5. This update includes improvements to the Airfoil Speakers for Windows interface and backend. As well, we’ve fixed a slew of minor bugs, including issues with grabbing audio from Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.

This is a free update for all licensed owners of Airfoil for Windows, so all existing users should click to download from our site. If you haven’t used Airfoil on Windows or the Mac before, check it out now with a free trial.

Rogue Amoeba is once again looking to expand. At this time, we’re hiring both a new programmer and, in a new role for us, a full-time designer.

We’re looking to expand our team of programmers with an additional Cocoa/Mac OS X expert (iPhoneOS experience is welcome as well). Although we make almost exclusively audio software, audio coding expertise is not something we’re in need of right now. Audio applications, like any consumer-facing software, require an enormous level of interface coding as well, and that’s the role we’re looking to fill.

The full-time design position is a new direction for us, as it will represent our first non-programming hire (other than support work). Over the years we’ve done much of our design in-house, and contracted out for various artwork components. This has worked well enough, with serviceable results that over time have gotten better.

However, no one at Rogue Amoeba is a true artist, and that’s what we’d like to see. We want to take our technical know-how and make it ever more accessible, with polished interfaces that bring that power into the hands of all level of users. So if you can design a spectacular GUI, talk to us. If you think you can help us make the next Apple Design Award winner, we want to hear from you. Get in touch.

Interested? Check out our Jobs page for full details and apply!

Just in time for the weekend, Airfoil version 3.2.5 is now available for immediate download. This new release provides improved compatibility between 64-bit processes and the Instant Hijack component, an optional extra that makes it possible to grab audio from running applications.

In addition, several other pieces of Airfoil have received updates. The built-in Airfoil Video Player now includes the latest version of the Perian playback engine (1.1.3) and features minor improvements to DVD playback. Airfoil Speakers for Mac has also been updated with several small interface improvements, and the Soundflower extra used for capturing System Audio has been updated as well.

Along with those updates, Airfoil itself has had many small bugs fixed and improvements have been made under the hood. It now also works better to pull audio from several troublesome applications, including Songbird.

This is a free update for all licensed owners of Airfoil for Mac 3, so all existing users should simply choose Check For Update from the Airfoil menu, or click to download from our site. If you haven’t used Airfoil before, check it out now with a free trial.

Work For Rogue Amoeba
Rogue Amoeba is once again looking to expand. At this time, we’re hiring both a programmer and a designer. Interested? Check out our Jobs page and apply!

I’ve done another appearance on Late Night Cocoa, this time discussing NSOperationQueue problems. We also discuss RAOperationQueue, our open-source substitute for NSOperationQueue. Check it out over at The Mac Developer Network.

Now available for download is Audio Hijack Pro, our tool for letting you record any audio. This new release contains an important update to the Instant Hijack component for compatibility with 64-bit processes. For users who don’t know, Instant Hijack is an optional component (found under the Audio Hijack Pro menu, Install Extras… option) making it possible to grab audio from running applications.

In addition to the update to Instant Hijack, Audio Hijack Pro 2.9.1 also features several minor fixes and improvements. This is a free update for all licensed owners of Audio Hijack Pro, so all existing users should simply choose Check For Update from the Audio Hijack Pro menu, or click to download from our site. If you haven’t used Audio Hijack Pro before, check it out now with a free trial.