When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb–much like we “Google” things on the Internet, we “zip” files before sending them over email. But ...

If you’ve ever sent, or received, a big file via email, you’ve undoubtably encountered a zip file. Double-click one of these and it expands to show files hidden inside. A zip file, or archive, takes ...

Windows has a number of good file archiving and unarchiving utilities, and which one you use generally depends on what you'll be using it for. For most users, we recommend the simple, fast, and ...

If you want to squeeze the greatest amount of data onto your hard drive, compression is the way to go — and the ZIP format has long been a trusted method that nearly any Windows user can invoke.

Back when Windows Vista was but a twinkle in Bill Gates’s eye, Microsoft had some extremely ambitious plans to rid computer users of an outmoded concept called “files.” But alas, WinFS (as the company ...

WinZip, makers of the file compression utility first launched in the early 90’s that still sees north of 30 million downloads per year, is today making a shift to the cloud. The company is launching ...

PicoZip is an award winning file compression utility for Microsoft Windows users. Its intuitive user interface is extremely easy to use, while its wide ranging support for most file compression ...

New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats. For more than a decade, Zip has been the most common ...

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Apimac has released Compress Files 2.0, an update to their file compression utility for Mac OS X. Compress Files costs $9.95 for a single-user license. Compress Files is used to archive, compress, ...

If you want to squeeze the greatest amount of data onto your hard drive, compression is the way to go — and the ZIP format has long been a trusted method that nearly any Windows user can invoke.