Brooke White is a 24-year-old singer from Arizona. She is one of the finalists on the seventh season of American Idol. White began singing at age 15 and also plays the piano and guitar.

Her amazing vocals have been compared to Carole King. Before appearing on Idol she was working as a nanny. Musical Influences: James Taylor, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Eagles, America, Carly Simon, Bee Gees, Hall & Oats, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt.

I’ve put together three of the most addictive games on the Web. These should keep you entertained all day long, after all that’s the main purpose of the Internet!

1. KooZac is completely and utterly addictive. Like most of the best games, the idea is simple: Falling blocks must be arranged to make the sum total you see in the top right hand corner. Use your cursor keys to move the falling blocks left and right, and speed them up by pressing Down.

When the numbers add up, the block will explode - adding more points to your score. You need to concentrate hard, as you have to do some very quick mental arithmetic to succeed.

2. Bejeweled is a classic Flash game, originally called Diamond Mine. It involves moving multicoloured gems around in order to create sets of three. Again. it’s simple, but incredibly addictive.

3. Meteor Jazz is a superb reworking of the classic arcade game. You are in charge of a hi-tech space fighter, and your mission is to nuke stray meteors and other space junk. Just gorgeous!

Today is School Report Day where schools across the UK are creating their own news reports and broadcasting them with the help of the BBC.

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Virtual Desktops are the latest cool thing to hit the Web. By having an online desktop, you can always have access to all your contacts, documents, music, videos, photos, etc. on any computer. And since all of your data is stored centrally, it’s also generally easier to share and collaborate with others.

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It’s all in the mind says Leo Babauta. Another great, thought provoking post on how to overcome the bad experiences in your life, and use them as a stepping stone to better things …

Email is ruining my life is a great story from BBC Money, explaining why one-third of workers are suffering from e-mail stress as the volume continues to grow. The story also includes 5 Top Tips for taking control of your inbox from Dr Tom Jackson of Loughborough University. Tom should know - He has spent the last nine years researching and developing better e-mail practice …

FunLOL is a large collection of funny pictures, videos, flash, funpages, and games. Nicely put-together, with the most popular stuff listed first in each section.

Jessica Folcker is a 32-year-old Swedish-African singer. Her big dream of becoming a singer was fulfilled when she was engaged as a backing singer for Ace of Base and Dr. Alban. Her debut album Jessica was released in 1998, with two of the tracks peaking the Swedish single charts. In 2007 Jessica signed to Indie Label Cosmos Records and recorded her 4th album Skin Close. Her musical influences are Grace Jones, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie.