The following are recent news items regarding developments in the world of hacking the Apple TV.

[Boxee] Now with ABC – Boxee this week released an update to its media center software which includes support for ABC. This update is available only for Mac users with an Apple TV update coming soon. Windows and Linux users will have to wait a little longer.

[Apple TV Hacks] AppleTV as a DigitalFrame – This comes by way of Apple TV Hacks, but apparently someone has developed a plugin to turn your Apple TV into a Digital Picture Frame. The “digiframe” plugin is incorporated in the “Photos” settings of the AppleTV. All settings are controllable via the Apple TV remote control or via iPhone / iPod touch (ATV firmware version 2.1 or higher required). For more information head on over to http://atvdigiframe.blogspot.com/.

[aTVFlash] aTV Flash for Windows beta – The developers of aTV Flash, the software upgrade that will greatly enhance the functionality of the Apple TV, are looking for beta testers for final testing of a new aTV Flash release for Windows. So if your a Windows user looking to get in on the aTVFlash fun, click here to sign up. Space is apparently very limited.

[Apple TV Hacks] nitoTV Take 2 – This is also by way of Apple TV Hacks, nitoTV take 2 version 0.6.4 was released on Jan 12th. nitoTV is a front end for the popular mplayer media player (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/) perian and (Apple’s DVDPlayback.framework (if installed)- WORKING IN TAKE 2 NOW) You can create/edit playlists and add files or folders of your choice. It supports just about any media format. Create afp, nfs and samba mounts (with bonjour support) Install the kextloader, a variety of kexts/frameworks/binaries, perian, mplayer codecs, play nes, snes, genesis, game gear and gameboy advanced roms, view RSS feeds and 3-day Weather forecast, Launch Applications, and much much more!