In the Part II of the Media Center Exposed video you mentioned an opportunity for someone to provide a podcast utility using BITS to download RSS enclosure using idle bandwith.

I had this same idea many months ago... and actually wrote a managed application to do just that.

It's called DrizzleCast (partly because it "drizzles" the downloads to you quietly in the background; and partly because "Drizzle" was the codename for BITS). It a free download @ http://www.nuparadigm.com/Products/Toys/

Great Interview guys, I wish MCE had more press, its a great product (one of the best MS has done)
You talked about RSS readers, I have written a free one for MCE. I am just in the proccess of finishing the beta (let me know if you want to try it)
I also have a MCE blog and am about to start a Podcast dedicated to MCE

Ian

Shawn- thanks for the tip- I like your RSS screensaver as well- pretty cool :)

DrizzleCast version 1.1 was released today. Added the ability to view the progress of downloads as well as the ability to open the file once the download has completed. View the screenshots to see these new features in action @ http://www.nuparadigm.com/Products/Toys/DrizzleCast/