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WIN! No More Heroes 2 Wii Game & T-Shirt | Kotaku Australia

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What is wrong with you people? We’re giving away an awesome game and an awesome t-shirt here and no one could be bothered to enter? You’re all fools!

Well okay, maybe five of you have entered. so you’re not all fools.

And hey, thanks to all Interactive Entertainment, we have FIVE copies of No More Heroes 2 on Wii and FIVE No More Heroes 2 t-shirts up for grabs. That means, if no one else enters, the five of you have got this in the bag!

Here are the five entries we’ve received so far:

So, they’re our winners right now. However, you’ve still got until midnight Sunday to challenge them. if you think you can do better, here’s what you have to do.

It’s photo competition time!

In No More Heroes, Travis Touchdown is a geek – or otaku – who becomes an assassin. In No More Heroes 2, he dual-wields katana lightsabers. you don’t get much geekier than that.

You’re all geeks – or otaku – so we want you to show us why you’d make a good assassin. so send us a photo of yourself proving why being a geek makes you the perfect assassin. Please don’t kill someone for real though!

Multiple entries are not allowed. Photoshop is allowed, but you must use a photo of yourself as a source. your photo must also show the Kotaku logo actually in the photo – not ’shopped in later.

You’ve got until midnight Sunday, May 30, to get your entry in. Once your photo is ready, save it as a jpeg with a filesize no more than 200k, and send it to the usual address.

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WIN! No More Heroes 2 Wii Game & T-Shirt | Kotaku Australia

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Your Wii can now play DivX files: The pr0n floodgates have opened

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Nintendo Wii Console System Sensor Bar NICE n3 | Buy Nintendo Wii

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Jabra SP700 – Not really for the Wii but still AMAZING!!

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Ok, this has nothing to do with the Wii or game cheats but this is absolutely the best bluetooth device I’ve ever owned. And believe me I’ve bought just about every ear peace  speaker device there is and all of them have been complete crap. Poor audio, crappy battery life and just too dang small and difficult to work.

Not to mention looking like a douche wearing it everywhere you go. Don’t be that guy!

This device is completely different. The audio quality is outstanding, battery life is unbelievably long and you just clip it to your visor for hands-free operation. I even use mine as a speakerphone in the house.

AND you can use it to play your calls or play your music from your phone over the radio! It the best FM transmitter I’ve ever used. It’s worth the price on this feature alone!

They are usually 80-100 bucks but I’ve found them at the link below for $47.32 while they last.

Bluetooth Speakerphone - Jabra SP700
Bluetooth Speaker Phone – Jabra SP700
Manufacturer: Jabra

Jabra SP700 Bluetooth Speakerphone

List Price: $99.99
Sale Price: $47.32
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Product Description

Stay focused and your driving while enjoying handsfree communication in your car with the Jabra SP700 Bluetooth speakerphone, which can be used on its own via an integrated speaker or transmitted to your car radio thanks to the embedded FM transmitter. Intuitive voice announcements give you the speakerphone’s status so you can keep your eyes on the road. Just pair the SP700 with your mobile phone and place it on your car’s sun visor–it’s that simple.

The Jabra SP700 BT Speakerphone can transmit calls and music to your car radio via its embedded FM transmitter (see a larger schematic of all controls).

Use the supplied clip to attach the SP700 to your car’s sun visor.

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Jabra SP700 on Visor

Additionally, this compact device can be used to stream music stored on your mobile phone (compatible with the A2DP Bluetooth streaming music profile) through your car stereo speakers, allowing you to enjoy your favorite track while driving. Excellent audio quality is guaranteed thanks to the advanced DSP noise reduction and echo cancellation that insure crystal clear sound quality on both sides of the call.

Features and Specifications

* Up to 14 hours talk time and up to 255 hours standby
* Play calls and music from your mobile phone on your car stereo via FM and Bluetooth transmission
* A2DP Bluetooth profile for streaming music
* Auto-pairing for no-nonsense start up
* Background noise reduction and echo cancellation via DSP technology
* Night Driving Mode–no interfering lights while driving at night
* Auto off function saves battery
* Features Answer/end calls, Reject calls*, Voice dialing*, Last number redialing*, Mute (*phone dependent)
* Easy to operate–gives spoken information in 10 languages (UK English, US English, Russian, French, Italian, German, European Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese)
* Comes with USB charger, Car charger and visor clip

Using the SP700 with Your Car Stereo
The FM transmitter in the speakerphone allows you to transmit calls and music from your mobile to the car stereo.

* Connect your mobile and your speakerphone.
* Press the FM button to enter FM mode. The FM Status Icon will turn solid red and a FM frequency will be announced.
* Manually turn your radio into the same FM frequency and you are now ready to transmit calls and music from your phone to your car stereo.

