Do you know what VNC is? You don’t?! Why not? It’s awesome!

Okay, what this program does is let you control your PC using your DS over WiFi. You can do this with the iPhone, PSP, and other computers. It can be pretty useful at times and fun to play around with. If this is something you’d be interested in, then go and download Remote Touch DS 0.2.2

It’s been updated to fix some minor bugs and glitches. Enjoy!

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A hacker by the name of kgsws has released the second version of his hack for Medal of Honor Hereos that works on Firmware 5.51. This is great news because we could potentially gain Flash access through this so we don’t have to use the ChickenHEN everytime we restart our PSP’s.

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German hacker named Miche2245 has been able to use a vulnerability in the Japanese version of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and the English version of Need for Speed: Underground to access ChickHEN on firmware 5.50. Right now, the only download you can get is for the Japanese version of Monster Hunter Freedom 2…

Unless you live in Japan, you won’t be able to test this out.

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Well, the first obviously is the PC so there’s no reason to make a post about it, but what is interesting is that Japan’s RealWorld RealResearch polled the Sony PSP as being the second biggest platform to run Skype off of in Japan. Wow! That beats the iPhone, landlines, and other platforms like the Sony Mylo.

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Do you like carrying around your XBox 360’s brick? Okay, it’s not actually a brick.. It’s bigger and heavier than a car. If you don’t, then I’ve got some good news for you! The new Jasper version of the XBox 360 will be coming out with a smaller Power Supply Unit!! (PSU for short.) It will still be 150Watts so it should work with all the other million models of the 360 out there.

How much of a difference are we talking about here? Check out the picture for a comparison.

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Here are some of the hottest games coming out for the PSP in action!

Assassin’s Creed: Bloodline For PSP

Gran Turismo For PSP

Little Big Planet For PSP

Appearantly RealView Innovations has announced that they will be releasing the V-Screen for the PSP which will make the objects seem to ‘pop out of the screen.’ I’ve seen technology like this used on computer cameras to make your pictures look 3D but they turn out aweful. It works by checking how dark or light parts of the picture is and then gives the image depth using that information. No word yet on how the V-Screen will work but it may use that or RVI software to space out objects further away than usual.

The creators claim that no other hardware will be needed. No word yet on price or which PSP systems it will be compatable with.

The V-Screen will be released this holiday season (2009) so we’ll probably be hearing more about it in the coming months.

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Looks like the iPhone Dev-Team released the newest version of Ultrasn0w to help fix all those bugs with the 3G/3GS.

Here’s the full changelog:

• Unusual battery depletion is almost always caused by people choosing to “Restore from backup” instead of “Setup as new iPhone” when iTunes asks you.  This isn’t caused by either the jailbreak or the unlock, but it’s a common 3.0 snafu.  The fix is to just re-run the official 3.0 restore and choose “Setup as new” this time.  Your music and apps and all that will still be synced, but you’ll get rid of any conflicting wifi, bluetooth, or carrier settings.  Then just re-run redsn0w and install ultrasn0w.
• Remember, ultrasn0w works with hacktivated phones too, but don’t outsmart redsn0w into thinking you don’t need hacktivation!  If you don’t plan on using an official sim, don’t activate via iTunes with such a sim.  Just keep your unofficial sim at all times and let redsn0w and ultrasn0w handle hacktivation
• T-Mobile in the USA doesn’t use the 3G frequencies that the iPhones support, so turn off 3G in Settings->General->Network.  (Some T-Mobile territories gracefully hand down to Edge mode, but most do not).
• Certain unofficial plans have limitations on whether you can make calls and use data at the same time. That’s not unlock-related.
• Some people have installed previous versions of ultrasn0w using non-standard techniques.  While the ultrasn0w 0.9 update should have removed all previous versions of ultrasn0w, these users may have outsmarted our removal.  So make sure you don’t still see /usr/bin/ultrasn0w present if you’re at ultrasn0w 0.9 (which doesn’t have such a binary anymore).
• If you don’t need or plan to update to ultrasn0w 0.9 from a previous version, you can avoid having that red badge over Cydia by removing repo666 as a Cydia source.  Don’t worry, you can always add it back later  If you follow us on twitter you’ll be advised of any new updates anyway.

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P.S. I’d like to give a shout-out to all my homeboys in Cell Block 8!!

WiiFit is a game that has probably sold over 98 Quadrabajillion copies worldwide by now, but there’s some interesting things about the game that you may not know. See, the game has a weight limit. Shocking? – Well it shouldn’t be “shocking”. The WiiFit is advertised as a fitness video game, and as such, fitness equipment does have weight limits. In all other countries except for the United States, the WiiFit board has a weight limit of 300 lbs. This limit was increase slightly to 330 lbs. for the American release, but for some people, 330 lbs. may be a goal to reach rather than a weight limit cap. While the board can support up to 600 lbs. directly, the built-in scale doesn’t read more than 330 lbs. and because of this, players will not be able to start a game without assistance and won’t be able to have their WiiFit progress measured until reaching 330 lbs. or below. This can leave people that exceed this weight limit feeling scrutinized or embarassed of their weight.

Well never fear! I’ve done a little bit of research to find out if there is a type of hardware tweak to allow the board to function without the scale. There’s good news and bad news, however. I was unable to find hardware or software tweaks, but there is a sort of a “soft mod” that you can do. In fact, it’s a very soft mod. The YouTube user, mrabtruse, has come up with a sort of retardedly genius idea. See, he’s got a large piece of foam, folded it in half, and made necessary cuts in the corners so that the stands of the board still touch the ground but the cushion of the foam padding allows him to play despite him being roughly 375 lbs. (at the time of recording). He doesn’t give specific measurements but it should be easy enough if you own the board yourself.

If you’re someone who may be interested in this type of “modification”, please click the YouTube link below. The mod is very easy to perform.

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A few days ago Kojima put up what seemed to be a simple flash teaser, showing only a grassy field under a thick blanket of clouds, with a fence and sparse forest on the right and left. Now that the first countdown has been reached, it looks like a new one is counting down. As well as the clouds are moving much faster and there is lightning and thunder in the background, and a mysterious number or letter 5/S. What caught my attention was that “Raiden” in Japanese means “Thunder and Lightning!” But for right now we will have to wait until we actually find out what it means. But right now it doesn’t look like its ending any time soon. Many people have been going through all of the source code of the flash and it looks like the countdown will continue. 5/18 (Today), 5/22 (This timer ends, new one starts), 5/27 (Timer #3), 5/30 (Timer #4), and 6/1 (First Day of E3, also Microsoft Press Conference.) But don’t get your hopes up 360 Fan boys, Hideo Kojima himself said there will not be a game / remake of a game for the 360. So right now we are just going to have to wait it out!

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