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Willow.TV and reliance once again partnered in bringing first test match free for US cricket fans. If you buy live streaming package of $25 from Willow.TV then you can redeem those 25$ towards your reliance calling card which makes 1st test match free.

>Buy Willow.TV event for $25
>Log In to your reliance account and use coupon of $25 from Willow.TV
>Make $25 worth of calls to India
>Enjoy free test match of India vs Australia

Here are the details from willow.tv:

Reliance Global Call coupon and FREE First Test Match of Australia tour of India 2008 - Buy a Reliance Global Call coupon worth 25 dollars, and get live video streaming and on demand highlights of the First test match of the Australia tour of India 2008 from 9th Oct at Bangalore, on Willow.tv for FREE. This coupon can be used to recharge your Reliance India Call account with 25 dollars
Post purchase, the coupon will show up in your My Packages section, which can also be accessed anytime you visit www.willow.tv and log in using your Willow Id
To redeem your purchased Reliance India Call coupon, do the following
1. Visit www.relianceindiacall.com and login using your Reliance India Call Primary number and PIN
2. Click on the Balance and Recharge link in the top right section
3. In the payment page, put in the coupon code in the Promotional Code section
4. It could take a few hours for your account balance to be updated

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If you can prove you are student by just having your school email address then you can download tons of bytes of free Microsoft 2008 software from Microsoft's Dreamspark. This is the place MSFT gives free software for the students.

The current offering available at this location -

Here are all free student software downloads from Microsoft which would otherwise cost many many $$.

> Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
> Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
> SQL Server 2008 Developers Edition
> Expression Studio 2
> XNA Game Studio
> XNA Game Studio
> Microsoft IT Academy Student Pass
> Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

Other free tools

> Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
> Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
> Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
> SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
> Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
> Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions
> Virtual PC 2007

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Truroots is calling card service offered bt TATA/VSNL ( VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited), which is operated by Tatas now). The celebration Buy One Get One (BOGO) offer is announced in the months where India celebrates Ramadan and Dusshera in September/October months.

Offer is valid for the both new and old customers. Truroots charges now 6.9 cents per minute and with BOGO promotion one will end up paying just promotional 3.49 cents per minutes . The credit should appear right away in your account.

This is good alternative to people who have issues with calling cards services from AirTel and Reliance.The call rounding time is around one minute as compared to other numerous calling cards which charge up to 39 cents. One annoying feature is with their so many prompts that has to be used when calling destination number.

Here is promotional BOGO offer from Truroots

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All ivy league schools are publishing their course ware for free which otherwise would cost fortune. MIT is early adopter and made popular the free online courses with its OpenCourseWare (OCW) offering. Following the MIT way, other premier schools Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, Berkley, Utah , Stanford and Yale published courses free on their websites. Open university from UK is world free university with huge free courses database. Australia's southern queen's land is another option.

Interested addition lately is of India's #1 engineering schools IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and IISc (Indian institute of Sciences, Bangalore) in association with GOI (Government of India) started their online offering for free. Here is IITs Free Online course link

LectureFox is worth mentioning here as it is kind of aggregator of all free online universities course offerings with links to videos, mp3 podcasts and notes. A very good easy to use website with simple design and good search functionality available for faster access to study material. One drawback or advantage as you see it, the lecturefox covers ONLY physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics

Here is list of all free online courses

IIT

Lecturefox

MIT

Stanford

Yale

UK Open University

Carnegie Mellon University

Tufts University

University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley You Tube Channel

Utah State University

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Southern Queensland

Irvine

Do you have any other free online courses from other universities that I missed in this post ? Please share them with other users via comments.

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Coupon book from Entertainment.com is famous for its localized coupon savings. We use them mostly for dining deals. Almost all good dining places are covered that are nearby to your zip code location. Make sure you put the correct zip code where you live. The printed book usually costs $19.95 and most of the times it is shipped free. If you order the printed book you will get online access of all coupons free.

