There are two categories of data compression. The first reduces the size of a single file to save storage space and transmit faster. The second is for storage and transmission convenience. The JPEG ...

The makers of the Opera web browser have been offering optional data compression for almost a decade. Enable compression and Opera will use remote servers to shrink the file size of images and other ...

A US start-up company has attracted widespread attention by claiming to have developed a revolutionary new method for compressing data, but experts are sceptical. ZeoSync says its compression ...

Is your addiction to apps on your mobile phone or iPad driving your data usage right through the miserly caps of AT&T and Verizon? Well, now there is an app for that. Onavo, an iPhone and iPad ...

The Opera Max data management app has long been used by those who find their data allowances run out before the end of each billing cycle. The data-compressing proxy for Android can supposedly reduce ...

Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library. Because Zopfli is compatible ...

I read with enthusiasm Todd Sundsted’s “Zip Your Data and Improve the Performance of Your Network-Based Applications,” (JavaWorld, November 1998) but I was a little disappointed. When I read the title ...