The guys behind the Mac OS X application, Tubular, has announced that they have released Beta 3. Tubular? What in blazes is that? For the uninitiated, this little fella is basically a Mac OS X client application for the streaming, downloading, and converting of YouTube videos for your computer and iPod. Now isn't that nifty?!

More than a month ago, the Tubular team said that they would be releasing it by the end of 2006 if everything works according to plan. Well, for now, us frequent YouTube strollers would have to wait. So as we'll be really prepared when it comes out, Tubular requires Max OS X 10.4 or higher, 800 MHz G4 processor, and a high speed Internet connection (300 kbps or faster).

So back to Tubular Beta 3. To those lucky people who are testing it, all you have to do is start up Tubular and check for updates. Beta 3 fixes a couple of issues:

• Tubular does not save custom window size - FIXED
• Watching a video will cause the sidebar on the left to stop working - FIXED

Aside from the heads up about Beta 3, we'll also hook you up with a video demo of some of the app's features.