MobiMB Mobile Media Browser 3.5

Make the most of the latest colour Nokia phones. MobiMB is a full-featured file manager for Nokia phones (also supports other phones via Bluetooth). Not only can you access the full filesystem in the phone, you can also set Nokia operator logos, wallpapers, startup logos, ringtones and more. Browse your phone's folders using a simple explorer-style interface, simple to use - just drag & drop.

Version 3.5 added support for editing themes using the new LogoManager Theme Editor and fixed some bugs.

Free trial. It supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista, Suitable Nokia phone connection to PC

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Send To Phone 2.1 software free trial

Send polyphonic ringtones, images, and other files to your mobile phone without any cables and adapters. With Send to Phone, you can transfer files with a few mouse clicks. The files you send to your mobile phone should be supported by the mobile phone. Version 2.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

It supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server

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Download the MOBILedit with Ringtone Editor 2.8.1

MOBILedit is an all-in-one mobile phone management software package offering you much more than phone manufacturers software. In addition to basic functions such as sending SMS and organizing & synchronizing the phone book, MOBILedit offers a powerful Ringtone Editor, YouTube Video Downloader, patented mBoox Composer, Phone2Phone Copier, Photo Editor, File Manager and much more. You can also rip CDs, edit & convert your music to MP3 or other popular formats. This ultimate phone manager can download, convert & copy online videos right to mobile devices (cell phones, PSP, PDA, iPhone, iPod). Just connect your Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung or LG via Bluetooth, IrDA or cable and you can easily handle incoming calls and SMS in real-time or install Java games. The auto-backup feature will keep you confident in the unfortunate event of a lost phone. Increase your business productivity and personal entertainment with MOBILedit.

Version 2.8.1 adds an ability to download videos from virtually any web video site, and preconfigured video converter profiles according to the capabilities of your mobile device category.

It supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

30 days free trial

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Send up to 30 SMS every day to any part of the world for free

With TTMessenger you can send up to 30 SMS every day to any part of the world at no cost. You get 10 SMS every day immediately and by getting other users to use the service, you can get up to 20 additional SMS. The SMS originate in Australia and have a very high delivery rate. You can also receive replies. TTMessenger does much more than just SMS, (like Fax, VoIP, IM and VSMS) but to use most of these services you will need to pay (IM and VoIP calls to other TTMessenger users are free). Version 3.0.21 provides users with the ability to use TTMessenger immediately without having to sign up first.

When you install TTMessenger for the first time you are given a week (without sign up) to test the 10 free daily SMS. When the week ends you will need to sign up to continue receiving the free offer. After sign up, you can increase the free SMS up to 30 a day by referring this offer to other people.

It supports Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

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Bullion

There is an increasingly wide range of methods available to investors wanting to buy gold, or gain exposure to gold price movements. From gold bullion to complex structured financial products, the most appropriate way will depend on the requirements and outlook of the individual investor.

My reasoning for my interest in gold coins is a little unique. I've tried to avoid the cliché stories about gold and gold coins. They're the easy stories to tell you. I'm avoiding them because, quite frankly, the easy stories gold bugs sell you are not the reason I'm buying.

I buy us gold coins because, first of all, I believe that gold is cheap. Gold is a financial catastrophe insurance. And we haven't had a financial catastrophe in the U.S. in 25 years. I'm not predicting financial catastrophe, here. I'm simply buying catastrophe insurance, when it's at its cheapest.

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Tips to extend your cell phone battery

- Consult your phone's user manual for charging instructions that are specific to your phone.

- Reduce the brightness of your phone and lower the backlight time. You should be able to do this by going to the settings menu of your phone.

- Don't take photos, play games, listen to music or surf the Internet. These functions drain your battery quickly.

- If you are not getting service, turn the phone off. When your phone is constantly searching for service, it can run down the battery.

- Whenever possible, charge your phone with a wall charger instead of a car charger. Car chargers do not charge phones as reliably as wall chargers.

