The Ultimate Steal - MS Office 2007 (and now 2010) Cheap for College Students

I wrote in my previous post about a free alternative to Microsoft Office 2007. But if you really want MS Office, and you're a college student, then Microsoft has a pretty good deal (actually, a fantastic deal), which they call "The Ultimate Steal." If you have a .edu email address from your college, and are taking at least .5 credits, then you can get it for only $60! And it's the ultimate version, too, not the student version.

Check out the deal here, and here's some more info from Microsoft (if you're concerned about it being legitimate). I'm not a huge fan of the new Office, but for only $60, that's a nice deal.

August 2008 Update: Microsoft had stopped offering "The Ultimate Steal" for the summer, but they're now offering it again for the 2008-2009 school year...so check it out if you're interested.

2010 Update: Some of you might be thinking about waiting to purchase "The Ultimate Steal" until the new 2010 version comes out. Well, turns out that if you purchase and install Microsoft Office 2007 between now and September 30, 2010, you'll get Office 2010 free when it comes out. Nice! Check here for more info, or go to the Ulimate Steal site to get your copy.

2010 Update #2: Now that Office 2010 is out, Microsoft has changed the deal a little bit. The cost is now $80 (still an great deal), and now they're calling it "Office Professional Academic 2010".

Ruckus: Free, Legal Music for College Students

If you're in college, and want some free music, and you want it to be legal, then you need to know about Ruckus. All you need is your .edu email address to get started. You have to download their player, which shows a few ads while it plays. Then you go their website, and download all the music that you want, encoded at 192 k, which is pretty good quality. And these aren't no name bands, either: these are the real things. The are only a couple catches. First, you can't put your music on an mp3 player, because of DRM. And second, you must renew the licenses to your songs every month (free of course), which is really easy, basically just clicking a button.

Learn more at http://www.ruckus.com.