Joost 0.9 is released for Mac and PC

The much-hyped internet television platform Joost is up to version 0.9. There's a few major changes in the latest version, not all of them good.

First off, Joost has made a minor change to its invite system. All the invites users had under the old system are gone, and now rather than sending invites from the Joost web page, users can send invites from within the application.

The login process has changed as well, with Joost requiring beta testers to register usernames rather than logging in with an email address.

According to the release notes, Joost 0.9 is supposed to be "even more tolerant of poor network performance," and will attempt to restart streams that have become stalled. But I found that I had more problems with video stopping on the latest version of Joost than I did with prior versions.

Probably the biggest news is the addition of new channels including Comedy Central and Laguna Beach with actual shows you may have watched once on television, including Laguna Beach and Dog Bites Man. Not exactly A-list material here, but it's a start.