PC Magazine Technology Challenge

Samsung Electronics and PC Magazine have announced the launch of the 2008 PC Magazine Technology Challenge, a trivia-style competition open exclusively to primary school students in the UAE, which will be held on April 5, 2008 at the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium of The Indian High School, Dubai. The computer science and technology trivia challenge will gather 50 competing schools to a fun and interactive activity to promote the development and education of the country's next generation of technology users.

Fully supported by platinum sponsor Samsung Electronics and key sponsor Canon, the event will accept two nominated teams from each participating school, comprised of students aged from 8 to 12 years old. The Challenge will consist of three rounds of technology trivia on computer history, basic technology concepts, computer technologies, internet basics, and general knowledge.

Fresh rose petals

Want to impress your partner these holidays? Then say goodbye to jewelry and expensive items and say hello to FiftyFlowers. This web site offers the best fresh rose petals in every presentation you can imagine, for a quick and good present. You will find at FiftyFlowers original arrangements and a team committed to providing excellence in service, quality gifts, creative packaging and all at competitive prices.

And the best is that you can make all transaction online without losing your time looking hundreds of stores, avoiding the season’s congestion because everybody is looking for gifts. Tell your partner how special she is with flowers this holidays.

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LG LN790

This feature-rich navigator offers sophisticated abilities such as text-to-speech conversion, a traffic receiver, and a Bluetooth phone interface, all in a box with a big 4.3-inch screen. Still, the LN790's price ($650) is way too high for a personal navigator these days, no matter how capable it may be.

The menu structure and the user interface on the LN740 and LN790 are identical except for some additional features on the latter. For both, the underlying navigation software comes from Destinator Technologies, a GPS software company that markets its products for PDAs, smartphones, and OEM partners. In fact, software from Destinator Technologies also powers the recently reviewed Pharos Drive GPS 250 ($299.99 list). While you'll notice many similarities shared by the user interface of the Pharos and the LN790, there are differences. That's because each manufacturer can tweak the UI and software to differentiate its products from competitors' devices.

Top 5 fashion cell phones

LG KE850 Prada

With stylish looks, the Prada phone is an all-touch device that stresses fashion over features. Does it have substance to match its style?

Samsung Giorgio Armani Phone

Another manufacturer teams up with a fashion designer to create a touch screen phone, and we get our dainty digits all over the results. Is it haute couture, or prêt-à-oublier?

Bang & Olufsen Serene

The high-end audiophile's favorite teamed up with Samsung to produce the sleek Serene. Can it's sound quality possibly match its astronomical price tag?

Sony Ericsson Z555

We've spent time with Sony Ericsson's new feature phones at the show floor in Las Vegas. Check out our hands-on impressions.

Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition

Following the introduction of the slightly more affordable U9, Motorola hopes you'll buy a gold-plated RAZR2 this holiday season.

Trasylol Kidney Failure

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Motorola Q9c

Since its inception, the Motorola Q has been successful. Versions of the popular slim handheld—originally billed as the "RAZR smartphone" at just 0.4 inches thick—can now be found on three carriers, with the device available in both CDMA and GSM versions. When Motorola revamped the Q, Verizon saw the new model first and branded it the Q9m. AT&T followed with its upgraded version, the Q9h, which bested the Verizon model with its excellent software bundle. Now Sprint finally has a new Q, and I'm pleased to report that the Q9c is a highly capable, inexpensive ($99.99 with a two-year contract, after a $100 mail-in rebate) smartphone, even if a few flaws hold it back from true greatness.

Microsoft Messenger statistics

A study of Microsoft Messenger users lends more force to the 'six degrees of separation' concept, an idea that we are only six steps removed from almost anyone else on the planet. Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, looked at a month's worth of global 'instant messaging' conversations using Microsoft Messenger, and counted how many messages were sent and from where.

