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1StepUnzip
Easy to use shareware tool for unzipping and installing your downloaded Internet files.
7-Zip
Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked.
Archive Comparison Test
A set of benchmarks designed to show the state of the art in lossless data compression, by Jeff Gilchrist.
Automatic File Archiver by JSPayne
http://www.jspayne.com/filearchiver/
Does automatic archiving and backup of recently modified.
BitJazz Inc.
Lossless compression for photoquality images. Cross-platform. SDK. Free reader.
CAM Development - CAM UnZip
Free zip file utility, which allows you to quickly, open, create, and modify ZIP archives. In addition, CAM Unzip supports password protection, and can run an archive's Setup file automatically after it is unzipped.
CoffeeCup Free Zip Wizard
http://www.coffeecup.com/zip-wizard/
Free Zip/Unzip utility. CoffeeCup Free Zip Wizard has built-in E-mail and FTP functions, so you can Zip and send your files in one easy step.
ExpressZIP
http://www.avantrix.com/exzip.htm
ZIP and UNZIP Management complete with built-in Wizards to walk you through creating ZIP and EXE (self extracting) archives.
FilZip 2000
Free application to handle a variety of archive file formats, including .ace, .arc. arj, .cab, .gz, .lha, .jar, .rar, .tar and of course .zip. (Win 9x/NT/2000/Me)
GZIPSite Website Compression
Tool that can help you make static HTML websites run 50% faster and save 50-80% of the bandwidth.
Hifn Inc.
Designs, develops, and markets compression processors, encryption/compression processors, and software which provide alternatives for the implementation of high performance networks and tape storage devices. (Nasdaq: HIFN).
JET-Software
Software house in Germany, with compression products for mainframe, midrange and mini systems.
Maximum Compression
http://www.maximumcompression.com/
Aims to show the maximum achievable lossless data compression ratio for several filetypes (text, executable, bmp). The best 150+ programs for every filetype are shown in a table indicating compression ratio and switches/options used to achieve that compression.
QccPack
http://qccpack.sourceforge.net/
Quantization, Compression, and Coding Library. C source code freely available.
QuikCAT Technologies
Specializing in data compression software technologies for wireless transmission, Internet acceleration, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes E-mail acceleration, and PDA video conferencing, using cellular automata transforms.
RAR/WinRAR support site
A support site for RAR and WinRAR archivers.
Rarissimo
http://peccatte.karefil.com/Software/Rarissimo/RarissimoEN.htm
Companion tool for WinRAR for preserving NTFS alternate streams.
RARReg
Offers downloads, support forums and registration for RAR compression tools.
RemoteZip Zip File Manager
http://www.stonebroom.com/remzip.htm
A ZIP File Manager that runs on a Web server and has a browser based interface.
RICAZip
High performance lossless image compression applications, utilities and libraries.
ROG
German reseller of WinRAR, with information in English and German. Prices in Euros.
Smacker Video Technology
http://www.radgametools.com/smkmain.htm
A compressor for video, animation and sound data includes video compression with twice the video quality and now uses the Bink audio codec for perceptually lossless 8 to 1 compression.
SolutionSoft Systems, Inc.
E-Space, compression software for online archiving and disk space management.
Tomeraidit
Creates compressed TomeRaider files, allows unsurpassed text compression (45%-60%), plus TR files are portable between platforms of Windows, PDA (palm, pocket PC or psion)
USENET Compression FAQ
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/compression-faq/
This URL takes you to a compression FAQ that explains compression to technical people as well as describing the various programs, and what they do to users.