The Ultimate Steal

Today we are featuring a great deal on Microsoft Office 2007. I'm posting this mainly because the deal ends April 1st. Microsoft has setup a deal where students can purchase Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.99. It retails at Best Buy for $679.99 so this student deal is pretty good. Plus the new version of Office is much more user friendly than the previous version. All you need to verify your student status is a university email that ends with .edu. I bought it about six months ago and haven't had any problems with it. I've also installed it on 3 computers so it is a license for multiple computers. If you're interested, click on the picture below and it will ask you to verify your student status. Then, it will give you a download link for the program (it's 500MB so be prepared) along with a registration code. I put the registration code in a word document and burned it, along with the installation file, onto a CD. It's worked great so far. Once you have the installation file and registration code you're ready to go! Take advantage of this deal because it ends April 1st and you don't want to have to pay the huge normal software price.

Office Ultimate 2007 includes the basics (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) plus Outlook, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, OneNote (a great program if you have a laptop), and Groove.

Call of Duty 4

After a long day of work or a stressful day in the lab (I'm working on a Master's degree in Genetics) nothing helps you unwind like shooting a few terrorists. I've found this game to be a lot of fun. My brother-in-law played in on the xbox 360 and said it was pretty fun. Since I don't have an xbox I figured I'd take a look at the PC version. The demo is great and I'd highly recommend taking a look at it. It had some sweet modern warfare weapons that make the game pretty intense. If you find that you really like the game you can pick up a copy on ebay for around $20 (much cheaper than the $50 Best Buy is asking). Here is the link to download the demo. It's a big file, but it's worth the wait.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo

Also, here is a screenshot if you're wondering what the game looks like.