Whether you're one of the 2.2 million Americans living with epilepsy, or have friends or family affected by the neurological disorder, a new app serves as an excellent resource for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Called E-Action Info, this free App Store download provides medical info, media and an educational game -- all designed to teach about epilepsy in a clear, accessible manner.

For those living with epilepsy, the app covers management tips, a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section, an interactive and color-coded 3D model of the brain (zoom and rotate to learn about all of its areas and functions), links to epilepsy associations and the option to start a journal, called MyEpilepsyDiary, to help keep an accurate account of when seizures happen.

Be aware, however, this diary feature links to a login page at epilepsy.com opposed to an integrated diary located within the app. While this requires an Internet connection, at least the info is not located on the iOS device itself,

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You love the picture on your HDTV, but what about the audio? Flat screen televisions are notorious for having weak sound. This has improved, but not to the point where you’re going to mistake your living room for a movie theater. A soundbar, placed above or below your TV, is a good option no matter the budget.

Typically the bars house two to five speakers and come with a wireless subwoofer you can hide next to the couch. They connect directly to your television – no receiver necessary – and require minimal wires.

The best models successfully simulate surround sound and don’t require you to run wires all over the room. Audiophiles may spend thousands on high-end components for a true surround sound rig, but that’s not for everyone. Our list includes some of the best soundbars available for a variety of budgets.

1. Roth Sub Zero
Starting at $230 on Yahoo! Shopping
Here’s a fine option for those of you who want to bump up the sound on your TV without spending a lot of cash or getting

If you enjoy solving head-scratching puzzles but are growing tired of slow-paced, story-driven adventures, a new game called Fetch ($4.99) might just be the download you seek at the App Store.

The latest from Big Fish Games cleverly combines action, platforming and puzzle-solving, in a game suitable for both kids and kids at heart.

Despite its brevity and some strange “real world” objects placed in a futuristic fantasy romp, this charming iPad game is a delight.

In Fetch, you play as a young boy whose dog, Bear, gets swallowed up by a fire hydrant and dognapped by an underground robot. You follow suit and must overcome obstacles to get closer to your beloved pet – beginning with this underground level, and then followed by a jungle, shark-infested ocean and museum. While solving puzzles, such as reuniting three blind mice and turning valves to stop and start the flow of water, you’ll discover who the culprit is and why he’s after your pooch (and many others).

Along with 50

FritzInventors continue to tinker with robots and Laser Tag technology. These two inherently cool creations appeal to kids of all ages. What if they built a robot that played Laser Tag with you? That would be awesome. Sadly, they don’t exist. In the meantime, check out these new Kickstarter projects that aim to change what it means to play Laser Tag or build a robot.

Next generation Laser Tag
They’re calling it “laser tag for James Bond, not RoboCop.” It’s a lightweight, innovative take on the popular digital tag game that eliminates clunky targets and plastic guns. Instead, the targets are small enough o fit into a shirt pocket and the guns aren’t really guns. You can hide them in a boot, up a sleeve or deploy them as traps.

It may sound like Laser Tag for Hippies, but the reimagined hardware opens up new gameplay scenarios that go beyond death matches. Stephen Foster, a computer science Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, created the project. The Kickstarter campaign aims to build

Knuckleball on DVD & Blu-RayJust last week Major League Baseball came back in swing, as it were, which is one of Mother Nature's annual signs of spring. So why not celebrate the warmer weather and budding flowers by staying in and spending quality time with your home theater system?

The documentary Knuckleball, new to DVD and digital download, is a fascinating film for even casual fans of America's Pastime. Veteran documentarians Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work) explore the history of baseball's weirdest pitch by profiling MLB knuckleballers Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey during the 2011 baseball season. They also dig deep into baseball's past with former players including Charlie Hough, Wilbur Wood, Jim Bouton, Tom Candiotti and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.

For the uninitiated, the knuckleball is the rarest pitch in baseball. Unlike other pitches – the fastball, the curve, the slider – the knuckleball doesn't rely on spin and velocity to overwhelm the hitter. Instead, the ball is thrown

If you’re itching to treat yourself to a tablet this spring -- but don’t have $500 for an iPad or even $200 for a Kindle Fire HD – you can now pick up a 7-inch Kobo Vox tablet for $100.

Yes, this is last year’s model opposed to the newer Kobo Arc, but at half the cost there’s a lot of bang for the buck, here – plus you’ve got full access to the Google Play store and its more than 800,000 apps.

At its core, the Kobo Vox is a 7-inch color e-book reader, capable of wirelessly downloading and displaying books, magazines and newspapers. The FFS+ backlit LCD screen (1,024 x 600) is optimized for reading outdoors. You’ve got access to the Kobo Store, with nearly 3 million books, in total -- one-third of which are free classics. While reading, you can select from one of seven font styles and 42 available sizes.

A social media feature called Kobo Pulse lets you connect with other readers, such as seeing how many people are reading what you’re reading, what others think of the passage you just

Yahoo!In 1995, a Seattle company named Amazon started selling books online. Bookstores large and small were terrified. Their days were numbered. Little did we know that Amazon would reach beyond selling books and start selling almost everything. As the company got bigger, America’s trepidation about shopping online got smaller. Now we do it every day.

Advances in technology have armed consumers and put retailers on defense. Smartphones and tablets have facilitated the rise of “showrooming.” Consumers go to a brick and mortar store to check out merchandise only to buy it cheaper online. Some retailers are trying to shut down showrooming, others are embracing it as inevitable. The winner here is the consumer. The technology makes it easy to compare prices and check for deals, but the number one advantage to online shopping is free shipping.

According to statista.com, U.S. e-commerce sales reached $289 billion in 2012, up from $256 billion in 2011. “Simultaneously, the number of U.S. digital

With all the high-profile hacks, data breaches and malware (“malicious software”) in the news these days, you might be afraid to spend time online.

But as long as you exercise a little common sense and follow a few simple steps, your computer -- and more importantly, the data that resides on it -- can be protected from various Internet threats.

And no, you don’t need to be a computer engineer to bump up your online security.

The following are five suggestions to help you get started.

1. Use antimalware software

Now that security software is bundled in Windows 8, not to mention many free versions available at C|Net’s Download.com, there really isn’t an excuse for not having an antimalware solution installed on your computer, which includes antivirus, antispyware, a firewall, and more.

Free services are better than none at all, of course, but there are much more robust online security solutions for about $40 a year – such as those offered by Symantec, McAfee and Kaspersky – that can