Trends & Innovations - Monday
(Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Millennials, defined as Americans aged 14-25, watch 10.5 hours of TV a week on average, well below older age groups. That's according to consulting firm Deloitte's "State of the Media Democracy" survey. Those aged 26-42, also known as Generation X, take in 15.1 hours of TV a week on average, while Baby Boomers, defined as aged 43-61, watch 19.2 hours, and Americans aged 62-75 watch 21.5 hours. Although Millennials are watching less TV, they spend more time plugged into electronic entertainment in general, including through video games, music and the Web.
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Games May Revitalize Aging Brains
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PC Magazine - Turns out all of Nintendo's "Train Your Brain!" hoopla may not be hoopla after all. A new study shows older adults who played a videogame for a month demonstrated improved scores on tests of their cognitive functions, including memory, reasoning, and multi-tasking.
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The geek gifts you didn't get for Christmas 2008
(InfoWorld)
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InfoWorld - It's hard to be a geek at Christmastime. Sure, there are lots of cool tech toys and gadgets on display on store shelves, and a few may have landed under your tree this year. Perhaps Absolutely Mad: 50 Years of Mad Magazine on DVD, a Microsoft Xbox 360, an Apple MacBook Pro 2008 edition, a Garmin Nuvi 880, and one or more of the hot smartphones: the Apple iPhone 3G, the Palm Treo Pro, the RIM BlackBerry Storm, or the T-Mobile G1.
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