emulator

Last time we checked in on Steven Harding's EMUCenter application for Windows Vista Media Center, it was still pretty rough around the edges. But EMUCenter 0.5 seems like a pretty polished interface for launching all of your old school games on a Windows Media Center machine.

The plugin lets launch emulators such as MAME and KEGA using Media Center's 10-foot interface. You'll need to figure out how to get the games on your own. Here are a few of the updates in the latest version:

• Now you can close your emulator from EMUCenter. Previously you could only launch applications.
• Faster, smoother movement between games
• Choose different appearance for different games or systems
• Search for games by name
• MAME automatic update now downloads in-game art

[via Ian Dixon]

The AppleTV is turning out to be the little box that could. It could be an internet TV platform, it could be a full fledged computer, and it could even be a video game console.

In the short time since the AppleTV began shipping, we've seen hackers:

• Run the internet TV program Joost
• Add a larger hard drive
• Extract the AppleTV OS as a disc image

But that was just the beginning.