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Web browsing and Last.fm coming to new Apple TV via hack

FireCore has announced that they will be bringing a neat software suite to the second-generation Apple TV that includes both a web browser and a Last.fm application. The software suite is called aTV Flash (black) and will be released as a beta in a couple weeks. The web browser is called Couch Surfer and it will support most browsing functions and some plugins in the future (no word on flash). Here’s a video of it in action:

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FireCore will also be bringing Last.fm to the new Apple TV via an application that looks great. The streaming functionality looks fluid and you can take a peak at Last.fm for Apple TV via the video walkthrough after the break:

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