January 29, 2013
The new WinZip version brought in full-integration with cloud services like Dropbox, SkyDrive, and Google Drive and social linkage with Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. There was just one major player missing from the roster of major cloud services. Now in a little update, Box is added to the lineup of supported services.
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January 14, 2013
It’s more than two decades since the first version of WinZip was released. From support for self-extracting archive files to AES-grade encryption, WinZip has gone through the cycle of changes. If you are using some other file compression alternative, download the WinZip trial. Even the trial version has enough features to keep you interested. But if you're interested in winning one of the 25 WinZip 17 Pro licenses for Windows that we have to give away this week valued at $1250, then read on!
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December 13, 2012
Quickly extract practically any compressed file on the planet. If you're a Mac user, and Apple's default unzip tool is struggling to open an archived file, it's time to install the ultimate tool for the job: The Unarchiver. With support for seemingly every compression format known to man – and a couple not yet discovered – there aren't many files it can't open.
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October 11, 2012
We've all heard of file compression. Anyone who regularly downloads files from the web is familiar with formats like ZIP and RAR, and anyone who edits media files knows that compression is necessary to share images, music and videos on the web without using up all of your bandwidth. File compression is at the core of how the web works, you might argue, because it allows us to share files that would otherwise take too long to transfer. But how does it work?
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August 17, 2012
Though it's a little difficult to gauge just how many webmasters browse MakeUseOf, any one that you talk to will let you know that image optimization and sparing every bit of bandwidth possible is a key to running a successful and affordable website. The PNG is the FLAC of the world of images. We all love PNGs. They are a lossless replacement to the patent-locked GIF and make transparency look beautiful.
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August 6, 2012
Under Windows, you can compress your data with the file system itself (which can be recognized by the blue file name), but under Linux, ext4 - the default file system for almost all distributions - is not capable of file compression. Don't worry though, there's plenty of other ways you can compress your files under Linux - quickly and easily.
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June 27, 2012
As a blogger and a normal guy who is running out of space on his hard drive, I am always on the lookout for a good image compression program. Thanks to the plethora of image editing apps available on the web, I am spoilt for choice. What I am looking for are fast, clean (i.e. uncluttered), and efficient image optimizers that are dead simple to use. I have found three so far.
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March 3, 2012
One of the most popular programs for compressing and decompressing files is WinZip. WinZip recently launched an iOs application that is designed to make viewing the contents of a compressed file so much easier. If you have been looking for a way to view the contents of compressed files while on the go, the WinZip application will be perfect for you.
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October 13, 2011
RAR files are smaller, easier to split and easier to recover than ZIP files. These three features mean RAR files are better than ZIP, even though ZIP files are far more common. If you use the Internet often then, in all likelihood, you've more than once downloaded a ZIP file. A ZIP is basically a compressed folder you can download as a single file.
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June 22, 2011
MP3 is a digital audio encoding format, in which audio files are compressed to reduce the amount of data, without losing sound quality in the ears of most listeners. mp3DirectCut is a freeware audio editor and recorder that can work with compressed MP3 files. It allows you to cut, copy, and paste audio bits or change the volume without decompressing the audio file.
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April 18, 2011
Lately, I’ve been trying to scan my class notes and handouts, and transfer some e-textbooks so I can view them on my Kindle to save myself carrying too much in my backpack. This is something that Calibre could help convert easily to ebook reader-friendly formats, but the resulting PDF files are often huge, have several [...]
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December 29, 2010
Unlike Windows, installing software in Linux has the potential to be slightly more complicated. Unless your chosen software is already in package form or resides in a repository and can be installed with a simple line of text, the chances are you’re going to need to compile and install from a .TAR.GZ or .TAR.BZ2 file. [...]
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December 16, 2010
Open almost any archive file, quickly, from a familiar interface. That’s the promise of PeaZip, an open source file extraction program for Windows and Linux, and it delivers. You might think there’s no free extraction program out there that can match 7zip, a great program for unzipping uncommon archive formats. PeaZip does. It supports extraction [...]
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May 19, 2010
Archive software that compresses and password protects a bunch of files with just a right click can be called uncomplicated. BCArchive deserves that virtue. Its speedy no hassle way to password protect a compressed file is appealing. We have started off with speed. But it also has very powerful encryption algorithms which make it iron [...]
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March 25, 2010
I still remember the days when 3.5″ floppy drives ruled the world. I used to bring two boxes of those 1.44MB drives to transfer files from the office to my home computer. Kids these days might not be able to imagine living with portable drives without the letters “GB” behind it. How could they? Even [...]
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