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XBMC 10.0 'Dharma' now available to download with improvements galore, add-on manager and Apple TV support
You may have gifts for every family member under your Yuletide tree, but we're willing to bet you haven't given much thought to your trusty media center PC. Thankfully, the open-source community once again has a ready-made present, ready to be loaded right now -- the 10.0 release of XBMC, filled with goodies and toys. It's available for Windows, Linux, Mac and even the original Apple TV, and brings a brand-new add-on manager that lets you extend functionality and improve appearance right from the UI. There's also hardware acceleration for every platform, including special consideration for nettops sporting NVIDIA ION 2 or Broadcom Crystal HD chips, and even the underpinnings of support for Windows 7 touchscreens, ARM processors and OpenGL ES 2.0. The catalog of improvements is honestly rather staggering, so rather than read them all here, you can follow our source links to the full changelog and download pages, while we try to spread the Christmahanukwanzaakah cheer. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Lost returns to ABC at 8, are you ready?
Over the last few years, the favorite show of many of our readers -- except for those who think its jumped the Dharma shark -- has been Lost. Tonight it's back, after numerous delays and last night's mind numbing re-air of the season finale, "enhanced" with pop ups for those (all) of us who have entirely forgotten why anyone cares about this island (Hint: It's the Other's fashion sense). If you still need a rundown of the upcoming half-season before the show starts at 8 p.m., check out Variety's review, or more info at TV Squad, albeit with a few spoilerish hints mixed in.Read - Six reasons to look forward to season four of LostRead - Lost Review