Here is another way to save $19.95 and get these coupons for FREE online.

> Click this link here
> Register (use left side registration controls, Registration is easy no activation required)
> Once you register, you get bonus deal of 3 premier coupons. (50% off or for Blockbuster free rental if you rent one)
> For other coupons search the dining place and see what coupons are available.

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Giveawayoftheday is having free "PDF to Word" software for download on September'19 2008. The software program otherwise would cost $49.95.

Some salient features and comments of this download :

-> No registration required
-> Retains the format of PDF documents
-> Works fine on Vista
-> It should be called PDF to RTF
-> Digital edition PDF conversions may not work.
-> Performance is good , converts big pdfs to docs in no time.
-> Some users complaining of not retaining bitmaps and vector graphics during conversion
-> Word to PDF conversion : OpenOffice.org, opens different files and let you save as various formats, including as a PDF
-> Upper case letters changed to lower case during conversion
-> Does not work for password protected PDFs though program reports successful conversion
-> Does not work for non-English languages specially right-to-left languages like Arabic
-> Save PDFs to Docs for storing digitally. Some PDFs cannot be saved like registration forms which cannot retain fields data.
-> Missing progress bar indicator
-> lack of Multi-Column format



Other Free Alternatives:

->youconvertit

->hellopdf

->free-pdf-to-word-doc-converter

->zamzar

->somepdf.com

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IKEA is having three day sales offers with free breakfast valid from Friday, September 19 to Sep 21, 2008. One small breakfast (99 cents) and one cup of coffee (99 cents) is free during those days.



Sale items - Billy bookcases ($59.99 reg $89.99), Sater leather Sofa ($299 reg $399) and persian rugs 30 - 50% off.

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IMDb - the popular movie database has finally launched full-length movies and and a great selection of full-length TV episodes directly on their site for free. The free streaming content available on IMDb is coming from Hulu, CBS, Sony, and independent filmmakers.

Being popular with movie ratings the streaming of free movies will be a instant hit. The updates/additions to the free database is what to be seen from IMDb in coming days.

Here is the free videos link

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-> Buy 3 Tires and Get the 4th Tire FREE
-> $10 Rebate on any plus or premium oil change (Aug 31 thru Oct.4 )

-> Oil change and Free tire rotation espires 10/11/2008. Kendall -- Synthetic ($18.99), Plus ($29.99) and Premium ($39.99)

-> Radiator Flush $10 off expires 10/11/08
-> Free brake inspection. Coupons for Brake service
-> Free Alignment check. $10 off for service
-> $15 off fluid exchange
-> $25 off for set of 4 tires.

Locate your store using your zip code at top of the page at Tireplus

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Yesterday I've complied a list of all file storage sites. File Savr is currently having a promotion until September 15' 2008. Free for life file upload account if you register before September 15' 2008. 10GB is maximum file size where as total size of files that can be stored is 250 GB.

File Savr is advertising that this file upload service is useful for Bloggers and Digg users who mostly doesn't have their own hosting service and upload files to Megaupload or other file storage services. As a general rule for using web based file storage systems, If you can make sure you encrypt files before uploading so that your file integrity is not compromised. I'll be covering in my future articles all available encryption methods. Truecrypt is one of them that can be used to encrypt files before uploading. TrueCrypt got popular for encrypting files on USB drives.

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Wixi is a web-based service that users will be able to access it from practically any device (iPhone version on http://iphone.wixi.com). Users can access any time, anywhere, and from any device the media content without installing any application. Good news is that service is available for free for life for users who registers on their site before October 1' 2008. This unlimited storage is as per writings on their website and may be differently interpreted.

Web users who register within 1 month of the launch will enjoy the benefits of unlimited file storage for free. Beginning in October, new members will enjoy 3 GB of media storage on the network for free, or opt for Wixi's premium service, which will allow unlimited file storage for $4.99 per month and $50 per year.

Some of the not so good news --

-> Does not work in Chrome, Not compatible with Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. No opera then Wii users not be able to view these media files on their TVs through Wii Opera browser with wi-fi internet channel.
->If you were not the original uploader the you won’t be able to download a file.
-> Files greater than 100 MB are now restricted from public sharing - you’ll have to be someone’s friend if you want to stream a large file from their account, which makes movie sharing difficult.
-> Only media files and some users reporting problems storing zip and pdf files,

Alternative Free Unlimited Storage websites

1) Stixy - For To-dos, Notes, Reminders, photos and file sharing

To share a Stixyboard with friends, family, or your colleagues at work, is as easy as it gets. Sometimes it’s nice or in fact necessary to have an online space for common photos, reminders, files, and so forth. Each Stixyboard has a unique set of members. No one else can see or use your board unless you choose to open your board for public view.

2) Seetoo - Two friends can watch the media file.

3) Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet -- Collaboration of files in real time.
Users can simultaneously work on the same spreadsheet and see the changes made by each other in real time. Check the browser compatibility.

4) Jooce - Virtual desktop like Cyber home away from home.

“Load up your browser-based Jooce desktop with files, music, videos, IM buddy lists, and anything else you might need and you can get to it just by logging in. And Jooce looks and feels like a real desktop, with a slick UI and good responsiveness.”

Currently, there is no limit to the number and size of files you can upload onto your jooce desktop. That’s right, it’s unlimited. So go forth and upload to your heart’s content.

5) Dropbox - good for file storage and membership by invite only

6) Foldershare from Microsoft -- Sharing files and complaints of cheesy interface

7) ADrive - with PCLinuxOS & Firefox - 50GB free storage

Do you use any other file sharing/storage/collaboration sites ? Please share with others via comments.

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Devin Griffin got accepted into Wharton business school with two year tuition of 80,000 per year for his MBA paid. Business Week writes a letter to the admission committee by Devin made that possible to consider him for the school's scholarship.

Business schools are an expensive affair with students taking loans and pushing themselves into serious debts of $100,000 and more in the economy where jobs are uncertain after an MBA.

Tips to get free MBA:

1) Students who start their own business and have shown excellent community outreach programs.
2) Some schools automatically select students for scholarships.
3) Think ahead (2 or 3 years) before you start your MBA.
4) Apply for scholarships in the first round of MBA applications.
5) Target scholarships that aim for only Women, country based, and diversity.
6) Demonstrate leadership and highlight the cause.
7) Write out Fellowship that you are seeking.
8) Go to business school where your grades and GMAT score is above average that other students. And
9) Do part time MBA where your employer sponsors Tuition reimbursements. (Remember this type of free MBA comes with a price that a) Some corporations require that employee stay one-year with them after completion of MBA or pay back the tuition. b) May not be getting the full tuition reimbursement and have to pay taxes.

Any other tips you know of to do MBA for free and avoid huge debts ?

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Here is free download link page (http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62)

Red Alert , The real-time strategy computer game is produced by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Interactive in 1996 and was praised for its user interface, which claimed to be more developed than the competing games of its time. The game was known to be easy to control, simple to learn and responsive to users commands. It is one the first games to feature competitive online play.

For fans of Red Alert and Command & Conquer, Check EA Forums that goes beyond the game and brings players all the latest series news, tips and strategies.

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Bank Of America is giving away free admissions for its card holders to many museums all over US. This year there are many states included in the promotion like Illinois (Chicago museums) and Michigan. The difference in this promotion is that only on first weekend and just card holders are admitted free. Earlier promotions allowed one free guest with the card holder. As per promotion looks like the cards can be anything credit cards or debit cards.

The savings are around $20 per person. It is better than searching for coupons to get such deals.

Free first weekend BOA museum admissions with dates :



Free Chicago museum admissions :

1) Art Institute of Chicago
2) Chicago history museum
3) Museum of contemporary art

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