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Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout is about to undergo a housecleaning. Visitors who can't stand the clutter that's been piling up will be glad to see that the site's new look sweeps disparate bits of information into categories marked by tabs at the top of each user's customized home page. Basic personal background and interests will be filed under an "info" tab, for instance, while news about users' buddies' latest activities will land under a "feed" tab, pictures will be corralled in a "photo" section and applications will be easily located under a "programs" tab. That content is now scattered, creating a confusing mishmash that has frustrated some Facebook users. The facelift, in the works since January, is to debut in June. Besides tidying the site, the overhaul should give users more control over their profiles, Facebook managers said Wednesday as they previewed the redesign at the startup's Palo Alto headquarters. Users will be able to magnify information they want to emphasize and downplay other features, for example. Even so, many users are likely to protest, said Mark Slee, the Facebook product manager overseeing the facelift. "Change is difficult for our users, even positive changes," Slee said. "But we are pretty confident that we can walk everyone through this so they will be engaged with the changes and enjoy them." Facebook has had to quell two user rebellions since Mark Zuckerberg started the site a little over four years ago while he was still an undergraduate at Harvard University. In 2006, users railed against a feature called "news feed" as too intrusive because it shared too much information about their activities. The backlash caused Zuckerberg to apologize and tweak the application to give users more control over how the information was shared. The news feed is now a Facebook staple. Zuckerberg, 24, apologized again late last year after a tracking tool called "Beacon" caught users off guard by broadcasting information about their shopping habits and personal preferences expressed by their activity at other Web sites. Facebook decided to allow users to turn off Beacon, diminishing its reach and possible value to advertisers. Despite those hiccups, Facebook has emerged as Silicon Valley's hottest startup since Internet search leader Google Inc., which recently has been losing some of its prized employees to Facebook. Ben Ling, a former top engineer at Google, is part of the team working on Facebook's overhaul. Microsoft Corp. put its stamp of approval on Facebook late last year by paying $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in the startup — a deal that implied a $15 billion value for Facebook. Since dropping a $47.5 billion offer to buy Yahoo Inc., Microsoft reportedly has been mulling a bid for Facebook, although Zuckerberg has repeatedly indicated he wants to preserve the privately held company's independence. Facebook turned into a potential gold mine as it extended beyond its initial goal of allowing college students swap information about each other. The site now has 70 million users worldwide, up from about 24 million a year ago. Zuckerberg's decision to open Facebook to outside applications last year has played a key role in Facebook's rapid growth. Since then, developers have contributed 20,000 applications that make it easier to distribute photos, share music and play games. But all those programs were starting to make Facebook look jumbled — a problem that also has plagued the Internet's largest social network, News Corp.'s Myspace.com. Facebook is trying to address the situation without alienating the outside developers who helped fuel the site's success. That's taken on added importance since Google launched a network last year to help developers create applications to run on multiple Web sites. After spending months addressing their concerns, Facebook plans to open a "sandbox" where programmers can experiment with how things will work at the redesigned Facebook. "There may be some short-term pain, but I think there will be more long-term gains," predicted Ling, who is Facebook's director of platform product marketing. Yep it is starting to look really good. Way better then MySpace or another other social networking site. Glad to see it taking shape. I think this one is going to be the biggest one day. As long as Microsoft does not get in. Source HERE

So what does FuSa do? It allows you to play games on ANY TV over ANY cable. ( composite, component, svideo, d-terminal ) All kinds of cables are supported! Besides that, it allows you to play on full screen area!

CPS2 without a question. All the good games are there.

Sweet if Rock Band does not improve theirs in the next release I may have to go with GH4. I have GH original and GH2 but never bought GH3 since Rock Band came out. I love Rock Band but this drum set for GH4 looks flocking sweet.

Nice drums look sweet if they are actually like that. Anyone know? I have not seen the actual drums yet.

Joe Satriani - Musterion

Happy Birthday Agozer. You are now offically a quarter of a century old. Have a good one.