Working with Jure Leskovec, who was an intern at the time, Horvitz tallied up a whopping 255 billion messages sent in the course of 30 billion conversations among 240 million people during June 2006. The researchers neither had any identifiable data nor the access to message content. They could, however, could correlate messages with information about age and gender logged by users when they registered for the service.

Reusable Bed Pads

With health maintenance organizations pressing for more home care and recuperation, manufacturers are pursuing this expanding market very aggressively, so smart shopping really pays. Ask your doctor, rehabilitation therapist, occupational therapist or caregiver what specific pieces of equipment are necessary and I will tell you where to find it.

Whether your need is permanent or temporary, if you need to shop for home-use or professional medical supplies like trapezes, walkers, bathroom aids and adjustable beds AllegroMedical.com is the place to go.

If you are looking for Reusable Bed Pads AllegroMedical.com have them. Deluxe, multi-purpose, waterproof bed pads offer four layers of protection. 100% stay-dry surface is soft and comfortable on skin, while protecting from wetness. Bound edges for longer life, even after multiple washings.

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Are you interested in the Nokia N78?

For the people interested in the Nokia N78, there could be some good news coming down the pipeline because AT&T could be adding the Symbian smartphone to their lineup. The Nokia N78 has a beautiful piano black finish, but that's not the main reason why you'd want this phone. It's because it's got US-friendly 3G bands and this is a strong indicator that Nokia wants AT&T to have it. The user manual for the N78 also seems to point in this direction. With the N95 also rumored to be AT&T-bound, the iPhone could be in for some competition from its stablemates.

Other features on the his slick candybar include a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, aGPS, and FM radio.

8800 Sapphire Arte in Taiwan

Nokia on March 13 launched its most expensive handset, the 8800 Sapphire Arte, in Taiwan with a price tag of NT$53,800 (US$1,758). The 3G-enabled device is decorated with leather, stainless steel and diamonds and features a 3.2-megapixel camera. Nokia launched a total of 33 handsets in Taiwan last year and plans to offer a similar amount of new models in 2008, with over 50% of the new handsets supporting 3G technology.

Sales of 3G handsets now account for about 40% of total handsets sold in the Taiwan market compared to 30% at the end of last year. The sales of 3G handsets will accelerate in the rest of the year.

Options screener

PowerOptions and SmartSearchXL are flexible, customized software trading applications designed to meet the specific needs of professional electronic stock options traders. Whether you choose direct market access for stock options trading or managed transactions, these applications (registered trademarks of Power Financial Group, Inc.) optimize electronic trade efficiency through cutting edge speed and functionality. Your success comes from better decision-making, fewer errors, and an overall enhanced electronic options trading experience.

PowerOptions (provides the data) and SmartSearchXL (take decisions) to gives their clients complete flexibility with various combinations of order entry, show, options screener analytics and portfolio management. Furthermore, their client receives these benefits without incurring the cost of being an exchange specialist.

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3G mobile networks

In the U.S. mobile broadband market, all major mobile carriers except T-Mobile have launched 3G mobile networks. At the end of 2006, out of the 225 million cellular subscribers in the United States, 15 million used a 3G-based mobile broadband service via cell phone, PDA, laptop or other device. Also, we estimate there were 3.5 to 4 million data card service subscribers in the U.S. in mid-2007. While WCDMA/HSPA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access/High Speed Packet Access) technologies dominate worldwide, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) operators such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel currently own the majority of mobile broadband customers in the U.S. These two companies have both commercially deployed EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized), and together they accounted for 13 to 14 million subscribers at year-end 2006.

