Proponents of free software distinguish free speech from free beer, and argue that their conception of free software is intended to evoke the former idea. That is, software is a form of speech used by programmers to express technical ideas in very...

Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can...

The Usenet News computer conferencing system allows users without Internet access to obtain free software for almost any application. The process of transferring programs is not as simple as running File Transfer Protocol (FTP), though any program obtainable at an FTP can be downloaded....

IT has been a while--over three years--since we last looked at what's free and useful on the web. The internet has come a long way in that time and the spread of broadband means that the delivery of complex online services and solutions...

When Google began testing a service last year that pulls up home-sale listings in local searches, real estate agents fumed, calling it a betrayal of its most loyal advertisers.The service, they feared, would make it easy for home sellers to bypass agents when listing properties....

Kathy Shields says podcasting is easy _ so simple, in fact, that her kindergartners do it.Shields joined about 200 people over the weekend for "PodCamp," a conference for anyone interested in broadcasting video or audio programs over the Internet.Podcasts are typically sound files that can...