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It was perhaps the first great advertising tracker purging system, and may have single-handedly redefined the public's notion of malware. Now, Ad-Aware is growing up, becoming more of a fully-fledged anti-virus product. What it means to have "secure" computing, from the perspective of the consumer, is changing -- perhaps evolving -- as users perceive unwanted advertising and spam as a more directly pressing issue than malicious payloads. As a result, the different categories of "anti-malware" packages are continuing to merge, as evidenced this morning with the addition of anti-virus capabilities with the commercial editions of Ad-Aware. For years one of FileForum's most popular downloads, Ad-Aware's free 2008 edition premieres this morning. And starting today, the key premiums for paying customers of Ad-Aware Plus and Pro editions ($26.95 and $39.95, respectively) will include general anti-virus capability, which will also encompass new rootkit detection features, and live scanning of incoming Web streams for Pro users. In BetaNews tests this morning, we confirmed that the Free edition of Ad-Aware 2008 still contains the ability to automate scans for tracking components at system startup. Essentially, the executable file for the free and commercial editions (at least for the Plus edition, we believe) appears to be the same one, the difference being that paid users will enter their license numbers during installation, while free users will click the Use Free button instead. The difference there may be only slightly shocking: One of the installation options that appears to be available even for Free users -- maintaining a constant scanner in the system tray, like a real anti-virus program -- forces the Free edition to respond later with a warning that the option isn't actually available. Ad-Aware's Free 2008 edition, here seen in Windows XP SP3 The new front console is big and self-explanatory, unlike the comparably miniature panel of earlier versions. Though the capability to perform customized and scheduled scans appears to be present at first, they're really...well, they're ads, to be honest, and now you're aware of them. Those features are only available with paid licenses, which is fair if only a little...ironically annoying. Although our initial tests only involved Ad-Aware Free 2008 on a relatively clean virtual XP SP3 system, we did notice the signature scan feature appeared to be faster than before. Deep scanning of the local system registry remains one of the slow features, as is scanning inside .CAB archive files, though the process still appears thorough. This is great news and about time that it became more of a true anti-virus type of software. Source HERE

