Last year, Disney bought the online virtual polar landscape that is Club Penguin, a virtual world where kids romp and play as penguins do.

This year, they've introduced a plush toy line that extends the virtual polar landscape into the thawed real world with the Club Penguin Series One figures, produced by Jakks Pacific and available at www.ClubPenguin.com/clubpenguinshop.  read more »

One of the problems with games like Guitar Hero for families is the "T" rating for lyrics. For Christian families or fans of Christian rock music, Digital Praise's Guitar Praise offers a family-friendly alternative for both Mac OS X and Windows.  read more »

Recently I had the opportunity to try out the new Bejeweled 2 from PopCap. Our family is not big on computer games, but when we find something we like, we get our money’s worth. One of the family favorites is Bejeweled. A member of the Tetris family, the object of the game is to line up jewels to get them to disappear. Rather than falling from the top, the jewels start on a grid and you manipulate them by clicking them to switch the order and line up similar jewels.  read more »

Dale and Teresa are back without pumpkins.  read more »

Industry's Greenest Notebooks  read more »

The Xbox 360, in case you haven't heard, is a Microsoft product, so many of its features are designed to work with Windows right out of the box, but if you're a Mac user, you don't need to be left out in the digital cold. The 360 is a great gaming platform and can offer lots of great content for your family. This tutorial will help Mac users get the most out of their 360's with some helpful tips and tricks, no coding necessary.  read more »

Features Apple's New Breakthrough Genius Technology  read more »

Both Coke and Pepsi are running specials right now (and have been for a while) that encourage you to collect points with which you can purchase, among other things, free mp3's. But if you, like me, enjoy both Diet Coke and Pepsi One, you may be wondering, "Which is the better deal?"  read more »

Can noble intentions redeem mediocre game design?

Maybe.

Let’s start with the game. Legacy Interactive's The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures is a straight-up platformer in the Mario mold. The story revolves around a standard issue sitcom family called the Tuttles.  read more »

Just a few weeks ago, I swapped an eMac and an iBook for a MacBook as an all-in-one solution. That said, I still prefer a desktop computer, especially the full-size keyboard. When I want to move it (it's a laptop, after all--that's the point!), I have to drag around keyboards and mice or else use the smaller and less comfortable laptop keyboard, so when I heard about Logitech's diNovo Edge, Mac Edition, it seemed like just what the carpal tunnel surgeon ordered.  read more »