Buy a Mac for College, Get an Free iPod Touch

Time for a new computer for your school kid? Choose your Mac.If you’re a college student or a faculty or staff member at any grade level and you buy a new Mac with Apple education pricing from May 25 through September 7, 2010, you can get a free 8GB iPod touch.* No wonder they call these the best years of your life. Click here for more information: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/back_to_sch...

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Saving Money With Groupons

What is a Groupon?Each day, Groupon features an unbeatable deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in your city. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, Groupon get discounts you won't find anywhere else. We call it "collective buying power!"  How It WorksEach day Groupon features something cool to do at an unbeatable price. You only get it if enough people join that day… so invite your friends! Check back the next day for another awesome Groupon! FAQS Do I have to sign up a group of people I know to get the deal?Nope - our millions of members make up a big enough group. You'll probably want to invite people anyway, though — Groupons are fun to use with...

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New post to blog on saving money on printinghttp://ping.fm/rL...

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Pay Less to Print

Before you buy a new printer, figure the cost per page.   By Jeff Bertolucci from Kiplinger's Personal Finance 07/2010 Manufacturers of inkjet printers have long used the razor-and-blades business model: The machines often cost $100 or less, but the ink cartridges can add up to two or three times that much in just one year. Now, however, increased competition and consumer outrage are writing a new chapter. Over the past year, both Lexmark and Hewlett-Packard have run ad campaigns touting low ink prices, notes Andrew Lippman, a printer analyst with Lyra Research. And Eastman Kodak's latest turnaround strategy is based on cheaper cartridges for its printer line. For example, Lexmark now...

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New blog post on version of Microsoft Office to buy.Home and Student vs. full featured.http://ping.fm/8j...

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New post on the importance of sync'ing your iPhone.http://ping.fm/ZD...

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The Importance of Sync'ing Your iPhone

Bad things happen if you do not sync your iPhone with your computer. When Apple discovers a problem on your iPhone's operating system or a new feature is created, a new release of the iPhone software is released. That new release is installed on your iPhone via iTunes. When you connect your iPhone to a computer, iTunes starts up and checks to see if your software is up to date. If not, it advises you of a newer release of software that is available for download and upgrade to your iPhone. Here are some thing to consider when upgrading the software on your iPhone: Stay up to date. It can be more problematic to upgrade from an older release of software to the current release. Periodic sync'ing...

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The End to Buying the Student and Teacher Edition of MS Office?

Have you decided that Microsoft Express or Windows Mail was good enough for your email needs? Did you think that buying Microsoft Office with Outlook was not necessary? Think again! Outlook Express went away with Vista. It was replaced with Windows Mail. Many users of Outlook Express that had years of email stored in folders using Outlook Express found that Windows Mail could not successfully import all their "old" email successfully. Buying Outlook and exporting to Outlook was their only Microsoft solution that worked. Windows 7 did away with Windows Mail. The solution that replaced it was Window Live. Windows Live Mail is an application that partly exists on the Microsoft web server. Whether...

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