What Is “7-Zip” ?

7-Zip - is an open source file archiver. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, but can read and write several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or with a window-based shell integration. 7-Zip began in 1999 and is actively developed by Igor Pavlov. The cross-platform version of the command line utility, p7zip, is also available.

7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions.

7-Zip won several awards, including the SourceForge.net 2007 community choice awards for “Technical Design” and for “Best Project”.

 

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EPD 150: Fan Mail Friday (06/14/2013) -Part 2 Of The 150th Special 2 Part Fan Mail Friday EPD-

Dear Remy,

Are there any plans on maybe doubling up on your reviews ? As you have for as long as I have been reading your blog. Only post 1 at a time or 1 per day.

Sent In By “Double Double“

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Are there any plans on maybe doubling up on your reviews ?

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Remy’s Reply: No, But I would be more then happy to do dozens of reviews a day. But it is all about time and man power. I don’t have much of either as of late. Don’t get me wrong. I love doing reviews. But I want to do it right and not skimp on a review. Just to get more reviews up a day or a week. Each review takes time and effort on our part to test and put each program or product though their paces. I firmly believe in the saying “Quality over quantity.”

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Matt’s Reply: Multiple reviews a day eh? It could be something that we could talk about as a team, but because of the limited resources, time and manpower issues we have, it’s just not practical for a site like us. Another reason why we only have one review a day is that we want to put all of the best writing efforts into each review, so that it’s of appropriate quality and quantity to merit our high standards.

There is also another reason why we don’t publish more than one review a day. That is because we don’t want our reviews to compete with each other. We want them to be independent of each other, and having more than one a day could draw more attention away from say a big product review for something much smaller. It’s all about maintaining our high quality standards.

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EPD 150: Fan Mail Friday (06/14/2013) -Part 1 Of The 150th Special 2 Part Fan Mail Friday EPD-

Dear Matt,

I have always wondered the story behind how you came to be with (CSW) ? And how you and Remy first met ? Was it under the (CSW) banner or was it some where else ?

Sent In By “(CSW) His Story“

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I have always wondered the story behind how you came to be with (CSW) ?

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Matt’s Reply: Well the story of my inclusion with (CSW) goes back to 2008 after we both split off from working somewhere else. I won’t mention the particular site for personal reasons, but at the same time ,I was working a full time job, as well as contributing to that other site, working on Hybrid Games, and then I joined the (CSW) team. It was easy work at first, as I didn’t have many responsibilities or authority, but over those five years, I have worked my way up to the Managing Editor position, which has seen me overseeing practically everything that happens here on a daily basis.

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And how you and Remy first met ? Was it under the (CSW) banner or was it some where else ?

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Matt’s Reply: I actually met Remy around the same time, back in 2008 when he joined that other site I was working on, but over time, we both become alienated from them, which again I won’t go into, as it’ll just bore you all. After we both left that site, we built up a friendship and mutual trust with each other, which has continued to this day, and allowed us both to work on both (CSW) and Hybrid Games.

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EPD 149: Fan Mail Friday (06/07/2013)

Dear Remy,

Will we be seeing any fully flushed out reviews for more recent version of AVG Anti-Virus 2013 ?

Sent In By “Aunt-E-Virus“

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Will we be seeing any fully flushed out reviews for more recent version of AVG Anti-Virus 2013 ?

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Remy’s Reply: Yes, in fact you will see both the freeware version and paidware version or Internet Security version reviews up next week. I can even share that AVG Free Anti-Virus 2013 will be up on June 12,2013 and that AVG Internet Security 2013. Will be up the following day on June 13th, 2013.

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What Is “WinZip” ?

WinZip - is a proprietary file archiver and compressor for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing). By default, WinZip creates archives in Zip file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats.

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EPD 148: Fan Mail Friday (05/31/2013)

Dear (CSW) Team,

I have been reading a lot of your features lately and I started to wonder 2 things.

