This was just leaked by Charles van Heusen, a Microsoft employee. He posted “the proposed Office 2007-for-Office 2010 exchange program on his blog, and later pulled down the entry” according to Appscout who found out from Ars Technica.

Here is what they know – “Under the program, a customer who purchases Office 2007 from an authorized Microsoft partner between March 5 – September 30, 2010, and who installs it by Sept. 30, is eligible for a free upgrade to Office 2010 by Oct. 31.”

It’s too bad I bought mine before those dates. This is a great incentive to buy, however will Microsoft still honor the special now that it has been leaked or was all of this intentional to create buzz?

Diabetes, considered a silent killer, like smoking, is a major health problem in America. Oprah and Walgreens have teamed up to offer you a free diabetes test today, February 5, 2010, between 11am to 7pm your time. If you don’t have a Walgreens near you or cannot make it out tomorrow for the event, then call 1-800-WALGREENS and make an appointment before or by February 18, 2010. Get yourself checked out and if you come out victorious (Diabetes-free), definitely try to eat better and exercise more anyway because you may be vulnerable in the future.

Need legal advice? Don’t we all? Can’t afford it? Join the club. Here is a round up from Makeuseof of a list of free or cheap legal advice websites. Hope this helps with your legal issues. Free legal advice or cheap legal advice is nice, but eventually you’re going to have to fork over some dough to ‘the professionals.’

LawInfo.com
FreeAdvice.com
LawFiles.net
LawGuru.com
TheLaw.com

If you have an e-commerce website or a web server, and need a secure sockets layer (SSL), which provides security and data encryption for your website over the Internet, then look no further. SSL’s aren’t cheap, but here is a way to get it for free. Thanks to an Israeli company called StartSSL you get free SSL for a whole year! The free SSL offered validates domains and email accounts thus securing your web server and your mail traffic, respectively.

Looking into investing, but the commission fees don’t make it any easier? Charles Schwab, and then Fidelity, are offering commission-free exchange traded funds (ETF) – funds that are traded in the stock exchange that mostly track indexes. With this new perk you’d be saving quite a bit. Charles Schwab usually charges a commission of $8.95 down from $12.95 earlier this year, and Fidelity charges a $7.95 commission for trading. You can save over 50% in trading costs, if you’re just a casual investor that is.

Ever gone on a trip and forgot to bring your cell phone charger? Well, here is an ingenious way to get a free one that I found on Lifehacker.com (quoted from a Reddit user).

“Next time you lose your phone charger, don’t buy another one. Go to a hotel and say you think you lost it there. It’s the #1 most left behind item at hotels, so most places have a big bin filled with every phone charger imaginable.”

“…Another trick is doing the same thing at the car rental counter. Just say you left your charger in the car the last time you were there and they will pull out a box full of chargers to pick from. Works every time.”

It’s a bit on the dishonest side yes, however this is a great way to reduce waste. And also if ever you forget your own cell phone charger, then your karma universe is in balance again.

If you have low income and need a cell phone to stay connected, then you may find this bit of information useful. Assurance Wireless from Virgin Mobile offers a free cell phone along with 200 free minutes every month to those with low income, who reside in North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia. According to the website these are the freebies you are given.

_ A FREE Assurance Wireless phone
_ 200 FREE minutes each month for local and domestic long-distance calling
_ FREE voicemail, call waiting, and caller ID
_ FREE 911 access

And there are “no bills, long-term contracts, activation fees, recurring fees, or surcharges” in the plan. Check out their qualifications to find out if you are eligible.

Start off the new year with a new skill or improve your existing skill. Why not learn Linux? Here’s why you should. According to the Linux Foundation, Linux job postings have grown 80% in the last five years with a 50% increase last year alone. Starting in March the Linux Foundation is offering free Linux webinar training by renowned Linux developers. You’ll need to register for the free webinar. First up is “How to Contribute to the Linux Community” with Jon Corbet. Take advantage of the free education. Who knows, a job opportunity may come out of it.

To go along with my last post regarding comics, here is a cool free iPhone app called ComicBookLover from software company Bitcartel. According to the site the free iphone app offers the following capabilities

* Sync and transfer comics over WiFi
* Resize comics for better viewing on iPhone and iPod Touch
* Read comics with a familiar user interface
* Support for comics in both CBZ and CBR format

The good news is that the ComicBookLover Sync is free so there is no need to buy the desktop version. The bad news is that you’re going to need a Mac to do all this jazz. Now you don’t ever have to leave home without your comics. Nice!

Marvel Free Digital Comics

For all you comic book lovers out there, check this out. Marvel is offering Free Comic Book Mondays, digital comic books that is. Here are the 5 free comic book freebies for this week. Happy Monday!

CAPTAIN AMERICA #50 (2004)
DARK REIGN: THE CABAL #1
DARK REIGN: THE LIST – AVENGERS #1
EXCALIBUR #51
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE ODYSSEY #5