Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and ...

I'm not naive enough to think I can truly get something for nothing. But I did hope that Qtrax — a recently launched service offering free, legal song downloads — would come close without costing me ...

A distributor of Internet file-swapping software abruptly postponed the launch of its free online music service until it can finalize music licensing deals - a detail the company omitted when it threw ...

Last January all four of the major recording companies denied the start-up's assertion that it had cut deals with them. But now Qtrax is starting to gather momentum. Greg Sandoval covers media and ...

LOS ANGELES — A revamped online file-sharing service aims to woo legions of music fans by offering unlimited, free song downloads that are compatible with iPods, and all with the blessing of major ...