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 ...

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My ZIP files are still boring but at least the app opening them isn’t.

Developer Igor Pavlov has released a new version of 7-Zip, his long-standing and hugely popular file archiving tool. The 25th edition of the software introduces improvements in compression speed and ...

TC4Shell is the perfect tool for opening an enormous range of archive types such as ZIP, RAR and 7Z, directly in Windows Explorer. TC4Shell is a file archiver which makes things as simple as possible, ...

WinZip and WinRAR are great, but if you'd rather hang on to your $30, check out these free alternatives. Credit: Clare Black/CC BY 2.0 Cloud drive services like Google Drive and OneDrive are handy and ...

When you open a ZIP file on your Windows PC, what happens? Does an app like WinRAR or 7-Zip pop up and show you the contents of that archive? What if I told you that you're using the wrong app to open ...

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...

A new, extensive review of 15 archive applications was posted this week at DonationCoder.com, and of course, I take full responsibility for it; just one guy spending a month doing some real-world ...

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. When you download documents and ...