Gearing up for the Fall semester can be expensive, especially if you're buying your supplies at full price. Plus, between dorm life, computers, and other essentials, your long list of must haves can get pretty overwhelming. Thankfully I'll be sussing out the best deals on some great back-to-school supplies for you every week through the month of August. This week I found a hot deal on a refurbished laptop, a sweet solar cell phone charger, and a few things that will make keeping in touch with mom super easy. Check 'em out here!
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In December 2009, I shot this image in Balboa Park in San Diego. Every year they hold a festival called Balboa Nights where they celebrate the holidays as well as international food and culture. I used a Nikon D80 DSLR.
It has a chain to fit onto your keychain for easy access, and the top of the splitter pops off to plug into your MP3 player's headphone jack. I of course love the name, but also love its three headphone ports (as opposed to just two) camouflaged in cute, woodsy detail.
Google just introduced a bunch of helpful updates to Google Calendar aimed at making the service easier to use. The latest version is cleaner and simpler and includes a few helpful new features. Google Calendar pages got a slight design change, too, making them look more like pages in other Google apps, and the most-used features were moved to the top of the page for easy access.
Play PopSugar's Retail Therapy and Win a Designer Bag! Wish you could score a hot new bag like your PopSugar's Retail Therapy character? We're giving away the real deal, seven different designer handbags, each one better than the last, in PopSugar's Retail Therapy's first ever contest! Think Balenciaga, Chanel, Alexander Wang . . . have your attention yet? To enter, head over to PopSugar's Retail Therapy game on Facebook, click the "Enter Now" button in the top banner, and fill out the form that pops up. Good luck!
Tough economic times just got a little easier, thanks to new trade-in incentive programs from two of the country's biggest retailers. Best Buy recently announced a used video game trade-in program at nearly 600 of its US stores. Program participants who trade in video games at the store will receive a Best Buy gift card to use toward any item in the store — not a bad deal! Most stores will offer the service at the customer service counter, though some will have dedicated trade-in locations. To figure out how much some of your used games are worth, visit Best Buy's website.
For more on the Target program (which accepts more than just video games), keep reading.
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Program participants who trade in video games at the store will receive a Best Buy gift card to use toward any item in the store — not a bad deal! Most stores will offer the service at the customer service counter, though some will have dedicated trade-in locations. To figure out how much some of your used games are worth, visit 
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