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Welcome to Thrifty Tech, a Money College weekly column about technology options on a college budget. This week, we talk about how to avoid spending a bundle on essential software with free, open source alternatives. With back-to-school shopping gearing up, chances are you've already picked up the...

Last fall, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt said that his company would aim to make at least one small acquisition every month. So far, Schmidt has followed through. Google has acquired eight companies over the past six months. The latest is Seattle-based Picnik, a hot photo utility site.

Undoubtedly someone will show up at your house or a holiday party this year bearing a gift for you; but you won't have anything, even a standby bottle of wine, to give them. So what are you to do? Last minute e-gift cards work, but they reek of, "Oops-I-forgot-about-you" to anyone who gets one time...

With the advances in photo editing software, turning your everyday snapshots into digital masterpieces has never been easier -- and you don't even have to be computer savvy to do it. CNET's Webware has a rundown of 15 great online photo editing tools, 13 of which are completely free and offer the...

I learned long ago that gift giving doesn't have to cost a fortune, especially when you are the family computer support guru. In fact, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in my family normally end with me fixing someone's computer. I learned long ago that a USB thumb drive with copies of my...