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Championship

As Southampton and West Ham stutter into 2012, it's left to Middlesbrough to move into the second automatic promotion spot. But it could have been so much better: Tommy Rowe's leveller with three minutes remaining denied Boro moving joint-top on goal difference in a 1-1 draw, after Scott McDonald had opened the scoring. Cardiff are close behind in fourth, Kenny Miller's header at Nottingham Forest securing a 1-0 win, while Reading's rise and rise continues apace after a 1-0 defeat of Ipswich lifted them to fifth.

Elsewhere, the pressure was upped on Leeds boss Simon Grayson after Barnsley completed the double on their Yorkshire rivals, Ricardo Vaz Te's hat-trick sending them on their way to a thumping 4-1 win at Oakwell. "Every one of the players has to look themselves in the mirror tonight and be embarrassed by what they've done today and make sure they do something about it on Monday," said Grayson afterwards.

Coventry clambered off the bottom thanks to goals either side of the interval from Garry McSheffrey and Lukas Jutkiewicz. Replacing them are Doncaster, defeated 4-1 at Watford.

League One

With Charlton playing at Leyton Orient in the late game (the Addicks reduced to 10 men after just five minutes at the time of writing, keeper Ben Hamer dismissed), it was left to the Sheffield sides to keep up the chase close behind. United cruised to a comfortable 3-1 win over Hartlepool at Bramall Lane, while Wednesday were 2-0 winners at Preston. "That performance was much more professional, much more savvy," said Owls boss Gary Megson.

Game of the day, though, came at Griffin Park as Brentford scored three in the final 25 minutes to come from 3-0 down against fourth-placed MK Dons At the bottom, Chesterfield were denied three vital points by Jimmy Ryan's 92nd-minute equaliser for Scunthorpe in a 2-2 draw.

League Two

After Friday night wins for the top two - Crawley and Cheltenham - Southend kept up the pace in third, ending a three-game winless run by beating AFC Wimbledon 4-1 at the Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium; an added bonus being that only one of the teams below them down to 14th were able to win. Among those slipping up were Shrewsbury, upset 3-1 by an impressive Bradford City performance.

The day's big winners, in scoreline terms at least, were Crewe, who strolled past Bristol Rovers 5-2 at the Memorial Ground, handing Paul Buckle and his team a seventh defeat in 10. Rovers are now just five points above the relegation zone, which is tightening up tantalisingly: two points separate Dagenham & Redbridge in 20th and last-placed Northampton, who fell below Plymouth and will see out the year in 92nd place after conceding an injury-time winner to Swindon.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/football-league-blog/2011/dec/31/football-league-your-thoughts-nye

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There are iPhone cases and then there are...more iPhone cases. There are probably close to a gazillion different iPhone cases available now. But none are as elaborate as the Gizmon iCA -- at least none I have seen. The case -- if you call it just a case -- is made of 32 different polycarbonate parts, it features a conversion lens mount with additional optional lenses, and adds a working shutter button and optical viewfinder. There is even an optional faux pancake lens for additional street cred with the camera nerds. It gets better, too. No, seriously, this contraption is genius.

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VERNON (CBS)?? Lawmakers are questioning the cost of legal bills for the city of Vernon, which is under investigation for its financial dealings.

Vernon paid a law firm nearly $7 million this year, while more than $2 million went to other lawyers and lobbyists defending the city, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Former Attorney General and Vernon ethics adviser Jon Van De Kamp says the legal fees are too high.

Three ex-city officials have already been convicted of misusing public funds.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The year couldn't end without a final word about the nation's debt ceiling.

President Obama plans to ask Congress this week to raise the debt limit by $1.2 trillion, an increase that should get the government through most of next year, a Treasury department official said Tuesday. Fortunately, though, the increase should come without the fireworks the accompanied this summer's debt battle, as it comes in line with the deal struck back then. That deal authorized a phased increase of the debt ceiling by between $2.1 trillion and $2.4 trillion in total, with $400 billion of that kicking in immediately and another $500 billion coming in September.

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WASHINGTON ? Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best. But what will Americans do with the answers?

The goal of the research, part of a little-known provision of President Barack Obama's health care law, is to answer such basic questions as whether that new prescription drug advertised on TV really works better than an old generic costing much less.

But in the politically charged environment surrounding health care, the idea of medical effectiveness research is eyed with suspicion. The insurance fee could be branded a tax and drawn into the vortex of election-year politics.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute ? a quasi-governmental agency created by Congress to carry out the research ? has yet to commission a single head-to-head comparison, although its director is anxious to begin.