AT&T`s mobile broadband business also has shown great market traction. In October 2007, it introduced its first HSPA-compatible data card service, making AT&T's mobile broadband service comparable to Verizon and Sprint's in terms of throughput. In terms of other wireless technologies, although AT&T and BellSouthhave tested mobile WiMAX, their intent was to deliver broadband services to regions not covered by its DSL (digital subscriber line) network. AT&T made it clear that it will not be aggressive in alternative technologies, evidenced by its divestiture of WiMAX spectrum to Clearwire. T-Mobile USA, the U.S. operation of T-Mobile International, has been the slowest to join the mobile broadband bandwagon. One of the reasons is the lack of licensed 3G spectrum. As a result, T-Mobile had been suffering from busy network traffic and deficient reception. Fortunately, its success in the Federal Communication Commission Advanced Wireless Services spectrum auction in Q4 2006 more than doubled its spectrum holdings in the top 100 markets. T-Mobile USA began rolling out its UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network in March 2007, and the company plans to complete most of the network by 2008.

Internet is far from infinite

The Internet often seems like a limitless landscape, connecting billions of hyperactive endpoints, with more added by the minute. But ask some of the engineers quietly working to keep those billions of nodes seamlessly connected and they'll tell you the Internet is far from infinite. In fact, it may be starting to get a bit crowded.

The problem is simple math: the Internet Protocol addresses that are assigned to differentiate networks and individual computers at the edges of the Internet have 32 digits, allowing for only a finite number of addresses--about 4.2 billion. That may seem like plenty of space for the world's online population. But huge swaths of IP addresses were originally allocated to the groups that helped build the Internet, starting with the Department of Defense and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and can't be reassigned.

NOD32 and other tips to protect your PC

The extent to which your computer will permit access to your computer files is something you can control. Be sure that you understand how the access control settings work for your Linux or Windows system and that you proactively take measures to block the general public and "guests" from updating your files.

Whenever your workstation contacts data from another source, either via diskette, network, e-mail, Web surfing, etc. you increase the risk that your workstation will become infected.

Remember to use strong antivirus software. Never leave the password for the administrator account of any piece of software blank and use proven security software like the NOD32

Always protect administrator and user accounts with strong passwords. Encourage all users of your system to change their passwords regularly.

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LG Viewty Pink -KU990-

LG Viewty now comes in a pink version, to lure all the ladies out there and also to harmonize with Spring's colors. This new version adds to the black and silver existing ones, offering users more choices. For the moment the pink Viewty is only available in LG's homeland, South Korea, but it should also hit the European market in a few weeks and the North American one somewhere during the second quarter of the year. Also known as KU990, LG Viewty offers both high-end features and an elegant design – the perfect combination for success – hence it's among the most popular mobile phones at this time, despite its kind of high retail price ($600 – $700, depending on where you get it from).

The pink Viewty has all the features included in the original model. Users will get 3 inch TFT touchscreen with haptic feedback and 240 x 400 pixels, Flash UI, tri-band GSM connectivity, HSDPA, GPRS, EDGE, Video and Music players, FM radio with RDS, WAP 2.0 and HTML browsers, mobile email, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0, Java MIDP 2.0, document viewer, 170MB of built-in memory and microSD card slot. Plus, obviously, the cool 5 Megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, auto focus, flash and video recording (VGA at 30 fps, QVGA at 120 fps)

New Geotate GPS system

Geotate has developed a software-based GPS system that could overcome many of the challenges inherent in today's geo-tagging systems in cameras, personal navigation devices and mobile phones. Geotate was spun off from semi-conductor firm NXP, following the development of the 'Capture and Process' GPS platform. The software captures and stores a short burst of available satellite data rather than taking the time, processing power and battery life to acquire a satellite fix.

The data is then processed via web-based services, either in real time or at a later date. Geotate claims that this method dramatically reduces the cost and power requirements of handling GPS satellite signals, removing hurdles for the use of GPS signals in resource-limited devices such as cameras and location-loggers. The company reckons that the technology will allow mainstream camera makers to enter into the market for GPS in consumer devices, a sector analyst firm IMS Research predicts will increase five-fold by 2011.

Russian mail order bride scam

Those of us without a significant other know what it is like to want to meet Russian singles, but not be sure where to look. There are many options out there, each one has its own positives and negatives. From online dating to speed dating.

