Orange County Register

Welcome to the weekly deals report…

* Apple giveaway: Dotster is giving more stuff away. But it’s much better than a year’s worth of doman registration, which is only worth about $8.75/year. The freebie this time is four $500 Apple gift cards. That’s enough to buy the biggest iPod Touch and 100 songs.

There are two ways for a chance to win: Buy a domain from the company or mail in an entry. The latter requires mailing in a 3×5-inch card hand-written with your name, address and phone number and “Dotster Apple Gift Card Giveaway.” Mail it by Oct. 29. Here are the rules.

* Free museum admission: If you bank at Bank of America, you can get free admission to a bunch of museums on the first Friday’s of the month. In Orange County, only two museums are participating but they are pretty good ones: The Discovery Science Center and the Laguna Art Museum. Los Angeles includes LACMA, while San Diego includes the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Just bring any Bank of America card to get inside. Details at www.bankofamerica.com/museums

* Help Google help people contest: Google’s Project 10 to the 100: Submit an idea that can change the world. Semifinalists’ ideas will be voted on. Google has committed $10 million to implement ideas. Submit by Oct. 20, 2008. (One snarky take on the contest: “Google’s charity, At your expense” at Information Week.)

Headlines that can save you money:

• Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads (Reuters)
• 6 ways to save money on drugs and doctors (CNN)
• Wal-Mart to end DRM support (ZDNet)
• How to get Windows 7 for free? (IT Wire)
• The best App Store programs are free (Vancouver Sun)
• Ogeechee Tech adopts four day work week (WTOC Channel 11)

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