The government is already providing the institute with some funding: The $1-per-person insurance fee goes into effect in 2012. But the Treasury Department says it's not likely to be collected for another year, though insurers would still owe the money. The fee doubles to $2 per covered person in its second year and thereafter rises with inflation. The IRS is expected to issue guidance to insurers within the next six months.

"The more concerning thing is not the institute itself, but how the findings will be used in other areas," said Kathryn Nix, a policy analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank. "Will they be used to make coverage determinations?"

The institute's director, Dr. Joe Selby, said patients and doctors will make the decisions, not his organization.

"We are not a policy-making body; our role is to make the evidence available," said Selby, a primary care physician and medical researcher,

But insurance industry representatives say they expect to use the research and work with employers to fine-tune workplace health plans. Employees and family members could be steered to hospitals and doctors who follow the most effective treatment methods. Patients going elsewhere could face higher copayments, similar to added charges they now pay for "non-preferred" drugs on their insurance plans.

Major insurers already are carrying out their own effectiveness research, but it lacks the credibility of government-sponsored studies.

Not long ago, so-called "comparative effectiveness" research enjoyed support from lawmakers in both parties. After all, much of the medical research that doctors and consumers rely on now is financed by drug companies and medical device manufacturers, who have a built-in interest in the findings. And a drug maker only has to show that a new medicine is more effective than a sugar pill ? not a competing medication ? to win government approval for marketing.

The 2009 economic stimulus bill included $1.1 billion for medical effectiveness research, mainly through the National Institutes of Health. It was not considered particularly controversial. But things changed during the congressional health care debate, after former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made the claim, now widely debunked, that Obama and the Democrats were setting up "death panels" to ration care.

As a result, lawmakers hedged the new institute with caveats. It was set up as an independent nonprofit organization, with a .org Internet address instead of .gov. The government cannot dictate Selby's research agenda. And there are limitations on how the Health and Human Services department can use the research findings in decisions that affect Medicare and Medicaid.

Selby says the institute is taking seriously the term "patient-centered" in its name. Patients will not be merely subjects of research; they and their representatives will be involved in setting the agenda and overseeing the process.

"We are talking about patients as partners in the research," said Selby. Findings will be presented in clear language ? a kind of Consumer Reports approach ? so that patients and doctors can easily draw on them to make decisions.

"Our goal, our hope, is that over time, by involving patients in research, two things will happen," said Selby. "One is that we will start asking questions in a more practical fashion, so the results would speak more consistently to questions that patients want to know the answers to. And two is that, by our example of involving patients in the research, trust will rise." He expects to unveil the institute's proposed research agenda in the next few weeks.

Former Medicare administrator Gail Wilensky says that agenda should focus on high-cost procedures and drugs on which the medical community has not developed a consensus, and which have widely different patterns of use around the country. A Republican, Wilensky believes opposition to the institute's work is shortsighted.

"This just strikes me as a component of finding ways to treat better and spend smarter," she said.

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Troops spend Christmas in Afghanistan

Positioned 7,000 feet above sea level, outpost Mustang has been the scene of some serious fighting over the last six months, but as Clarissa Ward reports, the 19 soldiers based there took time out to enjoy Christmas on top of the world.

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The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token.

"I think it's cute," says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a three-factor authentication business called Universal Secure Registry. "I don't think it's serious security."

The major downside of the picture password is that drawing a finger across a photo on a touch screen is easy to video record from a distance - making it relatively easy to compromise, he says. Designers of alpha-numeric passwords recognize this danger and have responded to it by having password characters appear as dots on the screen so the password can't be copied down.

Designers of Windows 8's picture login have made a traditional password an alternative, perhaps in acknowledgement of this shortcoming, he says.

Other problems include backing up the touch pattern that is the login. "To put down a description of the sequence is possible, but that's a lot of writing," he says.

All in all, "It's more like a Fisher-Price toy than a serious choice for secure computer access," he says.

Still, it's better than nothing, he says, and it is raising awareness of login security.

Windows 8 (See also: "8 hot features in Windows 8") is the next version of the Windows operating system, now due for beta release in February. It's expected to be generally available later next year featuring touchscreen navigation and commands as well as support for tablets. Not all apps that run on Windows 7 will be compatible with the touchscreen capabilities, but mouse and keyboard devices will enable all apps that ran on Windows 7.

The new operating system shoots for power efficiency, better security and compatibility with ARM-based chips (read tablets and next-generation PCs), all of which could make Windows 8 attractive to businesses.

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COMMENTARY | For years, baby boomers took their eventual enrollment in Medicare Part B for granted. Now that it's time to sign up, the decision to enroll is pretty murky.