Maybe you are asking yourself how to meet russian women online? The answer is that there are a number of ways for this, and while we may all have our own methods, the best is using a good dating services online like loversplanet.com to avoid Russian mail order bride scam Online dating has been a great way for those with busy schedules or a lack of affinity for the club scene to take a little bit extra time building up to a first date and that has really filled in a lot of the voids for some singles.

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Cell phone jammer

A cell phone jammer is a device that blocks transmission or reception of signals, usually by creating some form of interference at the same frequency ranges that cell phones use. As a result, a cell phone user will either lose the signal or experience a significant loss of signal quality.

Cell phone jammers have both benign and malicious uses. Police and the military often use them to limit or disrupt communications during hostage situations, bomb threats or when military action is underway. Portable personal jammers are available to enable their owners to stop others in their immediate vicinity (up to 60-80 feet away) from using cell phones. Cell phone jammers can not legally be sold or used within the United States.

Cell phones and sleep may not mix

A study funded in part by cell phone makers themselves finds cell phones and sleep may not mix. Doctors asked men and women between the ages of 18 and 45 to talk on cell phones before bed. Some were exposed to radiation similar to a wireless signal. Others talked on "phoney" phones that released no radiation.

Those exposed to radiation reported headaches, took longer to fall asleep and didn't sleep well through the night. Scientists believe cell phones radiation may activate the brain's stress system.

We all need deep sleep to feel rested and it's crucial for teens, who produce hormones while sleeping.

Midwest auto recycling

There are different auto parts that you can buy used to save a lot with your car. There are engines and transmissions and other parts that you can find at discount and proved for your vehicle. However, the two most important things to keep in mind when buying used parts are “legal” and “provider”.

Make sure that what you are planning to buy for your car is legal in your state and it has a good origin. Remember that there is a market of fake and stolen auto parts that will get you more problems that solutions, forget this option. This is the reason for you must prefer famous providers like midwest auto recycling that sell legal parts with warranties and papers.

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PBXtra 4.0

Fonality have released a significant upgrade to their flagship hybrid-hosting platform, PBXtra 4.0. It's been over a year since the last release, and the time has not been frittered away. PBXtra has so many new features and improvements we're just going to hit the high points. The first one is its FindMe function has been so improved it might as well be called Stalker. Except you can turn it off. Anyway it uses a bit of clever artificial intelligence to determine presence—when it detects that your mouse or keyboard have not moved for a set period of time, it forwards your calls in whatever way you've configured forwarding. But what happens if you're already on the phone but not touching the computer? No problem, because you have already configured it to not go looking for you when you're already on the phone. It also finds your active SIP device no matter where you are, whether you're in the office or at a remote location.

The FindMe control panel lets you easily create complex FindMe rules, such as times of day and days of the week, whitelists, super-VIP priority whitelists, and blacklists. A new feature that goes along with FindMe is Boomerang Mobile Integration. Boomerang allows calls received on mobile phones to be "boomeranged" back to any extension with a few keypresses. You can also record calls and store them on your PBXtra server. FindMe requires HUD, which is a user control panel, system administrator monitoring, and control panel, click-to-call-email-chat-and-more interface. HUD is a wonderful time-saving application, which you can see for yourself by taking the free version for a test-drive. There is a new Call Screening feature that makes it easier than ever to screen your calls. Your callers must say their name, and then you decide if you want to accept the call, send it to voicemail, play a rude sound effect, or reject the call. (Actually there is no rude sound effect, but it wouldn't be difficult to implement one.)

Another new feature is Foncall. This is a Firefox plugin that lets you click on any phone number on a Web site to call it. Yet one more useful and cool new feature is a graphical FXS/FXO and T1 interface card configurator—configure your interface cards with a few mouse clicks. That's just the bits that I think are noteworthy; check out the release notes for an extensive list of new features and improvements.

