The Free Apps We're Most Thankful For 
Max Out Your Dropbox Referrals With Google AdWords For Free 
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The Cheapskate's Guide To Getting Free Dropbox Space 
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Road Worrier Tests Free Internet At Sydney Airport Microsoft has offered a cut-down, ad-supported free Starter Edition of Office 2010 for quite a while now, but it has only been available pre-installed on netbooks and other low-spec PCs. At the moment, however, you can download the whole thing for free from Microsoft’s servers.
While the Lifehacker US team is stuffing itself with Thanksgiving turkey, we can all be thankful for high-quality free software. Here’s a roundup of our favourite free apps.
While the Windows Phone Marketplace is fine if you know exactly what you’re looking for, it’s not so great when it comes to discovering cool apps, such as popular games that have been recently discounted. AppTastic is a free app for WP7 that lets you customise search criteria so you can find the gems and weed out the junk.
We’re a big fan of any technique that gets us more Dropbox space, so here’s one of note for Vodafone (and 3) customers: you can score an extra 2GB of space by texting the word “Dropbox” to 126222 (Vodafone) or 126333 (3) to receive an upgrade code.
We’re big fans of free software generally, but the question often arises: how do companies that build free tools professionally make any money? At a press event today, Nitro PDF (the Aussie company which makes our favourite free PDF reader and editor) shared some figures which provide an insight into how the ‘freemium’ approach works.
No surprise: we love free frozen drinks. It was 7-Eleven Day last Monday, and according to 7-Eleven itself, 270,000 litres of slurpee were handed out across the nation.
Qantas is offering a free return domestic flight to passengers who had their flights cancelled during its recent grounding. There’s a lot of fine print involved, so read on to learn how to make the most of the offer if you’re eligible.
As we pointed out last week, today is free slurpee day at 7-Eleven: hit any store between 7am and 11pm and say “Happy 7-Eleven Day” to score your small free frozen treat. [7-Eleven]
Yes, we know we’re getting in several days in advance, but when it comes to free stuff, we favour advance planning. Next Monday (November 7) is 7-Eleven Day, which the chain celebrates by giving out free small slurpees between, obviously, 7am and 11pm.
Blogger Vladik Rikhter recently outlined how he gained a bunch of Dropbox referrals by using Google AdWords, since paying for the ads cost a lot less than an upgrade. Many Lifehacker readers have already done the same, but some of you told us you didn’t want to spend any money at all. Well, here’s how to get an additional 8GB for free, using AdWords credits and smart keywords.
