Being a college student can be awful at times … between homework and rising tuition costs, it seems like you never get a break.  But guess what?  There are still some great advantages to being a student, and one of the biggest is the discounts you can get on software.  Microsoft gives very generous discounts to students on their most popular products, and even gives away their developer tools with the Dreamspark program.  College...

Would you like to backup your computer to make sure your data is always available no matter what happens?  There are many ways to backup your computer, but the only way to make sure your data won’t get lost or destroyed is to store it in the cloud.  Cloudberry makes it easy to backup your whole computer to a variety of online storage services, so let’s see how you can use it to backup your computer to Amazon S3. Cloudberry Backup is a...

AutoCAD LT 2011 nicely offers a 30 day trial that’s full-featured, and even if you already own a full copy of AutoCAD LT 2011 it may be a good idea to run on the trial for a bit to make sure everything is set up perfectly.  As mentioned in the article on Installing AutoCAD, you’ll be prompted to activate or continue in trial mode each time you open the program.  You’ll be able to see how many days you have left until...

Are you wanting to start a new WordPress-powered website, but need more power and flexibility than WordPress.com offers?  WordPress.com is a great place to start out blogging, and it even works great for simple, small business websites, but if you want to take advantage of the ecosystem of amazing themes and plugins available for WordPress, you’ll have to move to self-hosted WordPress.org.  This means you’ll need to find a hosting...

Want to start designing the next skyscrapers, green cars, or blockbuster animated films?  Here’s how you can get all the Autodesk tools you need absolutely for free while you’re in college! With the rising cost of college tuition and textbooks, students are being squeezed for funds on every end.  Thankfully there’s one major area that being a student really can help you save money: software.  Most companies offer steep discounts on...

Were you disappointed to find that Photoshop Elements doesn’t contain some of the features you need?  Photoshop Elements is a great, economical solution to full Photoshop, but it’s missing some vital tools you may need to use with your images.  Whether you’re trying to view layers inside groups, edit color curves directly, or use layer masks, you may have already been frustrated at some of the limitations in this otherwise excellent...