The Internet is a great place where one can find practically everything from data to info in all existent fields. So, it is probably one of the best inventions for people. What is even greater about the Internet is that you can get a lot of free stuff and have loads of fun. You can get free posters, free backgrounds for your computer, free maps, ring tones for your cell phone, a bunch of free games, free pics, free graphics, free music, antivirus to protect your computer from malicious viruses that travel on the Internet, and the offer is wide. And most importantly, the Internet offers you info and articles that are all for free.

How come that it is all free? Well, the web sites that offer these free things are usually sponsored by certain companies and this makes it possible for you to download stuff for free. For instance, the free online games are available for all people that want to do away with boredom, so they can play online. You will find numerous links of the sponsors and if you click on them, you will be able to see the sponsors’ web sites. There are also some free hot games that have just come out of the factory, these games are usually free for a certain period of time that functions as a trial, and these advertise the game and make it available for all people to try it and if they like it to invest in it later.

If you want to find free stuff, you can search the Internet using a good search engine, and type free stuff, or more particular things that you want to have for free. Type free antivirus and you will probably get a great list of such things. Then you can choose one. There are numerous specialized web sites that handle free stuff and freebies, so you can browse to find the stuff you need and you can get some lovely gifts from the Internet. So, start your free stuff hunting on the Internet. You might get this free stuff hunting as a hobby, and you will get lots of wonderful things. And the most wonderful thing is that they are completely on the house.

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Take40 and Resident Evil: Extinction give you chance to win an off-road adventure.

Visit the site (where you’ll see a trailer for the movie) and follow the instructions for your chance to win

more Here 

Only available to Australian Residents

Last summer I went on vacation to a lake with family. This trip taught me one of the most important lessons of my life. Like all lessons, this started with a mistake. The result of this mistake could lead to me saving thousands of dollars for the rest of my life.

Let me start by saying never put more than 2 people on a jet ski. Chances are, it will tip over. Also when you are getting on the jet ski, regardless of how many people are on it, DO NOT wear expensive sunglasses.

We all know expensive is a very relative term. Point is, don’t go on a jet ski with a pair of sunglasses you can’t afford to replace whether they are $10 or $1000.

Now foolish me, made both mistakes above simultaneously and it led to the most important lesson. As you can guess, right now the sunglasses are at the bottom of a lake never to be found again, until global warming does its thing and the lake completely evaporates. But I’m not holding my breath for that just like I’m not holding my breath to go digging for it. Surprisingly, you can’t see very much under water in a lake, well not as much as in a nice blue ocean.

After this loss, I just couldn’t bring myself to spending money for another pair. It hurt enough the first time. So I squinted and wore caps for the past few months. Then enough was enough, I needed a new pair. I let enough time pass by that by then, even if I hadn’t lost them in the lake, I most likely would have broken them by now. So I went shopping the same way everybody has been going shopping for the last 100 years. In a mall. I found a great pair, but they cost about $400. It still bothered me to pay so much for a stupid mistake of my own, so I decided to start hunting online for it. To my surprise, not one store online charged as much as the retail store did.

Why?

Well when you think about it, its really quite simple

When you buy something at a retail store you are paying for…

The Salary of the employees
The rent and utilities of the store
Increasing taxes
Corporate salaries
Marketing

When you research online, and buy smart, you don’t ever have to pay for any of these, reducing your cost by sometimes over 50%!!!!

I ended up getting the same pair of sunglasses for less than $200 online. I got them in about 5 days, and they were just as good as the pair I saw in the store, at more than half the price, no tax, no line, and no hassle.

Everybody should be doing this. So why arent we? Fear of the unknown (online)? Thinking that if its too cheap its too good to be true? Just used to our old ways? No time to do the online research?

Probably a little of all the above. Well I thought I’d help a little. I want to educate people on how to successfully shop online , never pay retail, find the best deals, and get the same value as you get in the stores. I created a website that did this, for free! I’m hoping it becomes the next big thing but if it just helps out a few people, I’ll be happy. To learn more about how to shop online for just about anything you can think of, check it out.

The important lesson I learned? Forget about the Jet Ski and sunglass lesson, I learned that it is completely unnecessary to ever shop or pay retail ever again! You can buy just about anything you can think of online, and save tons of cash doing it too!

The government wants you to spend money to help us all out of a recession. That doesn’t mean you should spend it unwisely. Look for the best deals, check out more than one site, and never settle for paying somebody else’s overhead costs.

I really hope by writing about my experience, I can help others save thousands too.

Kanye West’s bold new single ‘Good Life’ has hit stores.

To celebrate we are giving away an $8000 Las Vegas experience where you can live the ‘Good Life’. Enter now and you could go into the running to win this amazing prize:

Two return flights to Las Vegas
Four nights twin share accommodation at The Paris Las Vegas
$500 spending money
A copy of Graduation and one autographed, framed copy of Late Registration

Two runners-up will be getting a copy of Graduation and Late Registration.

Australian Residents - ninemsn members

More details here

Hope you all had a happy and safe festive season. Listed below are the first lot of freebies and giveaways for 2008 (these will all open in a new window so you can come back and check out the rest)

For US/Canada residents - G-Dots - join for free - members receive a swag bag - competitions, coupons, samples, giveways etc

FREE Gifts and Coupons from Enfamil  A program that brings you up to $250 in FREE gifts and offers before baby comes - and after baby arrives!

Online Etch A Sketch 

Free Puppy Care Guide

Free Contact Lenses 

NEW South Beach Living™ Granola Clusters

Clean Home Journal has two sweepstakes contests up for grabs:

 Free Glade® Plugsins® Scented Gel Refill, plus coupons:
Were giving away 50, 000 Glade® PlugIns® Scented Gel Refills in classic Apple Cinnamon fragrance. Each Refill comes with one coupon for an additional Refill and one coupon for a Scented Gel Warmer.

Apple® iPod® nano + docking station: a winning combination for the home.
We’ll be giving away one 4 GB Apple® iPod® nano with docking station each month – October 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008.

For US Residents: Details for both can be found here 

Looking to keep the kids amused over the Christmas Break? Well perhaps you could let them try this huge collection of Free Online Games.

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We pride ourselves off saying that we have the world’s largest collection of Free Online Games. Here you will find a comprehensive collection of free online games, no other site has as many free online games as we do, and we guarantee it! 

Bound to be something  kids and adults alike will enjoy.

Free online games

The new 207 CC combines the freedom of open air driving with the luxury and refinement of a European sports coupé. In only 25 seconds, its automatic folding steel roof transforms the 207 CC from sun seeking cabriolet to stylishly appointed 2 + 2 coupe. With a choice of two advanced engines including the 110kW 1.6 litre direct injection turbo, combined with rally bred handling, four-airbags, self deploying roll-over protection and ABS, the 207 CC balances exhilaration and function. Peugeot — engineered to be enjoyed.

For Australian Residents and ninemsn members. To Enter Simple Fill In Your Details And Answer Two Questions. More Information can be found here: Win Peugeot

Win the ultimate home entertainment system

For your chance to win a Bravia LCD HD TV, A BDP- S 1 E Blue-Ray Player and 5 Blue-Ray Discs  simply visit the page below and enter by answering the questions.

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 A Free Sample of Naturals Cat Chow

Eating a variety of wholesome ingredients makes as much sense for your cat as it does for you. That’s why Purina® Cat Chow® brand Cat Food nutritionists formulated Naturals Cat Chow with a variety of wholesome, natural ingredients.

This 100% complete and balanced adult cat food is an ideal choice for feeding every day and has a cat-tested, cat-approved great taste for happiness you can see.

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