We all use archive file formats like .zip, .rar in order to employ lossless data compression. In a single archive file, we can add several files and folders and considerably reduce the combined size ...

...and it's probably got a really simple answer that eludes me.<BR><BR>Using 7-Zip, I can encrypt a file (say a Word file) so that I have to give a password in order to read it or edit it. <BR><BR>I ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

A good compression utility shrinks big files down to size making them manageable enough to send efficiently over the Web or copied quickly to any storage medium. 7-Zip comes with its own graphical ...

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 ...