Last week's one-hour The Hills Season 3 premiere offered a barrage of BlackBerry and iMac madness. In this week's 'Truth And Time Tells All' episode the ladies ponder whether Justin Bobby is good enough for Audrina while Spencer and Heidi squabbled over his video game additions to their living room. Were you paying attention to all the vintage geek and smartphone sneak peeks last night? Take my quiz and see!
Earlier this summer Nicole Kidman had signed on as Nintendo's television ad spokesperson in Europe for More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, prompting a renewed interest in the series here in the U.S. Of course Brain Age, was already a bona fide hit with Nintendo DS fans around the globe, so everyone has been abuzz about the series' next US feature.
Yesterday, Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day was released for DS, and let me tell you, it does not disappoint. It may make you feel a little dumb, but it does not disappoint. Designed to give your brain a workout, Brain Age 2 featured 15 new activities - from playing simple songs on a piano keyboard to monitoring the photo finish of a footrace.
When you start a new game, you take a series of tests and get a score that tells you how "old" your brain is. That number is your "DS Brain Age," and the idea is that with daily practice your score will lower. Activities include serial subtraction, word scramble, change maker, calendar count, and my personal favorite, Rock, Paper, Scissors, where you speak the symbol that beats the one on the screen. I consider myself to have at least moderate mental accuracy and the game still made me scramble. It's great for anyone who likes Sodoku, puzzles, Pictionary and crossword puzzles - even if you're not a hardcore gamer.
The Relaxation Sound Chair from Brookstone aims to be one of those highly-coveted gamer and music enthusiast items, yet its function is lacking. It's just a regular chair that rocks on the floor and has a plug in slot for your MP3 or CD player. Of course there's also a headphone jack for private listening. The chair costs $139, which may sound inexpensive, but I for one seriously question the necessity or draw. Can't you just sit in your rocking chair and listen to your iPod? Call me when this baby will give me a massage and pedicure.
Do you ever find yourself surfing the net and then look up at the clock and wonder where all the time has gone? The Firefox extension MeeTimer allows you to keep track of the sites you've visited and for how long. It's actually very useful because you can group websites into activities (procrastination sites vs communication sites) so you will know exactly how your time is being divvied up. Seeing is believing right? The MeeTimer will also provide you with the total amount of time you've been on the web as well as the percentage of certain online activities per work week. Do you know a great shortcut or tip you think geeksugar readers should know? Share it in our 'How To' Help - Guide To All Things Geeky group, read more
I find that the beauty of traditional photo albums lies in the fact that the images often tell a story from their consecutive placement in the book. Unlike digital pictures that often get cut, pasted, edited, deleted and after all this, rarely end up back with the originals. CircaVie is a fabulous website because it helps you organize your digital pics chronologically through an interactive timeline. Birthdays, trips, events, whatever you fancy- just add the time, picture or video to get started and finish off by sharing with whomever you'd like! Be sure to sign in using your AIM screenname. To learn how to post your favorite sites to the Website of the Day group, just read more
Usually whenever I see a Bluetooth headset I can't help but think, "ugh, that's so ugly!" Thankfully Korea has been busy whipping up some chic pink headsets that are sure to be mistaken for cute MP3 players. Brought to you by AVING, the BHP-012 Bluetooth headset from Pionstep offers 20 hours of talk time, 16 hours of audio playback and 250 hours of standby time. Each works with Bluetooth-enabled PCs and and supports enhanced bass and treble for quality output. Currently only available in Korea, but most likely will make their way to the U.S. in due time. via Gizmodiva
A recent study showed that 42 percent of PC users neglect to defragment their computers. Vizu, the company that administered the poll, reminds us that failure to conduct routine computer maintenance can adversely affect system performance for both home and enterprise users, slowing operations such as bootup, file retrieval, Web browsing, backups, and anti-virus and spyware scans as well as contributing to system crashes. What worries me, is the fact that nearly 16 percent of those who answered the poll said they had "no idea" what disk defragmentation is, while more than 26 precent said they never defrag their machines.
For the record, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. Your Windows computer comes with a program that will defragment your hard disk and reunites all the broken data into large blocks. Gathering all the free space on the hard disk into one block makes data retrieval faster and easier for the computer. For help defragging your computer check out the Microsoft guide. Source
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