Medicare Part B pays in part for the services of doctors and other health care providers, according to Medicare.gov. Unlike Part A, which is free, it has a monthly premium. What do enrollees pay? It depends.

Federal law prohibits any increases in Part B premiums in years when there's no cost-of-living adjustment in Social Security benefits, AARP reports. In 2009 and 2010, seniors already under Part B continued to pay $96.40 a month.

About 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries weren't so lucky. These folks paid Medicare directly instead of having the premiums deducted from Social Security benefits, were new enrollees, or paid elevated premiums linked to high incomes. The law doesn't apply to them. Each paid $110.50 a month for Part B in 2010 and at least $115.40 (more with a high enough income) in 2011.

This is supposed to change in 2012. All Medicare Part B beneficiaries are slated to pay $99.90 -- an increase for some but a significant decrease for the rest.

That's a small consolation to some prospective enrollees. Many of those who retired or will retire from public service will receive Social Security benefits reduced due to public pension offsets. Others aren't eligible for any monthly benefits.

If they're no longer working, the question is where to get the money to pay for Part B premiums. This dilemma also affects boomers eligible for Medicare at 65 but who want to wait to collect Social Security benefits at their full retirement age of 66 or older.

Another potential deal breaker for many prospective Part B enrollees is the physician reimbursement issue. Doctors consider the Medicare physician payment formula a failure and want its permanent repeal, the American Medical Association insists.

While Congress struggles with a two-month vs. a 12-month stopgap measure -- or none at all -- would-be Part B enrollees are getting pretty vocal responses from their doctors. A Virginia husband and wife, both retired feds, just turned thumbs down on the coverage. Three of their five doctors announced that due to potentially lower reimbursements, they're no longer treating patients with Medicare Part B even if the individuals also have private health insurance.

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LONDON - Manchester United managed the rare feat this season of outshining Manchester City's goal-scoring prowess on Wednesday to keep the pressure on its crosstown rival in the Premier League title race.

While City maintained its two-point lead over United with a 3-0 victory over Stoke, its second-place rivals routed Fulham 5-0 at Craven Cottage.

Such emphatic victories have been the norm for big-spending City this season, but for United it was the biggest in three months.

"It was very impressive, we've not scored as many as we'd like to but we'd been playing well," United winger Ryan Giggs said. "The second part of the season we always kick on and put in performances and that's pleasing."

Arsenal had more difficulties at Aston Villa, with Yossi Benayoun's late goal securing a 2-1 victory for his fifth-place side.

Liverpool is two points behind Arsenal after Charlie Adam missed a penalty kick in a 0-0 draw at Wigan. Luis Suarez featured for Liverpool a day after receiving an eight-match ban ? on hold pending any appeal ? for racially abusing United defender Patrice Evra.

United had failed to win on its past three visits to Craven Cottage but Danny Welbeck's fifth-minute opener, capitalizing on lax defending, was an early sign that the run would come to an end.

The lead was doubled when a cross from Giggs was headed home by Nani in the 28th before the 38-year-old midfielder became the first player to score in all 20 Premier League seasons.

A shot deflected off Philippe Senderos and looped into the net three minutes before half time.

An industrious performance from Rooney was capped in the 88th when the England striker fired home from 30 yards.

But United saved the best until last as Berbatov netted his 50th goal for United with a nonchalant backheel from Antonio Valencia's cross.

"In the second half we took our foot off the gas but we were always in control and we knew we were going to win the game," Rooney said.

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MADRID (AP) ? Atletico Madrid and Villarreal's woeful seasons got worse Wednesday as the topflight clubs were eliminated from the Copa del Rey by third-tier teams on home soil, leading Villarreal to fire coach Juan Carlos Garrido.

Albacete beat Atletico 1-0 to reach the last 16 with a 3-1 aggregate victory, while Pablo Infante scored a pair of second-half goals for Mirandes to win 2-0 at Villarreal and advance 3-1 overall.

Villarreal wasted no time in dismissing Garrido after the latest setback to its awful season, in which it is sitting 17th in the league and exited the Champions League after losing all six group stage games.

Atletico coach Gregorio Manzano could be next to leave.

"Until I'm informed of the opposite, I'll continue to answer questions professionally, in my role," Manzano said.

Real Betis was the another topflight club eliminated from the domestic cup competition, going out on away goals following a 2-1 win over Cordoba that left the series tied 2-2.

Other teams to advance on Wednesday included 23-time cup winner Athletic Bilbao, Racing Santander, Osasuna, Levante, Malaga and Real Sociedad. Defending champion Real Madrid, Espanyol, Sevilla and Mallorca all won their fourth-round matches on Tuesday to advance.

