In this economically uncertain time, you can't beat free! These top-notch app picks across eight key categories will make you more productive, more creative, and more secure on your PC.

Free software is a great theory until a complex document breaks, layouts change unexpectedly, or syncing stops lining up.

The popularity of open-source software continues to grow because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

TechRepublic covers the full range of open source software with reviews, tutorials, and advice for how to get it and integrate it into your environment.