UPDATE China's post-quake challenge: 5 million homeless China is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake — how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless. Many were living Tuesday in tent cities like one at the base of Qianfo mountain in the disaster zone, offering some stability — along with food and medical care — to those whose lives were upended. "After the quake, we couldn't sleep for five days. We were really, really afraid," said Chen Shigui, a weathered 55-year-old farmer who climbed for two days with his wife and injured father to reach the camp from their mountain village. "I felt relieved when we got here. It's much safer compared to my home." But there's not enough room to go around. The government issued an urgent appeal Tuesday for tents and brought in the first foreign teams of doctors and field hospitals, some of whom were swapping out with overseas search and rescue specialists. The switch underscored a shift in the response to China's worst disaster in three decades from an emergency stage to one of recovery — and for many, enduring hardship. On the second of a three-day national mourning period, the authoritarian government appeared to be moving to rein in the unusually free reporting it allowed in the disaster's first week. Most major newspapers carried near-identical photographs on their front pages of President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders with their heads bowed — a uniformity that is typical when state media censors direct coverage. The May 12 earthquake's confirmed death toll rose to more than 40,000, with at least 10,000 more deaths expected, and officials said more than 32,000 people were missing. The State Council, China's Cabinet, said 80 percent of the bodies found in Sichuan province had been either cremated or buried. Authorities rushed to dispose of corpses, burning them or laying them side by side in pits. Vice Minister for Civil Affairs Jiang Li said officials had begun collecting DNA samples from bodies so their identities could be confirmed later. Rescues — becoming more remarkable by the hour — continued on the eighth day since the quake, but the trickle of earlier days had slowed to a drip. A 60-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed temple in the city of Pengzhou 195 hours after the quake, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Wang Youqun suffered only a hip fracture and bruises on her face during her eight days in the rubble, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television reported, citing air force officer Xie Linglong. Jiang said 5 million people were homeless and that the government was setting up temporary housing for victims unable to find shelter with relatives. He said nearly 280,000 tents had been shipped to the area and 700,000 more ordered and that factories were ramping up to meet demand. Sichuan's governor said 3 million tents were needed. In this encampment in An Xian, hundreds of large blue tents dot the flat farmland where rice and barley are being grown. The dried furrows provide orderly markers, lining up the temporary shelters with military precision in the fairly tidy area the size of a football field. Some 4,600 people are being housed here, 90 percent of them from the mountains around Chaping village, about 20 miles away, which remains cut off by road, said camp director Yang Jianxin. "All these refugees have lost their homes — their clothes and possessions are buried," he said. "We are doing what we can to help them." As he spoke, the ground rumbled with the latest of what he said were hundreds of aftershocks felt in the past week. Refugees nearby gasped, and some ran from their tents in confusion, before calm settled after the 10-second tremor. The entire quake zone is jittery. The Sichuan Seismological Bureau, one day after triggering a panic in the provincial capital of Chengdu by issuing a public warning of major aftershocks, said in a statement Tuesday the city was not a high risk area and was strong enough to withstand big tremors. In the An Xian camp, more people are expected to show up in the next few days as more survivors make their way down from the mountains, Yang said. Some 500 people are either dead or missing from the Chaping area's main town, which still has about 1,800 survivors living in the mountains, he said. Many of them, like Chen, made the 10-hour-plus hike down from the mountains with only the clothes they were wearing. "We didn't sleep until we got here," Chen said. "I carried my father on my back part of the way, and then others helped me carry him down." The camp has a clinic, food distribution points, toilets, a trash dump, and even plans for a temporary school. A red banner reads "Love is all around. We never feel lonely." A giant, colorful pile of donated clothing lies in one corner, and dozens of women looking through it. Men in red vests regularly sweep and clean the area. Another area is a donation drop-off for a stream of well-wishers. Among them was Tan Xuqiong, a 36-year-old teacher with a shiny black Prada bag slung over her shoulder, who came with her 18-year-old son to drop off boxes of water, food, and medicine. "My hometown was only slightly affected. When I see these people living like this, I think it's so miserable. The contrast is shocking," said Tan, who is from Deyang city. Each person in the camp receives regular daily rations: three bottles of water, a package of instant noodles, bread, and some crackers. Families also received small radios and copies of the local Mianyang Daily newspaper. Loudspeakers regularly blare announcements about hygiene and reminders to get daily health checks — a precaution against possible disease outbreaks. The clinic is staffed by eight physicians and six nurses — all volunteers with China's Red Cross. Running from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., the medical staff sees about 1,000 patients a day, said Dr. Ye Mao, a 51-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Guangdong province. "The biggest problem is the density of the camps. If an infection breaks out, it can spread very quickly," he said. No outbreaks have been reported. After initially refusing foreign help, China is now allowing in medical and rescue teams. A Russian mobile hospital arrived Tuesday in the provincial capital of Chengdu, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said, and other medical teams were headed in from Taiwan, Germany, Italy and Japan. The disaster has raised some sensitive issues for the government about building standards, especially for schools, and about whether authorities did enough to reach survivors quickly. Xinhua reported Tuesday that 129 students and 10 teachers who were trapped in the village of Xu Yong were flown out two days after local officials said all outlying villages had been reached. Chen, the farmer, said refugees in his camp are getting what they need to survive, and they are grateful for the help despite the crowded conditions. His family shares a tent with 10 other people. His 46-year-old wife Liu Yingchun was wistful: "I still feel bad because I can't forget all the things we lost. I used half my life to get all this and then suddenly I've lost everything. I don't know if I can ever get back what I had." It just gets worse and worse. I had no idea that this many are homeless. This country has a task on their hands. Would not want to be a leader there. Source HERE

