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Software
 Rob Glaser, RealNetworks CEO, hasn’t had a lot of winners lately so we bet the idea of helping you copy your Hollywood DVD sounded like a great way to strike it rich…again.
And to ensure you hear about his offer he chose to sue Hollywood before they sue him for his RealDVD copying, backup, archiving, ripping, whatever software. Nice quiet way to deliver the message!
Sounds great. The $30 software lets you rip a DVD movie to your computer hard drive.
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 Does your computer take forever to load programs or change pages when you're surfing the Internet? Have you ever been in the middle of writing an e-mail only to have the screen freeze and force you to reboot and lose all your work? There are few things more frustrating than a slow computer, but it doesn't need to be that way.
Having a professional look at your system can be costly and buying a new computer is often unnecessary. There are some steps that you can follow to keep your system running at its best.
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 The Political Machine 2008, recently released by Stardock Entertainment, capitalizes on election year excitement and frenzy to put you behind the wheel in a campaign for the presidency. By allowing the player to utilize numerous political tools and undertake a wide variety of activities available to candidates, Stardock successfully imitates one of the most realistic aspects of a campaign: an excess of things to do contrasted with a dearth of time and money. Inundated with information and decisions, you must make crucial choices within your resource budget to maximize the probability of winning the White House. Though this may be unappealing to some, the task is far from unachievable and rewards those meticulous enough to use to their advantage the wide array of campaigning possibilities.
As you probably have already discerned from the game’s title, The Political Machine 2008 focuses on the United States 2008 presidential campaign, though that is not all it offers. Furthermore, the game is not so linear as to force you to play as McCain or Obama versus the other; historical accuracy is flexed here for the purpose of increased variability. Players can choose to control Republicans such as John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Representing the Democratic Party are Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Bill Richardson. In addition to these characters, extra politicians on both sides of the aisle are unlockable through the course of the game. If that is not enough to satisfy your appetite for variety, you can choose to create custom characters and alter them to your liking!
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 The fine people at Brighter Minds Media contacted me recently with news on a new, unique brain training software program for kids (and adults!) of all ages. Brainiversity is a brain training game that stimulates your brain with 16 different activities covering Language, Memory, Math and Analysis. But not only does it provide you with the tools to give your brain a workout, Brainiversity can track the progress of up to six different users on the same computer. Don’t have someone to challenge? That’s okay too. Test yourself daily to see how much better you have become!
Brainiversity was intended primarily for maintaining mental fitness for aging adults, but in the development process it was discovered that kids love it too – which I’m sure my 9 year old would agree, as a day doesn’t go by that he doesn’t ask “When are we going to train our brain today, Mom?”.
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