Despite this modern age of 100-plus gigabyte hard drives and speedy Internet connections, file compression utilities still maintain a useful place. And among such utilities, PowerArchiver is an ...

As the name implies, anything that's compressed is SMALLER than it was originally. In the kitchen, some of us still use compacters that compress our garbage so we can cram more of it into the same ...

In the last two columns (Part 1, Part 2), we contrasted a number of compression tools that you might use to free up disk space on your systems. In comparing compression utilities, the most important ...

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 ...

Compression, as the name implies, squeezes or “compresses” the size of a file or data set. Compression techniques are used for voice, video, audio, text, and program data in hundreds of different ...

It’s essential to have the right tool to optimize your Windows 11 PC. One previous CLI, now a traditional app that does the job, is Winhance. You can choose apps and features from a single interface, ...

Last week, we examined a variety of compress utilities and considered some of the criteria with which you might rank their effectiveness in your environment — criteria such as the compression ratio ...

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 ...