Kevin Rose, Accurate predictor of new iTunes and iPods, told of possible Blu-Ray enhancements for the new MacBooks on Oct.14th. He revealed this info at the Future Of Web Apps Diggnation recording earlier today.(He did claim however that this source is not as good as the last)

This rumor has been floating around for quite a while and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Blu-Ray drives coming as a Build To Order option for both the MacBooks and the MacBook Pros. As far as pricing goes, expect the add on to be in the sub $200 range. I can’t imagine it would come standard though, as wonderful as that would be.

Don’t hold your breath but I do give you permission to get your hopes up.

So I’m sure you have all heard the rumors and seen the pics. But allow me to try and make some sense of it all.

$800?:The new $800 Apple Laptop will be a new, lower end MacBook. As Apple is not about to unveil a 4th laptop form factor. It will feature at least 2GB Ram and a 120GB HDD.The introduction of this model will also bring in a new design for the MacBooks.

NVIDIA?:The rumors about Nvidia are to sketchy for me to say that any new mac will include integrated Nvidia graphics, it is however, a possibility.

(Brick) Aluminum Case?:The MacBook Pro will be using the new “Brick” casing design. I am also expecting the MBP to ship with 4GB standard and nothing less then 250GBs.

Glass Trackpad?:The glass trackpad rumor is one I really wish I could get behind. However, I still feel that there is a ways to go before that technology will make it into a MacBook Pro. If they update the MacBook Pro on the 14th, it may be awhile before they make changes again.

What are your thought? Anything I am missing? Let me know in the commenst below. (Click “Meta” to bring up comment box.

Today Google announced the availability of a new version of the Picasa uploader for Mac.

The new version brings in a few needed features. The biggest one being video support. Most cameras these days allow you to take video clips. So why not share those as well? I had been hoping to see this feature in Flickr but it seems Google beat them to the punch. The new version of the Picasa Uploader allows you to upload video clips directly to your picasa web album, either from iPhoto 08 or by using the standalone Picasa uploader app. Another neat feature is that the uploader now preserves geo tags. So those out there with geo tagging cameras will be happy as well.

Full release here: Share your home movies with Picasa Web Albums
Download link here: Picasa Web Alnums Uploader

Mac OS X 10.4 + Required