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to duck for cover during a talk he was giving at a university after an irate student stood up, shouted abuse and hurled three eggs at him. The incident, which was captured on video, took place at Budapest's Corvinus University on Monday. Ballmer had just began speaking when a man wearing a white shirt emblazoned with the hand-painted slogan: "Microsoft = Corruption", stood up and started shouting at the American visitor. "Give back the money of the taxpayers!" he yelled, before launching three eggs at the stunned Microsoft boss. Ballmer winced defensively as the first egg flew past him, hitting the whiteboard. He then ducked for cover behind the desk at the front of the lecture theatre as man - later identified as an IT student - let fly with two more eggs. The student, who was sitting in the middle of the room, five rows from the front, then voluntarily left his seat and was escorted away. Ballmer watched in stunned silence, a rare spectacle for a man who likes to cavort around the stage in a high animated fashion as he rams home his message. But the usually unflappable Ballmer quickly regained his composure. "It was a friendly disruption," he said, with a grin. "That broke my train of thought." The attack is apparently being linked to controversy over Hungarian Government deals and tenders, which critics say favour Microsoft and lock out the competition. At least Ballmer was able to dodge the missiles. Ten years ago, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was attacked by two members of Belgium's notorious "entarteurs" or pie throwers, who evaded security and mashed four fresh cream tarts into his face. Man after my fits with Vista I have felt like doing this to a Microsoft executive or two. Source HERE

AMD launched a new initiative today, dubbed AMD Game! (We will henceforth ignore the stupid exclamation point), that's intended to clarify which OEM PCs are and aren't built for gaming. AMD claims that 61 percent of Americans, 49 percent of Europeans, and 49 percent of Chinese (not all of them gold farmers) are at least interested in buying a gaming PC. Those customers, however, receive little to no guidance on how to properly evaluate any given system to establish its gaming capabilities. If AMD Game catches on with OEMs, that situation could soon change. The program is divided into two subcategories: AMD Game and AMD Game Ultra. AMD Game Ultra is the highest tier, and requires that a system be built with the following minimum specifications: * AMD Phenom 9600/9650 X4 (2.3GHz) processor * 2GB PC-6400 (DDR2-800) RAM * Radeon HD 3870 512MB video card * Motherboard based on AMD 790FX/770 chipset System components for the standard AMD Game tier are more relaxed, and allow for the use of an Athlon X2 5600+ (2.8GHz) and a Radeon HD 3650. 2GB of RAM is still required for both tiers, but the DDR2 in a non-Ultra AMD Game configuration can be PC-5400 (DDR2-667). Surprisingly, AMD's well-regarded 780G chipset makes no appearance here. When we inquired about its absence, AMD confirmed that current program requirements mandate the use of motherboards based on the 770 or 790FX chipsets, but noted that future boards based on a new spin of the 780G chipset might qualify. AMD Game's component requirements are designed to maintain at least 30 FPS at 1280x1024, while AMD Game Ultra mandates the same 30 FPS at a resolution of 1600x1200. Unfortunately, AMD has yet to reveal individual game detail settings or information on how each game was tested. Hopefully such information will become available as the program continues; Sunnyvale has nothing to lose by revealing such data, provided the original testing conditions were properly rigorous and graphic detail settings in each game were applied as uniformly as is reasonably possible. AMD expects to periodically update both the games it tests and the program's hardware requirements in order to keep the program relevant. Overall, the AMD Game program is impressive—it's definitely got both potential and a worthy goal—but the degree of OEM participation is currently low. Alienware, iBuyPower, Tiger Direct, and Cyberpower are the biggest names on AMD's list of partners, and that's something that would have to change in order for the company's initiative to have any chance of impacting the overall market. The success or failure of AMD Game will depend on how carefully the company can balance three separate factors. First and foremost, the program needs to be attractive to OEMs. The problem here is that OEMs will inevitably push to qualify as many systems as possible, as cheaply as possible, which directly undermines the program's relevance and its ability to serve as a performance metric. AMD will also have to find a way to balance between the two forces in order to maintain a program that's both attractive to an OEM and meaningful to a gamer. Last of all, there's the question of what hardware is even capable of qualifying for the program. Current AMD Game systems are built on AMD hardware, top-to-bottom. This, of course, makes perfect sense from the company's perspective, but it doesn't address the needs of OEMs who might be interested in the program, but aren't willing (or can't) commit to only using ATI video cards. AMD has already given a nod to this problem by certifying nForce 500-series chipsets, but has yet to release any information on GeForce cards that qualify for the new program. There are still a huge number of points to be addressed, but it's good to see a major company tackling the complexity of what is or isn't a gaming PC in a comprehensive way. OEMs have never shown a sustained interest in solving the problem, as anyone who has ever browsed the specifications of a so-called "good for gaming" mainstream PC can attest, and many PC users who would like to purchase a desktop with at least some gaming capability have little in the way of readily-available guidance on how to do so. Hopefully, that's set to change, with AMD Game serving as a starting point for such evaluation programs. AMD Game's component requirements are designed to maintain at least 30 FPS at 1280x1024, while AMD Game Ultra mandates the same 30 FPS at a resolution of 1600x1200. This seems good but wonder what the cost of a said machine will be. Source HERE

