Advantages: Free Downloads, Very helpful sections like Cheats, Price guides, Latest tech news, Web-building, etc Disadvantages: I dont own the site..LOL
A lot of people think “CNET.COM” is just a site for downloads, they couldn’t be more wrong, as “CNET.COM” is just about the most complete and useful site that exists on the internet. Here is just a small selection of some of the very useful sections on here.
DOWNLOADS: This has got to be the most complete and extensive selection of free software to download, on here there is games, general utilities, databases, web ... ...download.
REVIEWS SECTION: In this section there is a vast amount of reviews on all kinds of subjects, Hardware, Software, Electronic (DVD, CD, Mobile phones, etc) and they are very informative and very well written.
WEB BUILDING SECTION: This is a very useful section, which consists of Authoring and Site design, Programming and Scripting, Graphics and Multimedia, amongst others. There is tips, resources and general information on every aspect ...
brianlfc 27.01.2001 (01.02.2001)
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Advantages: Great web, one of the largest, great reviews, information and downloads. Disadvantages: None, if your after this sort of thing!
CNET.com is a web site for people who have an interest in technology, mainly computer related technology. The latest
news can always be found and the updates are very frequent. There is a comprehensive library of reviews, tutorials, news, and information and downloads. It is one of the big boys online for this sort of material. Plus lots of extra features like a price comparison engine and video downloads.
My Experience with CNET.com
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CNET.com has it's very own shop, which is a useful feature for IT professionals and businesses.
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This is a great web site and is useful for catching up on the latest news, even though some of it never makes any sense!
The reviews based at this web site are very professional and lots of technology items are covered. It is good for a home
user, but I think for the business user it will be ...
johnsy32 11.08.2005
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Advantages: Huge database of downloads. Its got EVERYTHING! Disadvantages: None that I can think of.
...probably the reason I enjoy CNET.com so much. It is just such a good, reliable website. I know when I download something it's not going to take hours, I will usually get an excellent product, and all for FREE! What else could anybody ask for?
Anyone who is not that experienced in navigating gigantic websites like this one need not worry. It has a very user friendly interface, and also contains an internal search engine, so you can just type what ...
stuartpeters 08.06.2001
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Advantages: Many, read my review Disadvantages: None
...Amazon is the Technology Kings Cnet.com and Zdnet.com. Cnet and zdnet now have merged and are under the single banner so starting with the Technology No 1.
Cnet.com The Cnet Networks Inc manages Cnet.com with public listing on the Nasdaq. The entire group has some list of famous sites
1. www.cnet.com
2. www.zdnet.com
3. www.tv.com 4. www.mysimon.com
Getting back to Cnet.com. Cnet is a complete technology portal with its vast resources of knowledge ... ...reviews. The best part at cnet.com is that most of these software and games are being tried and tested at the cnet.com labs are rated by the Technology wiz kids around the world.
Apart from these they have some really good services like testing bandwidths, test the speed of your website and many more. If I start writing all the features of this website, it would become too lengthy and you will really loose the essence of this website. So go ahead ...
asyis 20.04.2001
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This site was recently brought to my attention via a friend and I have been visiting it quite frequently, it’s a very good download site in my opinion. It’s got so many good sections that it’s actually quite difficult to where to start. Well, the download section isn’t bad and you will the best and most common download files available here, from firewalls, to virus detectors to software like Corel. You can download Games, ... ...This section is really something, very compact and you can download most things, from ICQ, to web browser. This section is definitely worth checking out. Well, it doesn’t stop there you can read Hardware and software reviews on the latest products, so you never have to be stuck again. The reviews are not that bad, and I have been quite impressed. The sections which you can read reviews are Hardware, Electronic, and Software. If you are interested ...
WAD1-2-3 15.05.2001
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Advantages: secure site and great downloads Disadvantages: not all the downloads are free
This is a great download site, you will find anything from the best games to fax machines for your pc. This is the only site i download from as it is a secure site and you can be content in the knowledge that what you are downloading is what you are after. They also have some great reivews and lots of info on downloads. I have never had any problems and have now got some great games which were free!. You can also download shareware and demos, with ...
kels 14.10.2000
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Advantages: large selection Disadvantages: Amercan bias
CNet is the place to go if you want the latest downloads and a vast selection of older ones. The download section is well organised into a number of main sections games, utils etc then a number of subsections. There is also an excellant search facility to help find what you are looking for. Connections to the file sites are good and download speeds are also good, usually. CNet also offers a number of free email messages on gaming, shareware etc. ...
johnt 02.09.2000
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Advantages: loads of downloads Disadvantages: none
I heard of this site about 5 months ago and i decided to go along and have a look to see if it had the download programs i wanted, and supprise supprise it did. If there is anything you want you will deffinately get it at downlaod.com , it must be the nets largest source of programs on the net and in my own opinion the best there ever will be.
