Over 160K shareware, freeware, and commercial titles are available on C|Net's . A brief description is given for each title. The interface identifies the most reliable archives, taking download time into account. At least 33 software companies and 22 major archives are cooperating in this site, including C|Net's virtual software library. Archives are linked via C|Net's VSL-Open Standard and VSL engine, which will eventually encompass direct links to shareware authors. Services include a "Title of the Day" review for PC and Mac. Subscribe to the newsletter for your platform to be alerted to new titles. [Network News, 11/19/95.] (Newsweek, 12/4 p. 10, says this site is easy to navigate, and "does for software what Yahoo! did for web sites." The site's Top 30 chart has been showing Cyber Strip Poker as the most popular download.)

(Incidentally, a shareware author may get the same $9 return from a $10 shareware package as from a $50 commercial package. If we're wise, we'll support both the mechanism and the authors.)

The Jumbo site archives over 24K shareware and freeware programs, cataloged by operating system and tagged with descriptions and length. . [Network News, 11/24/95.]

Mac shareware can generally be found at the UMichigan Software Archives or the InfoMac archives. A search engine is available at and . [Tony Lindsey , Mac*Chat, 11/21/95.]

For PowerBook software, see Atsushi Iijima'a PowerBook Army at . Descriptions are in both English and Japanese, and there are articles on connecting to the Internet from Japan. [Brent Bossom , TidBITS, 11/6/95.]

For a list of neural-network shareware/freeware, see . [P.D. Brierley, comp.ai.neural-nets, 9/11/95.]

Extensive listings of freeware and shareware for most platforms may be found on . [WEBster, 11/14/95.]

Win95 shareware leads can be found in the In-Touch Win95 Edition, . Several 32-bit apps are discussed. [Lance Jones , c.i.www.announce, 11/15/95. newjour.]

A large Internet Software Library and Resource Links site is . [Network News, 11/19/95.]

Business software is available for test at . Resources are added weekly. [Network News, 11/19/95.]