EA DICE announced early this year that it would be releasing a free, ad-subsidized version of its Battlefield franchise by summer. Sign-ups for the beta of this upcoming game have opened. Battlefield: Heroes has drawn a lot of comparison to Team Fortress, taking what would otherwise be a serious game, and turning up the cartoon factor. The result is like if Pixar did a version of "The Longest Day." The story is ridiculous, and the characters are over-the-top. Since the game will be free, it has been designed around monetization, much of the initial setup of the game must be done on EA DICE's Web Site, and it must be visited each time the user wishes to launch the game client. This, however, eliminates the need for in-game advertisement. To sign up for the beta, click here.

Terrorism may be unpopular, but speaking one's mind about the subject is free speech: That's the basis of a response this morning to one prominent US senator's call for YouTube to remove terrorist-oriented videos. "While we respect and understand his views, YouTube encourages free speech and defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view," answered the YouTube Team, after Google, the company that owns YouTube, received a letter from US Senator Joseph Lieberman (I - Conn.) asking for removal of all videos on YouTube produced by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda. "Islamist terrorist organizations use YouTube to disseminate their propaganda, enlist followers, and provide weapons training," the Senator wrote in his letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "YouTube also, unwittingly, permits Islamist terrorist groups to maintain an active, pervasive, and amplified voice," according to Lieberman, who has previously supported other censorship initiatives around video games, movies, and other entertainment, and is Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In a blog entry posted on both YouTube and Google, the YouTube Team responded by saying the members have looked at numerous videos pinpointed by Sen. Lieberman's staff as potentially violating YouTube's policies. "We examined and ended up removing a number of videos from the site, primarily because the depicted gratuitous violence, advocated violence, or used hate speech," according to the blog entry. However, most of the videos identified by the Senator's staff did not contain violent or hate speech content and "were not removed because they do not violate our Community Guidelines," wrote The YouTube Team. Team members also noted that hundreds of thousands of videos are uploaded to YouTube every day. "Because it is not possible to pre-screen this much content, we have developed an innovative and reliable community policy system that involves our users in helping us enforce YouTube's standards. Millions of users report potential violations of our Community Guidelines by selecting the 'Flag' link while watching videos." According to Community Guideline policies, videos "flagged" by users are then reviewed by YouTube, YouTube staff determines whether to take down the flagged videos. I can see this leading to censorship of more websites along the way if say a bill gets introduced and passed on something of this matter. All though I don't like what they post I am not against it either as long as it does not hurt someone. Read the full story as it is quite large HERE

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Happy Birthday Gryph. I will have 1, 2 , 3 mas tequila for you. Anyway hope you have a good one.

uhmm i sit on a pc with 2 gb ram new nvidea videocrad.. and intel core 2 duo processor . i can play need for speed pro street on it stranglehold wow bioshock all things i want. my pc is not bad so i thoght i work out ..... is something in the future maybe for playing this game ... i mean it must give something... it cant be impossible Well then unrar the files and you should have a iso file to load into emulator.

You got to be kidding me...if not. Well all I got to say is.....smack.

Just now!

