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Windows Media 9 Series reviewed
This site collects information, links, and review on Windows Media 9. Includes some detailed information on the codecs that are part of the new package.
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/wm9series.aspUnchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Could Lead to Code Execution (Q329048)
This Microsoft Security Bulletin details a bug in the code that implements compressed folders in the Windows 9X product line.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-054.aspWindows GDI Bitmap Compression
A description of the format used to implement bitmap compression under Windows.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/bitmaps_6x0u.aspMediaPipe
MediaPipe is a flexible framework to manipulate media on MacOS X. It allows you to build decoding, filtering, encoding and even streaming pipelines that correspond exactly to your needs. Additionally, if a format is not supported, or a transformation missing, it features an SDK that allows you to quickly implement the pipe you want.
http://mediapipe.sourceforge.net/Zip for Macintosh
A port of the InfoZip programs to the Macintosh.
http://haase-online.de/dirk/maczip/Entropy on the World Wide Web
Chris Hillman’s page of links to Information Theory pages, papers, etc.
http://www.math.psu.edu/gunesch/entropy.htmlEntropy-Related Software
Links to software, organized into three categories: Tutorials, Freeware, and Payware. Organized by Chris Hillman.
http://www.math.psu.edu/gunesch/Entropy/entsoftware.htmlAn Entropy Primer
An introduction to Shannon’s notion of probabilistic entropy, from the viewpoint of ergodic theory and dynamical systems theory. Includes a complete proof a reasonably general (and useful!) version of the Asymptotic Equipartition Principle (AEP). Includes figures.
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/hillman96entropy.htmlEntropy in Information and Coding Theory
Like all of Chris Hillman’s pages, a nice set of links.
http://www.math.psu.edu/gunesch/Entropy/infcode.htmlHigh School Kids Win Prizes for Compression Algorithm
A couple of high school kids from Saratoga, CA, were regional winners in the Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology competition.
http://www.svcn.com/archives/saratoganews/01.10.01/edu-0102.htmlread more from " High School Kids Win Prizes for Compression Algorithm "
HTMLZip
HTMLZip is a utility to creating compressed HTML pages. True compression algorithm reduces files to 20%-70% of original. JavaScript is used for extracting in your browser (no third-party software).
Release 1.06 appears to have gone out in October, 2002.
http://www.htmlzip.com/software.htmlUltimateZip
The folks at UltimateZip
bill their freeware program as The Archive Program for the New Millenium, and why not? It has a full set of archive types that it supports, built in disk-spanning, skins, the works. It looks pretty good.
Release 2.7.1 shipped in September, 2002.
http://www.ultimatezip.comLHZ Benchmark
A set of benchmark results that compare various versions of LHA and jLHA. (jLHA is an LHA library found on the same web site.)
http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/jLHA/LhaBenchmark.htmlLHA Library for Java
jLHA is a Java library that supports reading and writing of LHA archives. It attempts to use the same interface as the java.util.zip package. It looks like there was a burst of activity in the spring of 2002, not much activity since them.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/jLHA/LhaLibrary.htmlAutoImager
Full-featured batch image processing and conversion software. Over 70 image formats are supported, and the software provides an extensive array of image enhancement, editing, and processing operations. All processing and conversion operations have numerous options that can be optionally set for maximum control. The entire application is highly customizable. AutoImager also offers complete command-line […]
http://www.autoimager.comChilkat Zip
Chilkat Zip is an easy-to-use, royalty-free ActiveX control that empowers your applications to create/manipulate Zip archives. It can encrypt your data with the latest 256-bit AES Encryption, includes self-extracting EXE capabilities, and provides easy access to decompressed contents of individual files stored within a Zip archive. You can easily compress directly from memory buffers […]
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatZip.asp