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The personal-computer industry is growing so fast and making so much money that you might never know one of the best things about owning a PC: how much great stuff you can get free for your computer.

Before we had always-available, fast connections to multiple servers, we had dial-up modems and bulletin board systems (BBS). And it wasn’t even that long ago. One weird little quirk about being human ...

Two years ago, Kevin Behrens of west suburban Aurora was an electrician scrabbling to make a living between layoffs. Now Behrens makes his living with a modem card plugged into his computer instead of ...