Barcelona holds a 1-0 lead over third-tier Hospitalet ahead of their match on Thursday, when Valencia welcomes Cadiz after the pair played to a scoreless draw in the first leg.

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MILAN (AP) ? Juventus was left tied on points with AC Milan at the top of the Serie A standings after being held to a 0-0 draw by Udinese on Wednesday.

Claudio Marchisio and Fabio Quagliarella had the best of Juve's chances while Mauricio Isla came close to breaking the deadlock for Udinese.

In contrast there were plenty of goals in the other Serie A matches. Diego Milito broke his goalscoring duck to help Inter Milan beat Lecce 4-1, while Atalanta also won 4-1 against Cesena. Napoli did even better, humiliating Genoa 6-1.

Catania came back from two goals down to draw 3-3 at Parma.

Juventus remains unbeaten and is now level on points with Milan heading into the winter break. Despite that, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon insists the team is still not thinking of the Serie A title.

"It was a good game and I think in the end a draw was the fairest result," Buffon said. "We're still unbeaten and that's a fact we're proud of, nobody would have ever thought of being in this place.

"What's our aim for 2012? It's not the title but we're aiming to qualify for the Champions League."

Udinese, which lost its perfect record at the Stadio Friuli, is two points behind Juventus and Milan.

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PARIS (AP) ? Big-spending Paris Saint-Germain will take a three-point lead into the French league's winter break after grinding out a scrappy 1-0 win at Saint-Etienne and taking advantage of its three main rivals dropping points.

PSG's cash-rich Qatar owners have spent $107 million on players this season and coach Antoine Kombouare's team is under intense pressure to win the title for the first time since 1994.

After 19 games, they are halfway there, and Christmas will have a warmer glow after Montpellier, Lille and Lyon all failed to win on Wednesday.

PSG's goal came after Nene floated over a corner in the 32nd minute and midfielder Mathieu Bodmer's header hit the post and bounced back off goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier's hand and into the net.

"You need a bit of luck, but also a lot of mental strength," PSG defender Zoumana Camara said. "That's why we got the result tonight."

Montpellier led 2-1 but then conceded three goals in eight minutes as it lost 4-2 at Evian.

Although Lille moved within one point of Montpellier after drawing 4-4 at home to 10-man Nice, it surrendered the lead three times in an absorbing game which saw Nice equalize in the fourth minute of injury time. Lyon, meanwhile, was full of confidence after winning its last four league games but lost 1-0 at Valenciennes and missed the chance to overtake both Lille and Montpellier.

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ? Borussia Moenchengladbach knocked out title holder Schalke from the German Cup with a 3-1 win on Wednesday, while fourth-tier Holstein Kiel stunned Mainz 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in 68 years.

Schalke finished the match with nine men after red cards for top scorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the first minute of the second half and Jermaine Jones in injury time.

Rising star Marco Reus scored two goals for Moenchengladbach and played a role in another as the surprise team of the season continued its strong run through two domestic competitions.

Stuttgart beat Hamburger SV 2-1 on two goals from striker Cacau.

Kiel had already eliminated two second-division teams to make the third round. The team from northern Germany went ahead after six minutes on an own goal from Anthony Ujah and Steve Mueller secured the victory with a goal in the second half.

Hertha Berlin defeated Kaiserslautern 3-1 to reach the last eight for the first time in four years. Hertha won under interim coach Rainer Widmayer after firing Markus Babbel on Sunday.

Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45748775/ns/sports/

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Oddly enough, the main upside of the proposed T-Mobile USA / AT&T tie-up is coming to fruition, despite the fact that neither carrier will be merging into the other. We'd heard shortly after the breakup that both operators would be agreeing to a seven-year roaming deal, but hadn't noticed any specifics on it until now. According to T-Mob's parent company Deutsche Telekom, the two have come to terms on a UMTS roaming agreement for the US (read: no international deals here), which will "allow [T-Mobile] to improve its footprint significantly among the US population and offer its customers better broadband coverage for mobile communications services in the future."

The carrier's population coverage will increase from 230 million potential customers at present to 280 million. As a result of the deal with AT&T, coverage will be extended to many regions of America in which T-Mobile USA previously had neither its own high-speed mobile communications network nor the associated roaming agreements. As if that weren't enough, T-Mobile USA will also receive a large package of AWS mobile spectrum in 128 Cellular Market Areas (CMAs), including 12 of the top 20 markets (Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Baltimore and Seattle). Oh, and Deutsche Telekom gets $3 billion in cash. #winning

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Justin Bieber Invests in Sojo Studios? Social Gaming for Good

Justin Bieber has invested in social game company Sojo Studios, a company that embeds charitable giving into its games. The young superstar today announced his involvement the same way he launched his career, by using Facebook and Twitter to connect directly with his fans.

