OSNews.com reports that PearPC, the PowerPC processor emulator capable of running Apple's Mac OS X on x86 hardware, has been updated to version 0.4.0. Below are the changes in this version.

- CPU: stfiwx implemented

- config: "ppc_start_fullscreen" for starting in fullscreen mode

- POSIX: allow bridging of tun device

- use FISTTP instruction on SSE3 aware processors

- merged native_cd branch from Alexander Stockinger

- endianess fixes

- warn that the generic CPU is slow

- better detection of HFS+ volumes

- support for DVD-Drives

- correctly check for NASM

- Work-around for graphic errors in Mac OS X 10.1

- POSIX/Linux: fall back to 1 GHz if /proc/cpuinfo doesn't provide cpu frequency

- 3c90x emulation fixed

- some PROM fixed for yaboot

- alteration of x86asm interface to be more programmer friendly

- use transparent cursors instead of altering cursor visibility (hack for using PearPC with remote desktop)

- DVD emulation implemented.  Fixes problems with Tiger installation

- Updated the read_effective_* commands to be faster !!! REGRESSED !!!

- fixed lvalue casts (compiles now with gcc 4.x)

- booting from disks with bootfile about 4 GiB limit fixed

You can visit the official homepage of PearPC here.

AEP Emulation Page reports that CPCE, the Amstrad CPC emulator for DOS and Windows, has been updated to version 1.51. Below are the release notes on this version.

A pair of bugs introduced in v1.50 at the last minute could cause problems when emulating several undocumented Z80 opcodes (from ED80 to ED9F) and recording YM files: they have been fixed; the emulator documentation has been extensively rewritten, too.

You can visit the official homepage of CPCE here or download it here.

The Emulation64 Network reports that ScummVM DS, the port of ScummVM to the Nintendo DS, has been updated to version 0.5. Below are the changes in this version.

- CD audio is supported using IMA-ADPCM compressed WAV files

- Direct file system support now works on the M3 and Supercard

- An on-screen keyboard to name saves

- Interact with the zoomed view by swapping the screens over with X

- Zoom in/out by holding L and pressing A or B

- Scroll the screen with the pen while holding L

- Improved the way the zoomed view follows the talking character

- Music support in FM TOWNS games

- Sound volume improved, and sound glitching fixed

- Left handed mode

- Help screen added

- D-pad controls in the front end

- Numerous other bug fixes

You can visit the official homepage of ScummVM DS here.