In case you missed the announcement or the web site news, 1.7 Beta 2 was released today. As noted previously, this version features the "Without a Trace" capability so that you can run BitWise from a removable disk and leave no trace of it on the host computer. (Without any 3rd party utilities!)
Interestingly, someone on Slashdot today started a thread about the "perfect" IM client. I personally find Slashdot's message board to be impossible to use and terribly unfriendly, but here's the link that I used and then searched for BitWise. Looks like I'm not the only lunatic that thinks BitWise is most wonderful IM system on the planet. ;) Of course, non-biased posts probably carry a bit more weight than mine...
This is just another case of BitWise popping up in more and more places; there are new blogs, forums and software sites mentioning BitWise all the time. Among the technically inclined, however, Slashdot is the mothership of news, and so being talked about there is always an honor.
So, I'm not the only one that finds Slashdot to be an unfriendly message board.