Facebook is open sourcing a new compression algorithm called Zstandard that aims to replace the common technology behind the Zip file format. The most common algorithm behind the Zip file format is ...

"7z is the new archive format, providing high compression ratio. The main features of 7z format: Open architecture. High compression ratio. Strong AES-256 encryption. Ability of using any compression, ...

Google is offering us a new lossless compression tool called Zopfli. it can produce zip files that are up to 5% smaller with no negative effects on the end user. There is a catch - Zopfli is much ...

Google has released a new data compression algorithm it hopes will make the Internet faster for everyone. Dubbed Zopfli, the open-source algorithm will accelerate data transfer speeds and reduce Web ...

One of the most important lossless forms of compression is the LZW dictionary based method. It turns up in lots of compression utilities - ZIP, Compress, Deflate and in GIF and PNG format files. It is ...