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WinZip, 7-Zip, Windows – who's the best at file compression?
Whether you need to compress a few files, or the contents of an entire folder, then Windows is ready to help. Just select what you need, right-click, choose Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder, and...
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Compression tool WinZip comes to the Mac
Mac users can now take advantage of the popular compress tool WinZip which has limited to Windows until now. Despite the name, WinZip Mac Edition can be used to work with Zip, Zipx, RAR, LHA and 7Z...
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WinZip Mac Edition 1.5 promises raft of new features
WinZip Computing, a subsidiary of Corel, has released a major new update for its Mac zip tool, WinZip Mac Edition. Version 1.5 features a number of improvements based on two key areas: zip/unzip...
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Hamster Free ZIP Archiver is a free, multi-format, lightning fast archiver...
File compression tools are funny things. For beginners, they can be confusing affairs with a bewildering number of file formats, many of which are only supported by specific programs. For more advanced...
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Compression utility WinZip wings its way to iOS
It has taken rather a long time, but the stalwart of file compression, WinZip, has finally released a version of their famous archive handling tool for iPhone and iPad. Available completely free of...
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WinZip 16.5 unleashed with better performance and new features
Stalwart of the file compression world WinZip has received a major upgrade that sees the introduction of a number of new features along with other enhancements and performance improvements. WinZip...
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Keeping it safe – Cobian Backup 11 exits beta and gets a full release
Looking for a backup tool? There is plenty of choice for even the pickiest of software connoisseurs. Aside from the irritating aspect of having to actually get a backup job set up, one thing that puts...
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Software roundup – 36 of the most exciting software downloads from the past week
This has been another action-packed week for software releases, but it is one that has be dominated by one name – Microsoft Office 2013 Consumer Preview. The latest version of Microsoft’s office suite...
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Compress images, documents, archives, executable files and more with...
Recently we took a look at PNGGauntlet, an excellent tool which could compress PNG files by up to 50% without any apparent loss of quality. If you found that program useful, but wished it had more...
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RIOT 0.5 now fully automatic, better image compression
It’s spent a lengthy two years in beta, but image compression tool RIOT 0.5 has finally been released. And it just might have been worth the wait. The major addition in this new build is Full Auto...
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AVI ReComp 1.5.6 supports custom target file sizes
It’s been almost two years since the last release, but the excellent AVI compression tool AVI ReComp has finally been updated to version 1.5.6. There’s only one significant addition in this build, but...
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Voralent’s Antelope compresses JPGs and PNGs with a click
Earlier this year we looked at Voralent’s JPGMini and PNGMini, easy-to-use tools which reduced JPG and PNG file sizes without affecting image quality. The developer has now released a replacement,...
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FileOptimizer 7.0 beta adds lossless FLAC compression
Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro has released the first public beta of his one-stop lossless compression tool, FileOptimizer 7.0. The major new feature is support for optimising FLAC files. Our first tests...
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Leanify: lossless compression for JPG, PNG, ZIP, EXE, more
Leanify is a file minifier, a lightweight tool which can cut file sizes without affecting the core content (image files are smaller but their quality remains the same, for example). We’ve discussed...
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WinZip Mac Edition 4.0 adds support for iCloud and ZipShare sharing
Corel’s WinZip subsidiary has unveiled a major new release for the Mac edition of its renowned zip archiving tool. WinZip Mac Edition 4.0 focuses on improving its sharing tools, but also implements...
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The world’s most efficient PNG file?
You probably already know that PNG is a great lossless compression format, but have you ever wondered just how efficient it can be? Developer David Fifield decided to find out, and the results are...
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