Well the last month or so has been hell. All in one week found out my Mom has cancer of the skin around her lip and my 4 year old nephew as leukemia. So it has been hell. I have been helping my sister with my nephew a lot lately and been going to Moms doctor appointments even though she says she can go alone. The good news is that Moms cancer is not spreadable they say. The have to cut most of her lower lip out and then make sure they got it all and let it heal. Then they will do reconstructive surgery. Mom says she is going to not go outside till she has plastic surgery done. And she will wear a veil around the house. I am just glad it is not spreading and I will have her around for a bit longer. Her surgery is the first on June I believe. Now for my nephew he has the 2nd worst leukemia but they say he may be in remission in about 3 month of Chemo. He has to take steroids which make him swell at the face and belly. He eats a lot more too. Guess the roids makes him hungry. He does not have much energy anymore and it starting to lose some hair. They say he will be on his meds that he takes for 3 1/2 years and will be checked every 6 months once he goes into remission. I am just glad he will live to see a few more birthdays he is too young to go. Now for the rest of my life. Business is slow. Lost my major account due to this recession we are going through. They just shut down. So money is tight now. I do have a few more accounts but losing that one hurt. Had to let my part time employee, go hated to do that. Plus trip to Japan is off as well. The price of gasoline alone makes it hard for my business. Oh well easy come easy go. As far as entertainment. Well I still got a couple concerts lined up I am going to. Looking forward to seeing Warrant with Cinderella and also Poison with Dokken. Have been playing a few local clubs still and drinking myself to alcoholism. Hey we all got to go sometime. Anyway that is about it for now. So Rock Till Ya Drop and Turn Up The Volume.

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Watched and liked it. Good job all the action/violence from the film. Best scene is gut slice in the end.

Hello Kitty — Japan's ubiquitous ambassador of cute — has built up an impressive resume over the years. Global marketing phenom. Fashion diva. Pop culture icon. Now the moonfaced feline can add "government envoy" to the list. The tourism ministry on Monday named Hello Kitty as its choice to represent the country in China and Hong Kong, two places where she is wildly popular among kids and young women. Officials hope that tapping into that fan base will lead to a bigger flow of tourists into Japan, and closer toward their goal of attracting 10 million overseas visitors every year under the "Visit Japan" campaign. Last year the number of foreign tourists traveling to Japan hit a record high of 8.35 million, up 60 percent since the government began the marketing effort in 2003. Arrivals from China and Hong Kong, who accounted for 16.5 percent of visitors to Japan last year, are poised this year to become the second-largest group of tourists after South Koreans. At a press conference, Sanrio Co. President Shintaro Tsuji called Hello Kitty's new appointment "an honor" and pledged to "work hard to attract many visitors." Japan's other goodwill tourism ambassadors include Korean singer Younha, Japanese actress Yoshino Kimura and Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi. Although this is the first time the tourism ministry has tapped a fictional character for the role, the foreign ministry in March inaugurated blue robo-cat Doraemon as Japan's "anime ambassador." Designed in 1974 by Sanrio, Hello Kitty first appeared on a plastic coin purse. Her image today has become one of the most powerful brands in the world, adorning some 50,000 products in 60 countries. In China, Kitty-fever has already broken out. A multi-million-dollar musical featuring Hello Kitty opened earlier this year in Beijing and is in the midst of a national tour. "Hello Kitty's Dream Light Fantasy" is then scheduled to travel to Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. over its three-year run. According to her official profile from Sanrio, Hello Kitty lives with her family in London. It does not mention how often she visits Japan. Now I really can't wait to go to Japan. Source HERE

The highly anticipated game will launch first at its company store in New York City on Monday, and will roll out across its entire retail channel by Wednesday. Wii Fit has already been a huge hit in Japan, where it launched over the last holiday season, selling 1.4 million units. Nintendo says it expects to sell three million copies here in the US. Like the Wii console, Wii Fit will be hard to find. Many retailers are already sold out of their initial stocks, and some have completely sold out of their allocations through pre-orders, according to news reports. Retailers are also heavily promoting the launch -- a full page of Best Buy's weekly circular was devoted to the product, and others like Circuit City are selling the device alongside promotions for related items and accessories. The game, which comes with the Wii Balance Board, retails for $89.99 in the US. It is likely to become the next big hit of the year for Nintendo, following Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii. If it is as successful as retailers are expecting, it will become the first hit game designed around health and fitness. The balance board is something of a variable pressure switch, able to detect movements such as leaning in different directions and crouching due to the shift it detects in weight disbursement. It connects wirelessly to the console. Nintendo says it plans to tour the US and Canada over the next two months to promote the product, allowing consumers to get a first hand look at the game. I have looked at this and thought about getting one, but with my big ass I would probably break the board. Source HERE