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

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 ...

Aaron Greenbaum has a B.S.E in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in rehabilitation technology. However, in school, he enjoyed writing about technology more than designing it. So in 2016, he became a ...

7-Zip version 26.02 was released on June 25 to fix a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute malicious code by convincing users to open specially crafted compressed ...

An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time. Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip ...

Version 25.00 of the widely used compression tool 7-Zip was released at the weekend. It speeds up some compression algorithms – and also closes security gaps. In the development history on the 7-Zip ...

You can compress and decompress .zip format archive files using Windows’ own built-in capabilities, but that’s limited. Or you can use a commercial program like ...

Researchers have discovered that 7-Zip harbours a number of severe security flaws which has left developers which implement the software rushing to fix holes in their own products. 7-Zip is an ...

In a nutshell: The 7-Zip file archiver is a popular open-source alternative to paid programs like WinZip and WinRAR. Widely used by both organizations and individuals, it has also become a frequent ...