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WinZip Computing WinZip 11 (standard)
(Reviews) The most famous of compression utilities boasts some new tricks but forces you to pay extra for certain advanced features.
RARLab WinRAR 3.61
(Reviews) WinRAR is a powerful archive-creation utility that remains the only way to create .rar files.
Smith Micro Software StuffIt Standard 9.5
(Reviews) Speedy compression app made popular on the Mac offers Windows users some solid advanced features.
M.Dev Software ZipGenius 6 Standard Edition
(Reviews) Despite a few bugs, this free app competes well against its commercial competition.
ConeXware PowerArchiver 2006 (version 9.63)
(Reviews) Our Best Buy, this feature-packed compression utility provides solid compression and encryption options.
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Compression Apps Do More Than Shrink Files
(Reviews) Compression Apps Do More Than Shrink Files
WinZip, PKWare Call Truce in Format War
(news) Rival tactics for encryption threatened to splinter widely-used compression format.
.Zip File Format Splinters
(news) Top compression utilities may not read each other's files.
The .zip Standard Splinters
(news) PKWare, WinZip format changes jeopardize compatibility.
Updated WinZip Alters Zip Format
(news) Enhanced compression, new encryption incompatible with standard.
Original Zip Program Revamped
(news) PKWare improves encryption, e-mail support in PKZip 6 for Windows.
Image-Shrinking Tool Hits New Lows
(news) Image-compression technology in MyPhotoZip is impressive, but not a panacea or a standard.
PKZip Gets New Outlook on E-Mail Compression
(news) PKWare's popular tool now integrates with Microsoft Outlook, offering one-click access to its features.
New Compression Software: Zip It Good
(reviews) PentaWare's PentaZip 5.1 and Aladdin Systems' Stuffit Deluxe 7.5 let you preview zipped files before opening them.
PentaZip Goes Multilingual in Update
(news) Version 5.1 of compression utility expands language support, beefs up scripts and viewer options.
More Zip for Your Files
(reviews) Enhancements in new WinZip 8.1 and PKZip 4.5 make compressing your files even simpler.
Headache Saver
(howto) Let WinZip walk you through installing screen savers and desktop themes.
Doctor WinZip
(howto) Let WinZip 8.0 scan files for viruses before you open them.
Don't E-Mail, Send Zip-Mail
(howto) Use WinZip 8.0 to compress and send a file to someone.
Reach for StuffIt at Crunch Time
(reviews) Aladdin's venerable StuffIt file compression software for the Mac is finally available for Windows.

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