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Playaway is books on tape meets MP3 players meets fitness and health. Confused yet? Let me explain. Playaway ($29.99 and up, depending on the title) is an easy-to-use audio player all in one small unit. There is no need to figure out how to load stuff onto it or a separate player, and it comes with earbuds and a battery to make it play so once you receive your Playaway, all you literally have to Read more
The Skinny Website has the skinny on celebrity diets that work. fitPod has a new free music mix for you to download. Renee Gets Fit shares her top 5 books on tape. The plots will keep you moving when music fails to motivate. vitabeat reports that the AMA is urging the Motion Picture Association to mandate R ratings for movies with smoking. iFit&Healthy explains Tyra Banks new addiction Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow hung out backstage at this evening's Grammy Awards in LA. She's on the long list of stars who will present an honor during the ceremony, and she'll take the stage in her cutout Stella McCartney gown. Gwyneth hit the Grammys with her husband Chris Martin. His band, Coldplay, starred in one of the evening's most anticipated performances when they teamed up with Rihanna. It's a big Read more
When it comes to exercising, the more you do it, the better you get at it — as in, you become stronger, faster, or more flexible, and not only that, you are able to exercise longer (and losing inches isn't anything to sneeze at either). But no matter how long you've been committed to fitness, make sure you know how to prep to be your best at every workout. A plan: You've suited up, stuffed Read more
After seeing the success of a personal experiment offering a free Stanford University-certified artificial intelligence course (23,000 people completed the class!), Sebastian Thrun left his prestigious professor position to dedicate himself to teaching on a much larger scale. His new program, Udacity will offer free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their Read more
The iPad may be top on Mama's holiday wish list this year, but there's a good chance it's on her tot's too! Kids can't keep their hands off the tablets, leading two of the largest educational games manufacturers to create tot-friendly versions this year. I told you about the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer ($100) when it first hit the market this Fall, and now I just finished playing around with the Read more
SavvySugar readers are huge fans of visiting the local library, and there's a new reason to love the reading establishment even more: libraries are now lending out ebooks! Amazon just rolled out its library lending program today, and there are 11,000 libraries participating. Basically, you'll be allowed to check out books for two weeks before it'll be deleted from your digital library. I'm a huge Read more
The best of the best of the nation's food world glitterati are in New York this weekend for the industry's Oscars, the James Beard Awards. Although the main ceremony doesn't take place until later this evening, the events kicked off on Friday with the announcement of the book, broadcast, and journalism awards. A huge congratulations is in order for our friends at the San Francisco Chronicle; Read more
If you've got a geek (or Jedi) in training, you're probably going to want them to be multilingual . . . and I don't mean languages of this Earth. The How to Speak Wookiee ($17) book is perfect for your little ones who are preparing for a lifetime of inter-galactic space travel (pretend, or otherwise). As you probably know, Wookiees are notoriously short-tempered, so prepare your children (or Read more
