Here we review

Memory Trainer for Android

, an application that can help to strengthen your mental muscles. By providing you with 20 exercises this app can help you to improve your memory and spatial awareness and with continued use you can even track your progress to see how you've improved.

As you browse the Market and install apps on your Android phone, you may find your phone running low on storage space.

Moving apps to your SD card

or USB storage frees up space. The downside is that apps might take longer to launch, especially on initial start-up, and apps on the SD card or USB storage won't be available if you have your phone mounted as a USB drive on the computer.

Today, we're going to look at how to

manage running services on your Android phone

. We'll show you how to see what processes are running on your smartphone, how to get details on what the process is and how to kill a rogue process. This way, you can always ensure that your phone's resources are free for you to use.

Android apps

are great and all, but they can really start to take up a lot of space once you've downloaded a few dozen. To counteract the decrease in both speed and available memory, you'll want to uninstall apps once in a while. We'll show you

how to uninstall Android apps

in this tutorial.

If you're one of those people who has trouble

remembering tasks

and prioritizing them, then you're likely a human with a pulse. Fortunately, there's

Errands To-Do List

, a

free iPhone app

that can help you

keep track of your responsibilities

and get things done in a timely manner.

Of all the ways to

remember things

, mental notes are probably the least reliable. That's why there's

Catch Notes for Android

, a

free application

that allows you to leave yourself

written notes, voice notes and picture notes

. You can even password protect them or back them up online.

The classic

game of memory

is one which most people are familiar with. Uncover cards in the hopes of finding a matching pair and, if you match all the pairs, you win. This incarnation,

Memory for Android

, is no different, except that it is a

free application

that you can play whenever you want.

If you own a

flat-panel iMac

, then unfortunately there isn't a whole lot you can do to

customize your computer

. One thing you can do, however, is

change or upgrade the RAM

, as we'll show you in this episode.

While this series is about

shooting better quality video

, a large part of your video's quality comes from its audio.

Poor audio quality

can be a distraction and can detract from even the best videos that you

shoot in HD

. In this episode, we'll go over the importance of

quality audio in your videos

and tell you how you can

improve the quality of your audio

using

audio accessories and microphones

.

The

type of video camera

that you use greatly affects the

quality of your video

. While there are many

video cameras and devices

that you can use to

record video

, like an

iPhone, cell phone or digital camera

, unless you've got a device that's dedicated to shooting video then quality is going to take a hit.

Digital camcorders

are your best bet, but we'll talk about your different options in this episode.

In this episode, we'll show you how to

multitask on your iPad

. Now that you've

installed iOS 4.2

on your iPad you now have the ability to bring up the

multitasking menu

, which allows you to

manage your iPad applications

. We'll also show you how to

create folders on your iPad

, a new feature of iOS 4.2.

Several types of memory exist in

computers and other electronic devices

.

Volatile memory

is the type that disappears when power stops flowing to a device. In this tutorial however, we'll be talking about

non-volatile memory

. This memory is more stable, persists when power is cut and appears in many everyday electronic items, computers included.

You may have heard of the

tech term

flashing. We'll explain

what flashing means

in this tutorial and explain why you might want to

flash a ROM

on your smartphone or

flash the BIOS

on your computer.

Those of you who are familiar with

computer components and hardware

know how important

Random Access Memory

(RAM) is. It's what determines

how well your programs run

on your computer and how many programs you can run simultaneously. We'll tell you more about

how RAM affects your computer

in this tutorial.

In this episode, we show you

how to install RAM

into your computer and talk about some of the

different types of RAM

. If you're going to

build your own computer

, you'll want to know about these types as not all RAM cards will

match your motherboard

. We explain the

differences in RAM types

in this video.

The Lab Rats have promised to show you how to build your own PC for quite some time, and now they're delivering the goods. In this first part, Sean and Andy gather together all the parts they need to build their own computer from the ground up!

BlackBerry OS 6.0

makes multitasking much easier for the BlackBerry. Not only is the

application switcher

bigger and easier to use, it's also much simpler to

close your BlackBerry applications

for when you need to

free up some memory

and

speed up your BlackBerry

Torch.

Your hard drive is where your computer stores

long-term memory

all of your files and programs, so it's good to know

how to install the hard drive

in case you need to

upgrade

. In this episode, we show you

how to remove a hard drive

and explain the difference between connections like

IDE

and

SATA

.

In chemistry, a buffer resists changes in pH. In geography, one country might be a buffer between two countries that are arguing. In

computer terms

a buffer is a little different. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan describes the

definition of a buffer

and how buffers can affect your digital life.

From time to time, you may hear someone refer to a RAM drive or a RAM disk. Is it one of those cute little USB thingys? Nope. RAM drives let you use computer memory as storage for much faster access. Here's the scoop.

Your Mac is an investment so it pays for you to take good care of it. With iStat Menus, you can monitor almost every aspect of your Mac. Keep track of memory, CPU load, hard disk space and much more.

If there's one fundamental problem with USB keys it's that you can't run your car over them, take them SCUBA diving or throw them against the wall for stress relief. Enter the Corsair Survivor GT which is water proof to 200m, shock and drop proof and just generally pretty rough and ready... for a USB key.

When you're using a computer it's always good to know where you stand. Do you have enough memory? Is everything running okay? Well, Ubuntu gives you a handy

System Monitor

so you can get a full

Ubuntu system status update

with just a few clicks.

Like most digital devices your BlackBerry has a limited amount of memory. At the same time it also has support for storage cards. We'll show you how to find out how much space you currently have on your BlackBerry's internal storage as well as any add-on storage cards that are inserted.

TuneUp Utilities 2009 keeps your Windows-based PC running smoothly, can improve start-up time and just generally keeps things in order. And we all know that an organized computer is a happy computer.

Solid state drives or SSDs are gaining ground in laptops and tiny consumer electronics devices of all sorts. SanDisk, an industry leader in flash memory, shows off some of its latest. As opposed to traditional spinning hard drives, SSD drives are much more durable, faster, silent and use less power.

When you first got your PC it was lightening fast and shiny-new. Over time, your computer gets bogged down and can start to run slow. In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to use SpeedUpMyPC 2009 to clear some system memory and get your computer running like it should.

Andy and Sean talk about hardware upgrades for your computer.

Andy and Sean show how flash memory works using Brussel sprouts.

Andy and Sean show you how to upgrade your notebook in 7 minutes!

Andy and Sean talk about what to look for when shopping for a Mac.

Andy and Sean take a look at the beta 2 version of Microsoft's new operating system.

We explain the anatomy of a motherboard. Includes an overview of components such as RAM, processors, graphics cards and more.

Over these four episodes we'll be showing you a couple of ways that you can shoot better video. There are a number of ways that you can improve the quality of your video, and some of those include choosing the right video equipment, improving your audio quality and using the right video shooting techniques. We'll go over each of those topics over the following tutorials.