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Business Definition for: Shareware

  • 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.

Additional Resources

America Online's New ASP Forum Helps Members Locate and Use Shareware Programs
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.
Tags: America Online Inc., Microsoft ASP, shareware
Research articles 1996-07-02
Companies May Get More Than Bargained for With Freeware and Shareware, Warns Websense Inc.; Freeware and Shareware Sites on the Web Jump More Than 300 Percent in 2001
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: freeware, shareware, Web, Websense Inc.
Research articles 2002-02-14
Babylon.com Captures Seventh Annual ZDNet Shareware Awards; Company Gains Recognition from Ziff-Davis Media's FamilyPC As Shareware Program of the Year and Best Education Program
Business Editors
Tags: shareware
Research articles 2000-07-19
Shareware Promotions
This presentation explains shareware promotions.
Tags: Shareware
Presentations 2004-09-26
Prodigy teams up with c net to offer shareware.com; Prodigy members now gain access to over 140,000 popular software titles
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...
Tags: software, team
Research articles 1995-11-15
Adware, Shareware, and Consumer Privacy
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...
Tags: Development Tools, Spyware, Programmer, Privacy, Advertisement, Adware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Software, Shareware, Software Development, Software/Web Development
White papers 2004-10-01
Shareware Industry Awards Foundation Names GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Best Internet Enhancement
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
Tags: shareware
Research articles 2002-08-06
Websense warns over increased number of freeware and shareware web sites
CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Tags: freeware, shareware, Web, Web site, Websense Inc.
Research articles 2002-02-25
Ziff-Davis Announces Winners of Sixth Annual Shareware Awards; ZDTV, PC Magazine, Family PC, and Computer Gaming World Select the Year's Best Titles from The ZDNet Software Library
TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 1999--
Tags: computer game
Research articles 1999-07-27
Microsoft opposes Pentagon shareware.
May 27, 2002 (The West Australian May 27, 2002 (The West Australian
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pentagon, shareware
Research articles 2002-05-28
Bob Wallace, Who Helped Launch Shareware, Microsoft, Dies at 50.
Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Tags: Microsoft Corp., shareware
Research articles 2002-09-28
500 Things Every Technology Professional Needs to Know
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...
Tags: techrepublic inc., e-books, wireless, personal technology
Download resources 2007-05-25
Don't Get Caught!: The Perils of Producing Materials for CD Replication at Home
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...
Tags: Replication, CD
White papers 2002-12-09
ArcSoft Releases Time-Limited Version of Full-Featured PhotoStudio for Windows, Free Download From The World-Wide Web and CompuServe, $4.95 By Mail
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.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Research articles 1995-11-13
Clean The Hard Drive Before Dumping Your PC
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...
Tags: PC, Hard Drive
White papers
Serious Magic to Launch ''Cow Tipping'' Contest on Tucows.com; 30-Day Contest Invites Shareware Visitors to Submit Tutorial Videos Using New Video Blogging Software
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...
Tags: Internet, shareware, software, video
Research articles 2006-07-11
EPA shareware available.
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...
Tags: shareware, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1993-08-01
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