Download.com is an Internet download directory website, launched in 1996 as a part of CNET. Originally, the domain was download.com.com and is now download.cnet.com. The domain download.com attracted at least 113 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.
Download.cnet.com offers content in four major categories: software (including Windows, Mac and mobile), music, games, and videos, offered for download via FTP from Down...
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