Tag: BUDGET

Mint is pretty much the behemoth of personal budget management. But it's also a tad complex, and it's very American. If you happen to live outside the US, you probably won't be able to use all of Mint's options. Sprouty is no Mint-killer; it doesn't seem to have any such aspirations, either. It's a very, very simple budgeting application that feels intentionally international: I could not find a ...

Purchasing software for your business can take a pretty big bite out of your budget, but finding programs that you're actually allowed to use on a home business computer can be tricky. There's a lot of free software out there, but much of it is only free for personal use -- and you can't use it legally on your business systems. Here's a list of 13 great, free programs that you can definitely ...

Sunbelt's Vipre might not be as well known as Norton or McAfee, but it's definitely a solid choice in desktop malware and virus protection. Now, thanks to the fine people at HSN who also bring you products like Tony Little fitness gear and Carol Alt's line of cosmetics you can score Vipre's protection until you're stone dead for a mere $99.90. Plus $6.95 shipping and handling, of course. For ...

PearBudget is an online budget manager that makes it extraordinarily easy to keep track of your money. The service doesn't link to your bank account, and doesn't import information from Quicken or other desktop accounting software. You actually have to enter your expenses by hand. But this is much, much easier than you'd think. All you have to do is spend a few minutes when you set up your ...

Tick tracks project time. The best part? It's free! Tick is a simplistic approach to time management. The interface is extremely clean, easy to use, and straightforward which is a major plus, because who really likes spending their time fiddling with entering time? Not me. Through Tick, you can create projects, assign the projects to a specific client, name the project, and give the specific ...

Over at Lifehacker they've come up with yet another novel way to manage your finances: Over IM. Adam Pash has written a cool tutorial on how to build an AIM BudgetBot, which makes entering your income and expenses and generating reports as simple as sending an instant message. The BudgetBot is based on a Perl script, which takes some setting up and tweaking, but once it's set up you can add that ...

Winston Huang has written a pair of great extensions for Firefox that help you keep tabs on how many minutes you have left on your mobile phone. They're the Verizon Minutes Used Extension and the TMobile MInutes Used Extension. Each of them shows you right in your status bar how many minutes you've used and how many you have left, and hovering over it will give you more information like a ...