1. Who chooses what Fan Mail Friday question will go up ?

2. How did Fan Mail Friday come about. In the first place ?

Sent In By “Fan Boy Friday“

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Who chooses what Fan Mail Friday question will go up ?

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Remy’s Reply: There really is no one person who decides. But we do try to keep certain themes if we can. when choosing a question. So really anyone on the team can choose one to go up. But lately it has been myself or Erin.

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Danny’s Reply: I have in the past. But mostly Remy.

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Erin’s Reply: It really depends on who gets there first. Out of the admins. we do discuss it a lot amongst ourselves as we don’t want a pointless question nor do we want to repeat a question. Or allow one person to keep submitting questions and then getting them put up.

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Matt’s Reply: It’s usually a group decision between each of us, and all of us, but all of the questions go to Remy first, so he sees them and then discuses them with each team member depending on their skill sets and areas of expertise. Then that person (or sometimes all of us, like this episode) replies to that Fan Mail Friday.

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How did Fan Mail Friday come about. In the first place ?

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Remy’s Reply: It really came about by accident. We were getting a lot of the same questions over and over again. And we were replying to them. Then we sort of decided why instead of a personal reply we did a public reply. So that everybody got their questions answered.

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Danny’s Reply: For me it started as sort of an inside joke between Remy and me. But then one day we actually got a fan of (CSW) e-mail us asking us a very flattering questions. So then we were like why don’t we do this weekly feature called Fan Mail Friday. then about a week or 2 went by and we had a truck load of questions asking to be posted on our weekly Fan Mail Friday’s feature. I know I did not expect that at all. I figured 1 or 2 questions max. But it turned out to be really popular so we carry on to this very day.

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Erin’s Reply: For me it is sort of a ancient myth as you well know. I am rather  new to the (CSW) team. Well the newest member of the full time staff. I was also at first shocked by the sheer volume of legit questions ppl were asking us. And they were even asking to be part of our FMF feature. So it was very pleasant to see we had fans some of which seemed very hard core. I know I am always very flattered to be asked a personal question or be asked by name or title. Probably my funniest FMF moment was when Kirbe got his first FMF question and he was so flattered and surprised. Anyways you had to be there at the meeting afterwards. to see the look on his face.

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Matt’s Reply: For me, Fan Mail Friday is something that I’ve generally tried to avoid at first, as most people don’t really want to know my personal opinion, but in the last few months, I’ve been sort of grabbed in to it, and now I’m involved nearly every week. This means that it’s become something I’ve rather enjoyed doing, and am excited and pleased to be a part of. It’s also very nice when certain questions are addressed to me personally and someone is seeking my professional and personal option. Now we try to answer as many questions as possible every week.

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What Is A “Tablet or Tablet Computer” ?

A Tablet or Tablet Computer - is a one-piece mobile computer. Devices typically offer a touchscreen, with finger (or stylus) gestures acting as the primary means of control, though often supplemented by the use of one or more physical context sensitive buttons or the input from one or more accelerometers; an on-screen, hide able virtual keyboard is generally offered as the principal means of data input. Available in a variety of sizes, tablets customarily offer a screen diagonal greater than 7 inches (18 cm), differentiating themselves through size from functionally similar smart phones or personal digital assistants.

Though generally self-contained a tablet computer may be connected to a physical keyboard (or other input device), and a number of Hybrids that offer a detachable keyboard have been marketed since the mid-1990s, as have a number of convertible touchscreen notebook computers that offer an integrated keyboard that can be hidden by a swivel joint or slide joint, exposing only the screen for touch operation. Tablets have also appeared in a fold-able Booklet format that offer the user dual-touchscreens, and can be used as a notebook by displaying a virtual keyboard on one of the displays.

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EPD 147: Fan Mail Friday (05/24/2013)

Dear (CSW) Scam Watch Team,

What would you consider to be the safest free mail account service ? And for what reasons did you decide to pick that free mail service ? The reason I ask is that I want a professional e-mail account along with less spam , junk mail and the constant barrage of phishing attacks. That I get with my current Hotmail / Outlook account.

