IT'S the age-old debate - who is the cleverest, blondes or brunettes?

Well, here at The Sun there's only one way to get an answer to that question, by putting 10 lovely Page 3 girls to the test.

After all, they always get top marks from our readers judging their figures.

We challenged them to complete a series of word and number puzzles using computer game More Brain Training on the Nintendo DS handheld.

See how they got on by watching the video below and checking out the slideshow.

The competition was fierce from the first press of the stylus pen on the Nintendo's touchscreen as the girls battled it out against the clock.

We pitted gorgeous blondes Amy-Lu, Amii, Sam, Becky and Danni against stunning brunettes Ruth, Mel, Nikkala, Vikki and Peta and both sides were chest desperate to come out on top.

Sam proved it's not just her 30Fs that has her out in front and was crowned the overall winner.

But despite her sharp number-crunching skills, it was the dark-haired beauties who took the team prize. Peta added: "Even before the brain training, I knew the brunettes would win. It doesn't take a genius to work that out."

Brain Training was inspired by Japanese guru Dr Kawashima, a neuroscientist who worked out that by spending just a few minutes each day doing the exercises, you can keep your mind active and lower your ‘brain age’.

That’s the score the game gives you based on how fast and how correctly you complete the challenges and the lower it is – and the closest to your own age - the better.

The first Brain Training title sold more than one million copies across Britain and is even being used in retirement homes to keep OAPs grey matter in good shape. The latest instalment adds a whole host of new puzzles including Sudoku.

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Celebrities are also getting in on the craze and Nintendo has a host of stars featuring in its Christmas advertising blitz on TV.

Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart (Brain Age 33), actress Julie Walters (Brain Age 59), This Morning’s Phillip Schofield (Brain Age 45) and Fern Britton (Brain Age 43) all appear as do Zoe Ball (Brain Age 42) and her TV favourite dad Johnny Ball (Brain Age 45).

Patrick, who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Next Generation version of the sci-fi series, said: "Getting my Brain Age down to 33 has become a fascinating and stimulating way to relax between performances, I’m really enjoying the range and depth of the challenges."

Fern added: "I'm not a very techno person, but I have grown to love my DS. It's really very simple to use, but fiendish when you get going."

As for our Page 3 stunners, they've proved that while blondes may have more fun, they're not so hot when it comes to having a head for figures other than their own.

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A market trader who made a living selling illegally copied games worth thousands of pounds at a Wolverhampton market has been jailed for eight months.

Christopher Charles Jones, 40, of Century Court, Edlington, Doncaster was sentenced on Friday 30th November at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court to eight months imprisonment for having sold illegally copied games – most notably single discs containing 400 games for Sony’s PlayStation®Portable (PSP®) console, among others. The combined value of each individual PSP game on the disc has been estimated to be “in the thousands”, but Jones was selling each one for just £5.

Mr Jones was initially arrested following a raid executed by West Midlands Police and Wolverhapton City Council Trading Standards on 11th April 2006. He had been under surveillance for some time by ELSPA (the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) investigators, who had been secretly filming his criminal activity and making test purchases.

During his first court appearance on Tuesday 27th November, Jones admitted 21 charges relating to copyright breaches after the raid at the North Computer market at Wolverhampton’s Dunstall Racecourse, before being charged and jailed for eight months on 30th November before a bench of three magistrates.

Peter Calvert, Wolverhampton City Council Trading Standards Manager, said: “This prosecution underlines the City Council’s commitment to fighting the scourge of counterfeiting. Selling fake items is designed to dupe innocent consumers, harm the livelihoods of honest businesses and line the pockets of the greedy. The City Council will continue to deal robustly with those involved in this trade in Wolverhampton.”

Michael Rawlinson, managing director of ELSPA commented: “It’s clear from the recent successes in bringing to justice those who think they can get away with illegally copying games and profiting from their sale that piracy and counterfeiting doesn’t pay. This case only goes to prove that through patience and diligence Trading Standards, local police and the anti-piracy investigators are making it harder than ever for criminals to operate.”

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Tommy & Mats released their new application MMS today.

Here are the release notes:

Tada! We are ready to release our native MMS application for the iPhone! Note, this is a v0.1 release that is not feature complete! Specifically, it is NOT possible to receive MMSs yet.

Before you can send any MMSs you must configure your mmsc server and maybe a proxy server in the MMS's Settings panel. The settings are available from your operator. For example, my configuration settings are:
mmsc: mmsc.tele2.se
proxy: 130.244.202.30:8080
but you must use your operator's settings.

Note, to send MMSs you must be communicating over EDGE/GPRS. In other words, if you are using WiFi you must disable that service.

As stated before, this first release is pretty rough and can only send MMSs. But we will develop it further, making the GUI a bit more polished and add the capability to receive MMSs. You can support our development efforts by making a small donation.

We will make this release available via Installer but you can download the files now from here. Unzip, copy files to /Applications/MMS.app/ and chmod +x mms.

Have fun!
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Vampent have updated their GBA Emulator for S60 and UIQ Phones

Although they havent posted whats new ??

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Release from Sensei

Helium filled Balloons are moving skywards. Move them, but don't let them collide with peaks. Once your ballons are save in the upper part, press the left or right sholder button, to let them disappear and gain points.

This version has nine levels with increasing difficulty along with polished graphics, compared to the previous release.

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The GP2X Store have just posted that they have the special edition Treamcast back in stock for those interested.

Heres more info on what a Treamcast is:

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It would be no understatement to say that Star Wars is one of the most loved franchises on the planet. Everyone working on the N-Gage project is a huge fan of the Star Wars universe, so we were absolutely thrilled when we heard that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed™ was coming to the N-Gage platform.

In the game, you'll play as Darth Vader's apprentice during the Clone Wars, a period of Star Wars history that takes place between Episodes III and IV.

To learn more, particularly about the N-Gage version, we spoke with Haden Blackman, Project Lead, LucasArts, and Henri Roth, Creative Director of Universomo, the development studio tasked with creating the mobile version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.



FORCE UNLEASHED QUESTIONS

N-Gage.com: In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the player takes on the role of an apprentice to Darth Vader. Why is he called just 'the secret apprentice'? Is his actual name revealed during the game?
Blackman: He’s a “secret apprentice” because Darth Vader is training him in complete isolation to one day help him overthrow the Emperor. No one can know that the Apprentice exists -- if the Emperor discovered his existence, he would kill both Vader and the Apprentice.

What is the Secret Apprentice's mission? What is he trying to do?
Blackman: Early on, the Apprentice is aiding Vader on his quest to purge the galaxy of the remaining Jedi. But, he’s really being trained to one day stand beside Vader against the Emperor. However, the story goes through several twists and turns, so the Apprentice’s goals at the end of the game are not necessarily the same as they are at the beginning.

What is Emperor Palpatine's Order 66 and how does that affect the game?
Blackman: Order 66 was the order Palpatine issued to wipe out the Jedi in Episode III. Since that time, the Jedi have been on the run or in hiding. It’s part of Darth Vader’s job to hunt down any of these survivors.

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