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How Does The Cost Of College Compare With Kegs Of Beer


How Does The Cost Of College Compare With 

Kegs Of Beer

The cost of an elite education from a FORBES top 10 college doesn't come cheap. Neither does a private island or 1800 kegs of beer.
We compare the average tuition cost of college at the best of the best schools to a variety of premium goods. The breakdown goes from a full four years all the way down to a single minute of classroom time. But remember, this doesn't include the cost of room and board, food, fun, and all the other things students are spending on.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
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All-Time Essential, Free Software Downloads For Your Windows PC


All-Time Essential, Free Software Downloads For Your Windows PC

Here is a list of most recommended and all-time essential software downloads for your Windows PC. Especially when you are having a fresh Windows computer, you will find this guide helpful and it will serve as a check-list to install programs. Be assured that all the links and download locations are of official publishers and are safe to download.
Software download

Antivirus

Avast Free Antivirus: The most popular antivirus for any Windows version.
AVG Antivirus: A good alternative to Avast.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware: Will save you from malwares which your antivirus could not.

System Tools and Utilities

CCleaner: Automatically clean up all history and temporary files and get a fresh feel on your Windows PC.
Advanced System-Care: Check your Windows computer for problems/errors and fix them automatically.
WinRAR: Compress and decompress files, this program supports all types of formats.
Orion File Recovery Software: Recover and undelete lost files from your computer’s hard-drive, USB flash drive or memory card. Free of charge.
DriverMax: No more searching for rare drivers! Automatically check for missing drivers or driver updates for your computers and install them.
Nero BurnLite: Do not want to spend on Nero Express? Here is the free, basic version of Nero CD/DVD burning software.

Internet & Downloads

Google Chrome: World’s most popular browser.
Mozilla Firefox: Another leading, old and stable browser.
Adobe Flash Player: Flash player is required to play videos (scuh as YouTube) and many other media on your browsers.
Interne t Download Manager: Download files fast, and continue broken downloads. This program contains no adware or spyware unlike Download Accelerator Plus, that made it most popular.
uTorrent: Small-sized but efficient and feature-packed BitTorrent client to download Torrent files.

Multimedia

VLC Media Player: World’s best ever and most popular media player which supports almost all types of sound and video formats.
Any Video Converter: Powerful free program to convert any video format to any format, supports all kinds of formats including those used in Apple and Android devices!
Virtual DJ: You just need your computer and an MP3 playlist to become like a professional DJ!

Communication

Skype: The most popular video and voice calling software.
TeamViewer: The best program to remotely handle a computer easily with full controls, or hold a virtual meeting with multiple participants.

Documents

Foxit Reader: Best, fast and free PDF reader software.
PDF To Word Converter: Convert PDF files to Microsoft Word format, free utility.
PDF Creator: Freely and easily create PDF files.
Notepad++: A popular file editor which provides you the features which Windows Notepad is missing like editing multiple files in tabs, searching through files. It is also useful for software and html writers, because it shows different text colors depending on programming language.
Apache OpenOffice.org: If you do not want to spend on Microsoft Office, this suite, supporting Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) documents, will serve as a good alternative.

Education and Learning

TypingTest: The best software available so far to learn typing. Recommended to learn fast operating of computer for ease and save your time.

Development Tools

IIS: It is recommended to install Microsoft Internet Information Services from your Windows installation DVD. If downloading, make sure to check for compatible IIS version with Windows version you have.
SQL Server Management Studio Express: A free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server Express Edition. Check for compatible version before downloading.
JAVA Runtime Environment: JRE provides the libraries and other components to run applets and applications written in the Java on popular browsers.
Microsoft .Net: .Net is essential to run programs written in Microsoft.Net. Though it already comes installed with latest Windows version, you can also download its latest version easily.
Last Updated: 29 January 2013
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