software distributed free of charge, but usually with a request that users pay a small fee if they like the program
Wiktionary Definition for: Shareware
# cattag Computing : A type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience.
MUSKEGON, Mich.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 2, 1996--The Association of Shareware Professionals ASP, an international trade organization representing authors, publishers, vendors, and on-line distributors of shareware products, today announced the opening of the ASP Forum (Keyword: ASP) in the Computing and Software Channel on America Online.
announced today that it has reached an agreement with c/net: the computer network to give Prodigy members free access to more than 140,000 downloadable software files through c/net's newest Web site, shareware.com (http://www.shareware.com). The agreement puts the Internet's largest virtual collection of software files at the fingertips of Prodigy...
Programmers can distribute new software to online users either for a fee as shareware or bundle it with advertising banners and distribute it for free as adware. This paper study the programmers' choice between these two modes of distribution in the context of a model that take explicit account of...
Did you know... Did you know Microsoft's RegClean does not work with XP but you can use shareware to clean your registry? Did you know most wireless access points don't have encryption enabled by default? Did you know there are 500 tidbits of information contained...
The recent surge in the use of free-ware, shareware and semi-professional software packages for mastering and design has raised several areas of concern for CD duplication houses and their clients. Projects on a limited budget are relying on home-produced materials - often with disastrous consequences. CD launch dates are missed...
MILPITAS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 13, 1995--ArcSoft today announced the availability of a new, time-limited version of their PhotoStudio for Windows software, via CompuServe and the World-Wide Web. The time-limited version is not shareware -- it's fully-featured software that works for 30 days or 100 uses, whichever comes first.
If you're getting rid of your computer, chances are great there's sensitive data on it. An index of files is maintained for the hard drive. When you install a file, especially a big one, it is scattered around the hard drive in bits and pieces. On your command to open...
FOLSOM, Calif. -- Serious Magic Inc., a leading developer of video communication software has partnered with Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX)(TSX:TC), a leading provider of wholesale Internet services and back office solutions, to launch the "Cow Tipping" contest. This contest invites web visitors to create tutorial videos on any software, hardware, or...
Public Brand Software has been chosen as the official distributor of EPA software programs developed by Purdue University. The programs will be of great help to engineers, regulatory staffs and environmental profesionals. They are supplied on high densityPublic Brand Software has been chosen as the official distributor of EPA software...