Download Intel AppUp Center, get free Angry Birds

Bribing people to use new app stores with free Angry Birds is the hot new thing. Soon after Amazon offered a free Android download of Angry Birds Rio as its inaugural Appstore offer, Best Buy and Intel are partnering to slingshot a free PC version of Rovio's mobile hit to US residents via the Intel AppUp Center. The only catch is that, you know, you have to use the AppUp store. Click here to find the offer.

If you're in the UK, there's no need to be angry (unless you're a bird): the same offer is available to you through Currys.

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Free MAME client appears on iOS

An unofficial port of the MAME arcade emulator is up on the App Store right now, for free. iMame comes with a selection of legal demo ROMs, but if you can find a way to get your own MAME ROMs onto your iPhone (Gadget Lab suggests an app called PhoneView), you can play genuine arcade games on your phone. The app even supports the iCade controller, so iPad owners don't have to use the miserable-looking touch controls.

Oh, by the way: please only use legally acquired ROMs with this program.

Apple has taken a dim view of emulators in the past, but seems to have calmed down in that regard, allowing programs like the Turbografx-16 GameBox, C64, and Capcom Arcade to live on the App Store. Still, just to be safe, we suggest grabbing this nowish if you want... (Continue Reading...)


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