Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Nobody likes to buy sight unseen. That's the compelling feature of shareware: software that computer users can test out for a certain ...

Have you ever read through the licence agreement that accompanies most commercial software packages these days? Don't bother, the gist of it is that you're basically only borrowing the program and ...

What if you could walk out of a computer software store with a bushel basket full of programs and not pay a dime? And as you left, the clerk would hold the door open and say, "If you find anything in ...

How honest are people when they think nobody's looking? The Internet is a fine place to find out: The near-frictionless ease of sharing files online means that if you want to download something ...

With Apple’s introduction of an iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) last week, it seems everyone and their brother is hopping on the iPhone bandwagon or considering the jump. There are still some ...

The end of the long-time software-sharing repository underlines that personal computing isn't what it used to be, as we keep moving apps (and desktops) to the cloud. Once upon a time, in the early ...

The great thing about FOSS (Free Open Source Software), shareware and freeware is that people can download and try it themselves. Yeah, if they find it. There are so many great FOSS and shareware ...

Shareware allowed budding developers to distribute their games affordably and reach a wider audience through copying and ...

In the glory days of shareware programs, PC users could download useful little utilities from computer bulletin boards at speeds up to 1200 bps. Modems were slow back then, but programs were tiny by ...

The idea of an individual or company giving away software or charging only a nominal sum for it makes a lot of PC users suspicious. Nevertheless, for little more than the cost of a PC magazine, you ...