The number of Internet TV subscribers more than doubled in 2007

The number of Internet TV subscribers more than doubled in 2007 to 12.3 million worldwide, driven by Western Europe where some broadband suppliers offered the service for free. Western Europe, led by France, accounted for 57 percent of global IPTV subscribers, research firm Informa Telecoms & Media said in a report. Traditional telecom providers are seeking new revenue streams to compensate for declining sales of fixed-line connections for voice calls, and IPTV is a promising new area, especially for state incumbents with extensive networks. Informa said France Telecom, Iliad's Free, Neuf and Telecom Italia's Alice had attracted more than 5 million IPTV subscribers between them in France by bundling the service free with broadband offers.

China now has about 1 million IPTV subscribers and Hong Kong already had 1 million in September, making it the world's most mature IPTV market with 60 percent of DSL broadband customers subscribing for TV over the Web. The United States added more than 1 million customers in 2007, largely thanks to fiber-to-the-home rollouts by Verizon and AT&T. fiber-to-the-home delivers faster connections than regular broadband. In Germany and France, Deutsche Telekom and BT more than doubled their subscriber numbers to reach more than 100,000 each.

Ford Radiator

If your Ford car is more than five or six years old, you may notice that your engine is running a little hotter that it used to, and you may have radiator problems. You should expect to start having radiator problems by the time your car enters its sixth year of life.

The fact is that over time, environmental factors such as humidity, road salts and debris, hard water and chemical reactions will take a toll on the metal from which your Ford Radiator is constructed giving you radiator problems.

Typically, radiator problems can be slowed, but not completely stopped. Fortunately, you will find at Radiators.com the right replacement for your Ford car at the best price possible.

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The new Sprint Mogul Phone

Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times. Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless operate so-called EV-DO Rev. A networks, but have used them only for laptop cards. Their fastest phones have used the older and slower EV-DO Rev. 0 network. Sprint it was releasing a software update for the Mogul phone, made by HTC Corp. of Taiwan, that will enable the phone to connect at Rev. A speeds. Downloads speeds should be 600 kilobits per second to 1,400 kbps, up from a range of 400 kbps to 700 kbps with Rev. 0. It will be capable of uploads of 350 to 500 kbps, up from 50 kbps to 70 kbps. Sprint broadband network now covers 234 million people, and the vast majority of it has been upgraded to EV-DO Rev. A, short for Evolution-Data Optimized Revision A.

The Mogul is a smart phone that runs Windows Mobile software and can be used as a modem for a laptop. It costs $199.99 with a two-year contract and went on sale in June. The software update will be available immediately from HTC's site. Verizon Wireless has not announced a phone using Rev. A. Spokeswoman Brenda Raney said the main advantage of Rev. A is higher upload speeds, which is important to laptop users but less so for cell-phone users. AT&T Inc. already sells phones that use its fastest network technology, known as HSDPA, for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. Its listed download speed is the same as EV-DO Rev. A, with a slightly higher upload speed.

Listening on a cell phone can make a driver as dangerous as a drunken one

Listening on a cell phone, even with a headset and free hands, can make a driver as dangerous as a drunken one, a new study suggests. Researchers have previously explored this territory, but Carnegie Mellon University scientists tried a new tack: they looked at the brain. They used brain imaging to show that listening to a cell phone significantly reduces the brain activity that occurs during undistracted driving. This drop in brain function increases driving mistakes - such as weaving out of the lane or hitting a berm on the shoulder of the road.

In the study, to be published in the journal Brain Research, 29 drivers, ages 18 to 25, used a driving simulator while inside a sophisticated brain scanning machine, called functional MRI. They steered a car along an empty but winding two-lane highway at a fixed speed of 43 miles per hour. Then, they repeated the simulation while listening to statements of general knowledge. After each statement, they had five seconds to say whether it was true or false. The MRI measured second-by-second changes in activity in 20,000 brain locations. It showed that listening caused a 37 percent decrease in activity in the parietal lobe, which controls skills involved in driving. Activity also decreased in the occipital lobe, the center of visual information processing. At the same time, listening increased activity in the area of the cortex that is linked to language.