Software for Starving Students 2007.01 Released

The 2007.01 release of Software for Starving Students is now available for download at: http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html -- Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). They have best-in-class programs gathered onto one CD (one disc for OS X, one for Windows).

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2007.01 Software for Starving Students Released

http://www.digg.com/software/Software_for_Starving_Students_2007_01_Released

Finally, it's out. A new K-meleon embedded CD Browser UI, 48 Windows packages, 34 OS X packages.

I love working on the Software for Starving Students project. I hope you enjoy it. Burn a copy and share it with others!

AllofMP3.com - No Visa, No Mastercard? No Problem

A few days ago I was not so pleased to find out that my favorite music site, AllofMP3.com, was no longer accepting Visa or Mastercard. I looked up AllofMP3.com on wikipedia today to find out a little bit more background, and it turns out that AllofMP3.com accepts payment via a site similar to PayPal called XROST. In order to buy an XROST pin/claim for a specific amount I had to go through yet another site, called clickandbuy.com.

Here's what I did:

1. signed up for XROST
   
2. purchased $20 worth of xrost "Prepaid iCard" via clickandbuy.com
   
3. Signed into my account on AllofMP3.com & redeemed my $20 Xrost via https://ssl.allofmp3.com/pays/payments.shtml?action=step2&via=xrost.

Boomshakalaka! I've refilled my AllofMP3.com balance.

Isn't there some way the RIAA can be punished via RICO statutes for ganging up with Visa and Mastercard against our capitalist comrades?

I guess the RIAA is just a U.S problem. My money goes all over the world. Thank you again, Moscow, for providing music the way I want to buy it: DRM _NOT_ INCLUDED, and by volume of data downloaded.