Today marks the day we kick off Free Software Sundays, which is a post we’ll run every Sunday featuring a great piece of free software that we find interesting, fun, or useful. This week’s post features iSquint, a video converter for the iPod, but you can actually use it for a lot more.

As you may have noticed, the iPod Touch and the iPhone with the latest firmware update are really hard devices to hack in order to install 3rd party apps. With Apple limiting the function of its own devices, Nokia has taken the opportunity to advertise the openness of its phones, showing Apple what it takes to make a truly successful phone.

Who knows what prompted the update, but for the first time in five-years, AOL has released new software for the Mac desktop.

When Steve Jobs announced the iPod touch there was thunderous applause for the 8GB version at $299 but when he mentioned that the 16GB version would be $399, the applause died down and I’m pretty sure you could hear crickets chirping.  It seems that people thought $399 was a bit expensive for a 16GB flash player with the multitouch interface but taking a look to the past, it really isn’t.

Apparently, today’s iPhone update isn’t all bad. Users are reporting unannounced (good) changes in their handsets despite the disabling of hacks (for now).

Your semester is fully into swing, you’re frittering away your free time and study time on Facebook, IM, and the local bar scene, and you’re probably ready for the next installment of the series designed to help you collegiates take full advantage of your Mac. Below are some intermediate tips and tricks for you Mac users that might come in handy.

Microsoft has finally released pricing information for their updated office suite for Mac, and the numbers aren’t pretty: if you were hoping to jump on this forthcoming version, save your pennies, because the cheapest version is weighing in at a hefty $150 for a downsized student edition.

Apple has put SIM unlockers on notice that they may be causing “irreparable” damage to their phones by hacking them.

As anticipation builds towards the now imminent release of Leopard, the next iteration of OS X, many users may be wondering if their technology can handle the powerful new OS. Apple just updated the recommended minimum system requirements for those considering an upgrade to Leopard, ruling out older 800 Mhz G4 Power PCs .

I stumbled upon a very interesting web app while setting up a MockDock on my iPod Touch. It’s called SeeqPod.