Amazon’s deal of the day, Lady Gaga’s brand-new album “Born this way” is available for digital download for just $0.99. Amazon is also offering 20GB of Cloud Drive storage for free with the album. The deal offers 14 songs and a digital booklet.

Track List:

1. Marry the Night
2. Born This Way
3. Government Hooker (Censored)
4. Judas
5. Americano
6. Hair
7. Scheiße” (Uncensored)
8. Bloody Mary
9. Bad Kids” (Censored)
10. Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)
11. Heavy Metal Lover
12. Electric Chapel
13. You and I
14. The Edge of Glory

Amazon tweeted, “We’re currently experiencing very high volume. If you order today, you will get the full @ladygaga album for $.99. Thanks for your patience.”

The album is available on Apple iTunes for $11.99

Who doesn’t enjoy a good bargain? If you’re a college student, you may be eligible for some big discounts on academic software from Microsoft and other software firms. These software companies offer special discounts to students through agreements with many colleges and universities. Let’s take a look at some of the great software discounts and some of the top online academic software websites:

OnTheHub

OnTheHub offers 50% to 90% discounts on Microsoft, Adobe, Quark, VMware and more. Use its search portal to learn if your college or university has a WebStore with OnTheHub. If you’re looking for discounts on academic software from publishers such as SPSS, Minitab, SAS, JMP, SYSTAT, iGrafx, National Instruments and other software firms, visit the OnTheHub eStore. At the eStore, involvement from your college is not required and you can also rent software.

Microsoft DreamSpark

Microsoft DreamSpark gives students Microsoft professional tools for free. Just sign in, get verified, and download what you want. They’ve got numerous developer tools, several servers, applications training, and certification and designer tools.

Windows 7 Professional Upgrade

Currently, Microsoft is offering a big discount on the regular student price. While you’re there, watch some Windows 7 Features & Tutorials and learn some new things.

Microsoft Certification Exams

If you plan on getting a job in the IT field after you graduate, Microsoft Certification will enhance your resume. Microsoft is currently offering up to 55% savings on Microsoft Certification student series exams (“72″ prefix) for students enrolled in degree or diploma programs.

Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010

Microsoft is currently offering a great price on this suite of software. For Mac users, students are also eligible for a great deal on Microsoft Office for Mac Academic 2011.

StudentDiscounts.com

Most of the software products advertised at this website are academic versions. Eligible students get a 20 to 80 percent discount off of the commercial prices. The website features a large list of software manufacturers.

If you’re a college student, you’d be crazy to pay full price for software without looking for student discounts. They are everywhere! Spend some time browsing the Internet to get the best deal.

=== About the Author ===

Len Dreifort writes articles that offer tips for college students, especially when it comes to landing that first job. As a staff writer for Work Coach Cafe, he writes about careers for computer technicians.

[Windows, Mac, Linux, Android) Featured previously in October last year, Mumble (opensource, free) is a low latency VoIP client which is primarily used by gamers while playing MMO (massively multiplayer online) games. Mumble is a both a client and a server application, wherein the client needs to connect to a particular server so that the user can voice chat with other people online, connected to the same server. For this, there needs to be a server that one can connect to and servers don’t come free.

But Mumblex.de, a German site, solves this problem easily by providing its users a free Mumble server for 48 hours. So next time your gang needs to play some awesome game but lack a voice server, or if you simply need a skype alternative for a few hours, Mumblex.de is a pretty simple option that solves both problems.

There doesn’t seem to be a slot limit mentioned anywhere, so you can apparently have as many friends connect to your server as you want. The setup is completely automated and the website will guide you through all the steps as you obtain your server. Do keep in mind the site is German, so you’ll be better off using Google Chrome for it has on-the-fly website translation.

I just downloaded and installed Bejeweled 2 FREE! If you know about this game, I don’t have to tell you what a great time-waster it is. To celebrate 10 years since the release of the original Bejeweled, PopCap Games is offering it for free, today only.

Your deadline is 10pm PST. In case you didn’t catch the significance, the date and time are 10-10-10 @ 10 pm.

It seems like everyone is celebrating this once in a lifetime alignment of tens. Did you know that 10-10-10 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything? Yes, it’s a very special day.

Here’s what PopCap says about the game:

Get set to play the PopCap game that set the standard in casual gaming! Match sparkling gems three at a time to make them burst in showers of color and points. Match four or more to create flashy power gems that boost your score and your mood with brilliant cascades and combos. Soar to gem-matching heights in Classic mode, or speed through matches against the clock in Action. For even more dazzling fun, bump up your brainwaves with multi-faceted Puzzles, or enter the Zen state of Endless play. Every match is high-carat fun!

And here’s a glimpse of the game:

I’ve kept you waiting long enough here’s the link to get this free offer:

(requires a name and email address)

Go Here to Get Bejeweled 2 for FREE

ChinaGrabber is shipping an unlocked Linux smartphone which has an impressive set of features.

Founded in 2007, ChinaGrabber is a sourcing company. We are exclusive sellers of many of the latest Phones, Car DVD Players, GPS Navigation, BT Multi Interphone, Mp3 and Mp4 players on this site.