Product Details

* Play calls and music from your mobile phone on your car stereo via FM and Bluetooth transmission
* Advanced DSP noise reduction and echo cancellation
* Voice announcements so you can keep your eyes on the road
* Use the supplied clip to attach the SP700 to your car’s sun visor
* Up to 14 hours of talk time, up to 255 hours of standby time

Jabra SP700 BT Speakerphone

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How To: Cheat at Wii Fit

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Run:Jogging in place with a Wiimote in your back pocket isn’t really going to buff you up anyway, so why not lie on the couch while you “work out”? when prompted to run, bounce the pointer end of the Wiimote against your leg at a steady clip.

The Jackknife Crunch: this move involves lifting your shoulders and legs off the ground — great for the abs. For a workout you can stomach more easily, sit on the couch with the Wii balance board beneath your soles. Lift up your feet when prompted. Bask in the AI’s praise.

Skiing: Zigging and zagging through this slalom course requires great physical agility. But if you had that, you wouldn’t be inside playing Wii, would you? So sit on the balance board and tilt forward until your skier digs in. Lean left and right to hit the gates. your lower center of gravity will help you slice through the powder. —

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What you can do when junk apps invade the App Store

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Junk apps have been on the rise in the App Store, with some developers hoping to cash in on popular searches by offering “cheat” apps that ostensibly help you conquer the game you’re really searching for. I noticed this myself recently when I went looking for Words with Friends. Developer Marco Arment dug a little bit deeper and believes these apps may be crossing into some legal gray areas. the good news, however, is that there’s something that both developers and users can do about it.

Arment pointed out that many of these apps use icons, application names, and in some cases, other artwork that could constitute copyright or trademark violations. we found dozens of apps that use icons and logos for iPhone games like Words with Friends, Angry Birds, we Rule, and The Sims, as well as apps that purport to offer cheats for console games like Super Mario Bros Wii, Mario Kart, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Modern Warfare 2.

Some of these apps seem to fall on the wrong side of the fair use fine line. For instance, one of InTekOne’s apps is a “Sonic the Hedgehog GamePlay SoundBoard.” the icon and app artwork is clearly copyrighted, and the sounds appear to be recordings of various Sonic the Hedgehog game sounds and music, also copyrighted. InTekOne puts this helpful disclaimer hidden in the “more” text description: “All copyrights and trademarks are property of the respected owners. This is not a game.” Of course, offering a disclaimer for someone else’s copyrights doesn’t absolve anyone of infringement.

Arment also lamented that these apps were using “keyword spam” to show up in search results. such apps will include the name of competing apps as search keywords, so a search for “tweetie” will turn up not only Tweetie 2, but also HootSuite, Emoji Icons, and Textie Messaging. This practice is somewhat annoying, but a recent decision by an EU court regarding Google AdWords suggests the practice itself isn’t necessarily a trademark violation. a similar case is currently winding its way through US courts.

Still, there are a few things ways of dealing with this obnoxious problem. the easiest thing to do is vote with your dollars and not buy these apps. from what we’ve seen, they aren’t worth even the 99¢ that most of them cost. Chances are if an app has a one- or two-star rating, there’s a good reason for it.

Developers who believe these apps infringe on their copyrights or trademarks can report the apps directly from iTunes Connect. “As an IP holder ourselves, we understand the importance to developers of protecting their IP,” Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told Ars. “When we’re notified, we may remove the infringing app until a resolution is reached between the parties.”

Users who believe the apps are misleading can also lodge a complaint with Apple. Muller told Ars that sending an e-mail to appstorenotices@apple.com will alert the App Store review staff, and they will investigate any complaints. there is also precedent to suggest Apple may also revoke a developer’s ability to sell apps via the App Store if the developer is flooding it with “junk apps” in violation of Apple’s iPhone Developer Program Agreement.

Developers and users lodging complaints won’t guarantee that all such apps will disappear overnight. if there is a large volume of complaints, though, Apple may change its review process to spot potential problems in the future.

What you can do when junk apps invade the App Store

Wii runs GameCube homebrew

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Wii runs GameCube homebrew

by David Hinkle { Dec 4th 2006 at 2:55PM }

Using a variety of exploits, the homebrew community has finally struck gold and figured out how to get it all going on the Wii. With a SD card, Action Replay for the GameCube and SD card adapter for the GameCube, one can plug in their card into a computer, use some of that homebrew magic and get GameCube homebrew running on the console. of course, this could very well be a problem for Nintendo if folks use this exploit to run emulators (they will and, more than likely, are), bypassing the Virtual Console to play any ROM they wish.

Tags: cube, exploit, game, gamecube, homebrew, nintendo, nintendowii, wii

Wii runs GameCube homebrew

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