TrueType Collection: This archive contains more than 150 TrueType shareware, freeware, or public domain fonts.

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Gotcha, another shareware program, allows you to add digital video effects to captured images.

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To discourage "free riders, " public radio should become like shareware, the free software available over the Internet.

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Kyle Smith is a sophomore in high school, works for an Internet service provider and writes some shareware on the side.

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But Raven Zachary, founder of developer conference iPhone Developers Camp, notes that shareware authors, for instance, prefer to give their software away.

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He could find the right piece of shareware to solve an issue and had this unique ability to fix phones, servers, databases and even the coffee machine.

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Still, we all like having options, and you've also got HoudahSpot (shareware) and Quicksilver (open source) if you want to try something a little different from the default.

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