A year ago, the only people who knew the name Shawn Fanning were his friends, family, and college professors. This year, he's been written about in magazines, appeared on television, and can be recognized by his nickname, "Napster." Fanning created a program that allows users to download software t...

First of all how does Napster work? Napster is a software program created by 19 year old Shawn Fanning, through which users can swap songs over the Internet. Computer users visit Napster.com and download the free Napster program. Once the software is installed on the user's hard drive, the use...

First of all how does Napster work? Napster is a software program created by 19 year old Shawn Fanning, through which users can swap songs over the Internet. Computer users visit Napster.com and download the free Napster program. Once the software is installed on the user's hard drive, the user...

Like the old saying goes, "The best things in life are free." digital media is no exception. Digital media has lately been getting attention due to the legal accusations on a certain type of digital media, MP3s. MP3 stands for Mpeg (a common file compression format) audio layer 3 (which means i...