Spurred by a near epidemic occurrence of brain-degenerating conditions as we age, people of all ages and backgrounds are stepping up their personal efforts to improve and maintain their brain health. According to a story in USA Today, sales of brain fitness software reached nearly $230 million in 2007. USA Today stated, "SharpBrains, (a market research firm) estimates the brain fitness software market will reach $2 billion in 2015 in the United States."

Prudent investment strategy might include a speculative foray into this popular and growing field. In light of this, you may wish to pay heed to blogger Steven Mallas, and read his take on Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI).

First on the list for brain maintenance is physical activity, which probably accounts for the outstanding sales of Nintendo's Wii Fit. from Nintendo Ltd. (OTC: NTDOY). Active lives promote healthy blood circulation, which helps to feed steady amounts of oxygen to the hungry brain. Good hard work, cardiovascular exercise and even regular sexual activity can all help to keep your heart pumping adequate levels of oxygen into your brain.

Toshiba Corporation (OTC: TOSBF), the large memory chip manufacturer, said that it has sold out of its supply of NAND flash memory. Also, there have been reports that increased handset and smartphone demand is leading to a pick up in demand for chips in general.

Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) reports results today so it will be interesting to see what they have to say and whether any of their diversification efforts are having success.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently upped its revenue guidance, National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) reported results in line with positive guidance and Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) provided mid-quarter guidance with no positive surprise.

Micron is one moribund stock sitting at a low. The stock looks pretty washed-out with limited downside risk. It may be worth a look going into today's earnings release.

There's an interesting little website that I like to visit and lurk around called, FreeSoftwareMagazine.com . For the most part, those folks are talking waaaaay over my head, but I like to go there and read with the hope that something worth while might sink into this massively opinionated brain of mine. A wonderfully gifted writer over there has documented an opinion of his which really grabbed my attention. I'm thinking that this guy is giving us a look directly into where a major portion of the future of our tech world is going.

Jabari Zakiya is the author and what he is predicting the eventual demise of the CD and DVD. His claim is that as the costs related to flash drive data storage systems recede into a consumer affordable context, those drives shall come to replace the optical disc drives we are so familiar with. He states that he believes this will change the very design and nature of our PCs. He makes a compelling case in which I'm inclined to agree.

I suspect that companies such as Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE), Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Hewlett-PackardCo. (NYSE:HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) are quite up to speed on this concept and the implications it entails. This could be an upcoming change with an impact similar to the changes in data presentation from analog to digital. I don't really think that flash drives will bring on the demise of the CDs we've come to know. I will, however, buy into the concept that the coming generations of computers are preparing to take on new systems and forms that we have only dreamed about up until now.