The unlocked phone has no brand except for the name bPhone and sports ARM Linux 2.6 on Marvell’s ARM/XScale PXA320 processor.But you might have a good reason to have some interest in this feature packed gadget.

To start with, it sports a decent 624 MHz of processor frequency with a 256 MB flash storage and a 128 MB RAM. There is a SD card which can extend your memory to 16 GB. The outstanding feature of the bPhone though, is it’s scree which is huge at  800 x 480, has a 180 degree swivel and is fully touch screen. The display can be folded back into the phone at a hinge just like a notebook.

Apart from that, it features a full QWERTY keyboard and has WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Radio and GPS. The talkime is estimated at 4 hours. The interface supports widget and the OS has support for Java applications.

The phone is selling for $57 which is a $230 discount on the regular price of $800. Head over to ChinaGrabber to claim your bPhone.
[ Via: linuxfordevices ]

THQ’s Metro 2033 is among one of the most highly anticipated games of the year. It is a sci-shooter set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world, which combines action, horror, and role-playing game elements. Based on a novel of the same name, Metro 2033 chronicles humanities struggle for survival.

Any action game fan looking for something different should give THQ Metro 2033. The good news is that you don’t even need to shell 50-60 bucks for the game. eCost is offering at an insane price of $26.99 (shipping charges not included). HKOfferhouse and NewEgg are selling it for $37.99 ($4 shipping) and $42.99 (free shipping) respectively.

(via Original-Gamer)

Blood Ravens or the Chaos Marines of the Black Legion you choose in this exciting new sequel to Dawn of War II. Yes, we all hunger for this game it has become the object of our fantasy, and about three weeks before its release date, Steam has decided to egg us on with a juicy pre-purchase offer on Chaos Rising. The $29.99 price tag notwithstanding, Steam is ready to give away Saints Row 2 for free if you pre-purchase Chaos Rising.

So why would I buy Chaos Rising anyway, you ask? Well, in addition to the usual gimmicks of a sequel (new missions, units, maps, level caps) a new Chaos corruption mechanic adds to the brooding flavor of the atmosphere. Devastating weapons laced with the corruption of the Chaos Gods influence this story which (as always) is full of the brutality that has become the trademark of the DoW series.

And while you are waiting for the game to unlock, what would be a better way to spend those nail-biting days and nights than playing an open-world action game? That is exactly what Saints Row 2 is. With complete customization and great combat not to mention multiplayer support to go with the story missions that span the entire free-roaming world, this is a game for all of you Fallout 3, Oblivion, GTA lovers who would prefer a more down-to-Earth setting.

Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising is available for pre-purchase on Steam here.

Steam’s Midweek Madness sale has put up the Shadowgrounds pack for the deeply discounted price of $4.99 only until 4PM PST today (Thursday, 18th February, 2010). What is this Shadowgrounds thing, you ask? Well, it is the spiritual successor to Crusader: No Remorse and Alien Syndicate, top-down shooters that featured amazing environments, powerful weapons and blood, blood, goo and a little more blood. The Shadowgrounds pack consisting of the original Shadowgrounds and its sequel Shadowgrounds Survivor breathes new life into this action-packed genre and aims to waste hours of your time!

The first game offered only a glimpse of gory madness with an innovative weapon upgrade system, a realistic lighting system that ensured that the aliens you battled came out sneakily from the shadows in a haunting Alien-alien manner. Sure to shock you while making your eyes pop! There are little tidbits here and there that will maintain the atmosphere and influence the behavior of the aliens and your character very well!

The second game added on to the atmosphere and lighting of the first with realistic physics (thanks to AGEIA PhysX technology) featuring breakable objects as well. But as the Steam page says, surviving is only half the game. This game comes bundled with modding and editing tools that will have definitely piqued the interest of the community.

Well, what are you waiting for? This great top-down shooter collection is available for five dollars at the Steam store. Get it now!

Hammerfight in one line is a Steampunk game featuring mouse-dependant fighting controls of a gyrocopter with dangling weapons from an indie Russian developer. Well, this line does not say much, but with a little bit of explanation, I’m sure you will understand what this is all about.

Hammerfight is a Steampunk game: A subgenre of SF and alternate history, with fictional inventions and outlandish technology that runs off steam. Think Wild Wild West and you have steampunk. This 2D game features the typical iron-made gyrocopters that you fly around in a dense, if a little low-res backgrounds.

Hammerfight has a gyrocopter with dangling weapons that are controlled by the mouse: Realistic physics merged with fantasy was done best in Trine, and Hammerfight aims to do the same with flying iron houses with weapons that are handled by the mouse. The extent to which you move your mouse and hit the target governs the amount of damage given so frantic sideway motions with the mouse are commonplace in this game and can be said to be the essence that defines the game. And it does so excellently.

Hammerfight is an indie game from Russia: Konstantin Koshutin developed this game under KranX Productions and scored. This beautiful game, reminiscent of the classic top-down shooters with a twist is highly worth it for $9.99.

However since this is a deal post, I guess you are waiting for the deal price. Well, over at Direct2Drive, this game is selling at the 50% off price of $4.99, DRM-free. That is a sweet deal, if you ask me!

Nevertheless, if you wish to try a demo before buying this game with about 50 weapons, breakable objects, great art and setting with a story to boot, head over to Steam for the free demo!