Sent In By “Brenda H.“

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Remy’s Reply: I would easily consider Gmail as the safest of the free mail account services. But it all depends on what you use it for. I also wanted to add this extra point even though you did not ask about it in your question. The best and safest type of e-mail account is a private secure server based e-mail accounts. Like the ones you get when you buy or rent a domain name. Such as the accounts we got with Hybrid Games.

Matt’s Reply: When it comes to free mail services, then I would say that the safest is Gmail, as Microsoft recently changed Hotmail over to the new Outlook service, and it’s no longer as safe and secure as it used to be. The best way to keep your email account safe and secure with whichever account service you go with is to keep it as secret as possible.

But if you want the ultimate secure email accounts, then the best option is to create your own when you buy or rent a domain URL, like the ones I use for Hybrid Games, as I have complete control over the service, unlike handing certain controls over to Microsoft or Google.

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Remy’s Reply: The main reason I choose Gmail is because they has vastly superior Junk mail and Scam mail detection filters. But to be honest I have only been using Gmail for about 4 or 5 months now. And that was only because I needed one to register my Android devices. And yes I’m aware you don’t need to use a Gmail account. (It is just the easier less complicated way of doing it.)

Matt’s Reply: The main reason I choose Hotmail, was because as that time, Gmail wasn’t yet available, and Hotmail (now Outlook) was the biggest was commercially available service in the world. Nowadays though, all of my emails go to my Hybrid Games email accounts, which I can access on my PC, iOS device, Laptop, and even through my Vita. (Private email accounts will always be better than free email services, as you get complete control of the service.)

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What Is An “E-book reader” ?

E-book reader also called an e-book device or e-reader - is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals.

Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-book reader, but specialised e-book reader designs may optimise portability, readability (especially in sunlight), and battery life for this purpose. A single e-book reader is capable of holding the digital equivalent of hundreds of printed texts with no added bulk or measurable mass.

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EPD 146: Fan Mail Friday (05/17/2013)

Dear (CSW) Editorial Team,

First off, I have to say I am loving your guys new feature “The Computer Savvy Perspective“. But I’m guessing your aim is to present a uniform front when it comes to one particular topic across a handful of people. So how does that work ? What’s your guys method to your (CSW’s) editorial feature madness ? Because last time I checked you have quite a few editors in your so called virtual stables (Talents) !

Sent In By “Ur Editorial Team Has Me Inspired“

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Remy’s Reply: Well we are doing our best to as you said it “Present uniform front when it comes to one particular topic across a handful of people.” The way it works is with a lot of group meetings over Skype and such. We all are keenly aware of certain topics that cross our entire team. So we start with that.

We are also always on the hunt for new trends and themes. That are brought to our attention by our readership or even with in our own team. Then 1 of us just brings it up and we all express our view of said topic and in rare cases we vote.

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Matt’s Reply: Yes, that’s quite right. We do try our best to present as much of a unified front when we can on this feature, as it’s important to the future of (CSW). So to prepare for it all, we usually Skype throughout the week, and co-ordinate our plans and objectives, before we go forward with a unified idea for each month.

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Remy’s Reply: There really is nothing I would call “(CSW’s) editorial feature madness.” We are very cohesive and anyone can say anything they wish to at anytime. So we are not having death matches or even shouting matches during our Skype or e-mail chats. We respect each others views and that is pretty much how all our features work.

The only difference would be dedicated features like William’s Terms & Definitions feature. But even then most of the team are aware of the content sometimes weeks before it goes live. So if we did indeed had an issues with it. It would come up days or weeks before the feature goes up and goes live to our readership.

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Matt’s Reply:All of our features work through discussion and co-ordination, but there are never heated throwbacks to each other, or shouting as it would get it nowhere. Everyone has their own opinions, and theories for a topic, and we respect that and listen to every bodies ideas before deciding which topic we’re going to cover, and this is all usually decided at leats four weeks before anything is launched on the site for you to read.

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