Try it out for yourself , pick a sensible program you want and do a search to see if its there to download. ...
Techguy 19.08.2000
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Advantages: free, quick, easy url to remember Disadvantages: can be a bit slow sometimes
Download.Com is a very comprehensive and well put together site.
I personally find the following features to be useful when searching for that specific type of program.
Specified categories such as utility, multimedia
Efficient search engine based upon keywords entered
Choice of Licenses free, shareware, demo
Choice of OS win3x,win9x,NT
Results are displayed quickly and clearly.
Once you have selected a program to download you can read other ...
purplealert 24.07.2000
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download.com part of CNET.com, is a very good site to download softwaare and other stuff. It site is always up-to-date and very fast.
I have never experienced it down, and has some very good servers.
The range of products available to download is extraordinary, with descriptions of certain products and date of when it was added.
You can use this site to find demos of the latest games, or to find updated DAT files for your anti-virus software.
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robertliu84 03.08.2000
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Advantages: free games and educational software, choices of freeware, shareware and demos Disadvantages: Long downloads on some demos (90meg)
I can't even remember how I found this site but I'm glad I did. My use of this site is soley because of the downloads to be honest. I haven't even looked and explored the site in the way most people would I suppose.
Right where do I start?
Well, I have a 6yr old son who stays with me on a Weekend and loves to play games, from Command and Conquerer type games to Bubble Bobble Classics and because he's six his gamplay preferences changes each time ... ...something else now please dad!"
Obviously, not being a millionnaire (untill a few more opinions are written/read and rated, ha ha) buying games in this quantity is impossible for me and far too expensive.
The downloads to choose from are vast, did I say vast? sorry I meant it's like trying to find any small rock in the Grande Canyon-with someone to help you.
The choices from the old classics (God I felt old) to the modern gaming is superb. I even ...
alnbowes 02.05.2001
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Advantages: Many features Disadvantages: erm....none
CNET.com is one of the best web sites around on the internet and many people have the wrong ideas about the site. Frequent users of the internet will all be aware of this site and I am sure you have used it from time to time. The site has many other features other than downloading freeware, shareware software and in some cases, the full version of software. CNET.com is widely used because you can download about anything you really want to improve ... ...is a massive range of games of all types, web utilities, databases, networking software and many others. Most of the time I will download things off this site because I know that it will always have what I want as it is very reliable. I know for myself that many people use this site for downloads but shown here are some of the other things you can get out of the site.
Firstly, the site is good for testing the speed of your download. All you need ...
MByford 02.02.2001
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Advantages: Good site, lots of files, easy navigation Disadvantages: Finsing what you want can occasionally be difficult.
CNET-run download.com is one of the largest archive of programmes on the Internet. It contains everything from driver updates to demonstrations of commercial products. If you've ever needed a program, or a driver, you can guarantee it'll be in there somewhere. of course, there is a search facility, so you're not trawling through pages of programs, unlike a few other archives out there.
The filtering service is quite handy too, you can filter out ... ...might want a freeware program instead of a commercial demo). Another good feature is the ability to rate downloadsa that you have tried and installed, so you can either warn orhelp other people downloading the program.
I have always been happy with their service, and have spent some time downloading programmes I have found. The only problem I have found is that downloading files can occasionally be like a maze, for instance if the author wants to ...
Scribbler 21.09.2000
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Advantages: Everything you could need Disadvantages: Site is so huge it's almost overwhelming
Free downloads, shareware downloads, demos - everything from games to utilities; it's all on download.com and the various associated CNET sites (sharware.com, computers.com etc). Most programs have a choice of sites they can be downloaded from and guides to their reliability. Over the past couple of years I have downloaded hundreds of items from these sites, for both PC and Mac and most have been bug and trouble free. I've discovered lots of software ... ...small companies and individuals that rivals anything the multinationals put out. Also on offer are a great variety of free weekly newsletters, tailored to the subject(s) you're interested in. And if you're on the list they send you really useful stuff like virus warnings - it's good to have these from a geniunely reliable source - and these tend to come out long before the information has hit the newsstands ...
mrswombat 30.07.2000
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Advantages: loads of downloads Disadvantages: some demos are time limited
...The site is linked to cnet.com and is run by the same people i assume.
Downloads are fast and missing links are very rare.
If you are looking for freeware, shareware, or demos this is the place to go on the internet.
go to www.download.com and get all the software you ever dreamed of and a few which you hadn't even thought of. ...
rowemg 29.08.2000
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