Beiber and fellow investor Ellen DeGeneres will use their entertainment industry status to support WeTopia, Sojo?s first title, as well as future games.

Beiber posted the following to his Facebook page at 12:46 p.m. PST: ?a fan first showed me this and now I am Proud to be a part of WeTopia. When you play, you help kids in the REAL WORLD. Let?s all play this game and really MAKE A CHANGE. thanks?

Within two hours, that update had received nearly 18,000 ?likes? and hundreds of ?shares.? He also tweeted the information to his 15.6 million followers, making all but one of them jealous by later giving a shout-out to @MiKSHiNE as the fan who introduced him to WeTopia.

Players build a WeTopia village, which rewards beneficial behavior like helping neighbors by adding the in-game virtual currency known as Joy to their accounts. It?s free to play, although the option is available to purchase Joy using Facebook credits. Gamers can then choose actual, non-virtual projects that will receive their Joy, in return for which they get pictures, videos and in-game messages to track their contributions. Initial nonprofit partners include Save the Children, buildOn and Children?s Health Fund.

?Playing online games can be a lot of fun, and WeTopia makes it even better by helping children around the world, whether they need a school, or vaccinations, or clean water,? said Bieber. ?I?ve always been passionate about giving back, and I hope my fans will feel the same way when they play WeTopia.?

This is hardly the first time he has leveraged his popularity to aid others. Earlier this year Bieber announced the Believe Charity Drive, which receives a portion of the North American proceeds from sales of his current?Under The Mistletoe album. He also worked with interactive firm AgencyNet and online fundraising platform StayClassy to create a section of his site where fans can make direct contributions to seven of his chosen charities: Pencils of Promise;?Project Medishare for Haiti;City of Hope;?Make-A-Wish Foundation and?www.worldwish.org;?Boys & Girls Clubs of America;?Musicians On Call; and the?GRAMMY Foundation.

?We?re thrilled to partner with Justin Bieber, an amazing entertainer and someone who has emerged as one of the most prolific young philanthropists this world has seen,? said Lincoln Brown, founder and chief executive officer of Sojo Studios.? ?Justin is using his voice to inspire millions of fans around the world ? including daughters and their moms ? to give back.? We can?t think of a better way to bring the generations together than on WeTopia, which lets players do good while having fun.?

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'I'll definitely at least tune in to the first episode that he's on, just to see ... the kinds of critiques he gives,' one viewer tells MTV News.
By Brian Phares, with additional reporting by Uptin Saiidi

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NEW YORK — Howard Stern is coming to your TV — but not in the way you might expect. The controversial radio host is replacing Piers Morgan as the newest judge on "America's Got Talent," and the news definitely has people talking.

"I feel like the families who are watching it are going to be like, 'What is this guy doing on this show?' " Mike Ruffalo told MTV News when we took to the streets to find out what people were thinking about the controversial move.

Other fans were not as concerned. "It's great publicity for 'America's Got Talent,' " said Carol John.

Indeed, the news has definitely drawn a lot of attention to the Nick Cannon-hosted competition show, but will that mean more viewers? "Howard Stern is a funny, crazy dude. I will definitely be in there watching it," said Gabriel Garcia, proving that, for at least one fan, having Stern on the show is a major draw.

John was interested but felt a little more trepidation when she told us, "I'll definitely at least tune in to the first episode that he's on, just to see how he approaches the show and the kinds of critiques he gives to the acts that perform."

Regardless of what people think about Howard Stern, the general consensus is that having him on "America's Got Talent" is a great move for the show. But is it a great move for Howard? "Twenty million dollars could persuade a lot of people to do a lot of things," Peter Papaemanuel pointed out. Amen, Peter.

What do you think of the move? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1676137/howard-stern-americas-got-talent.jhtml

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We've got some good news for gamers that were willing to plunge into the PlayStation-certified world of Sony's tablets. The latest update to the company's divisive Tablet S will let you connect your PS3 controllers with those 32-bit games of yesteryear. The update is available now in Sony's homeland of Japan and the company is also rewarding its tablet faithful with a free download; an Ape Escape-themed mini-game collection. It's not all good news, however. The clamshelled Tablet P doesn't get the controller hook-up and you'll need to buy an additional USB adapter cable to connect a controller to the monoscreened Tablet S. A briefly worded, vaguely translated release awaits after the break.

Update: We've heard from Japanese users that you'll only need to the cable to initially pair the controller with the tablet. After that, you're free to wirelessly play away.

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