Compare and Contrast: Three Free Tax Filing Services
1:00 PM 4/5/2011
Spring break was great, the weather's warming up, and summer vacation is coming round the corner. The absolute last thing you want to do now is your taxes. But unless you want to suffer the consequences, you've got to get 'em done, and soon, to meet this year's April 18 deadline.
On the bright...
Compare and Contrast: Eight Apps for March Madness
11:00 AM 3/15/2011
If you thought March Madness was crazy before, it's become even more insane with the advent of smartphones. With mobile applications' abilities to get you access to the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball tournament on the go, everyone from ESPN and the NCAA to tiny smartphone app developers are...
Compare and Contrast: Landing the Best Spring Break Airfares Online
10:00 AM 3/8/2011
It's time to celebrate, kids. For many of you, spring break is just around the corner. Great news, unless you were so busy with school (or partying) that you didn't make plans.
But so long as you have a bit of cash saved up, you actually can get away for spring break. Expedia, Travelocity and...
The bright side to chilly, miserable weather is that it's a good excuse to perk up with a coffee. And not just any coffee. It's been a rough winter, so treat yourself to a fancy schmancy espresso-based cup -- though without an extravagant price.
That's what Compare and Contrast did for four...
Compare and Contrast: Best Video-on-Demand Value
11:00 AM 2/22/2011
Watching the Oscars without having seen the nominated movies is a bit like watching a sequel without seeing the original. You don't know who's who or what it's about, and you don't know who to root for.
But you're a college student, not a card-carrying member of the academy, so if you want to see...
Compare and Contrast: AT&T vs. Verizon in iPhone Plan Face-Off
11:00 AM 2/15/2011
At the dawn of automobile mass-production, Henry Ford famously said of his Model T: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." Until recently, the iPhone was in its Model T era. You could customize it with different apps and cases, but any customer could...
Roses are red, violets are blue. If you want to impress your valentine, it'll cost more than a buck or two. Pity you then, poor college kid, who has little to spend for Valentine's Day, but still wants to acknowledge that someone special.
With Compare and Contrast's help, you can find the best...
Most Valuable 'To Go' Pizza for Super Bowl Parties
11:30 AM 2/1/2011
Who's going to win the Super Bowl? It's a valid question, and the answer better be the Packers (no offense to my fellow Chicagoans or Steelers fans). But there's a more valid question for Super Bowl Sunday -- what are you going to eat?
Pizza is, naturally, a perfect choice. Easy to eat while...
Compare and Contrast: The Cheapest Grammy-Nominated Albums
9:30 AM 1/25/2011
The Grammys are just a few weeks away. Chances are you've come across snippets of songs from the five nominees for album of the year. (Seriously, if you haven't heard "Bad Romance" or "California Gurls," you've been in a coma). But have you intimately listened to each of the albums -- Arcade Fire's...
Compare and Contrast: Laptop Bags That Fit Your Budget
10:00 AM 1/18/2011
We're in the thick of January and classes and, sigh, responsibilities. It's time to get back to work.
No more wasting hours on what your folks quaintly call the "the YouTubes" and "the Facepads." Your laptop's newfound mission is to crank out quality reports. You must protect it, care for it, so...
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