Right up until Christmas, you can test out EA Sports Active in stores in San Francisco and Boston — EA Sports Active Walmart's Black Friday ad has surfaced — CrunchGear Firefox 3.6 Beta3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users is now available to download — Lifehacker Hulu has just teamed up with EMI to offer music videos on its free video streaming site — The New York Times The Nokia N900 is Read more

  Whether we like it or not, the holidays are quickly approaching — which means it's time to get our gadget gift guides in gear! My Must Haves list for November certainly got the ball rolling, but you're probably wondering where to start when it comes to shopping for those "hard to buy for" people on your list? Well look no further, because starting today until Christmas, you'll find helpful Read more

With the success of EA Sports Active — the game I used for my 30 Day fitness challenge — EA is announcing a new EA Sports Active game called Sports Active More Workouts. Coming November 17, the new game will feature 35 new exercises like water skiing and paddle surfing. It will also emphasize abdominal exercises including curl ups, crunches and punches. I think the addition of more Read more

I can hardly believe that it has already been an entire month since I started the 30 Day EA Sports Active Challenge. I'm sure for those of you who participated in the challenge, you can also vouch that the 30 days goes by fairly quickly. And because the game gives you two to three rest days a week, it's easy to add the workouts into your daily routine. In terms of my overall results, I only lost Read more

As I near the homestretch of my EA Sports Active 30 Day Challenge, I am thoroughly impressed with how much muscle strength I've gained and how I feel generally healthier. After my issues with the Wii sensor and resistance bands last week, I decided to skip the bicep curls and upright rows since I couldn't seem to get my new resistance band to work with them (yes — even when I was going reallly Read more

It's hard to believe I'm already in the throws of week three of the EA Sports Active challenge. I learned a lot after last week's trials and tribulations, so I decided to step it up a bit this week. I took to Target and purchased a fancy resistance band that included handles and all, and as backup, I also got a box of three bands offering different resistances. I got all excited to take my upper Read more

My 30 Day EA Sports Active challenge continues, and for those of you who left comments and feedback about your own experience with the challenge, I must say, I am already feeling many of the same things! In the beginning, I was really skeptical that this game could actually get me sweating and burn calories, but as each workout ups the calorie-burning level, you are guaranteed to be sweating Read more