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This article was written on March 26, 2010 by CyberNet.

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I always find myself amazed anytime I see someone that is still using WinZip. There are so many free utilities out there to choose from, and yet they still choose the one app that either requires you to pay or you have to wait minutes for a nag screen to disappear. 7-Zip is the one I normally recommend since it’s also a veteran with over 10-years under its belt, but I’m also rather fond of PeaZip.

I recently came across ZipGenius that I’d say is also one of the better alternatives. One of the things I really like about it is that it includes a tabbed interface for browsing the contents of compressed files. Generally speaking the file navigator is nicer than some of the other utilities out there, but I normally spend most of my time in the Explorer context menu (also pictured above). In that respect I like that it has icons associated with each menu item which is something 7-Zip doesn’t do, but aside from that the entries are all standard.

ZipGenius supports all of the popular formats including ZIP, JAR, XPI, TAR, TAR.GZ, RAR (extract only), 7Z, CAB, and ISO (extract only). It can also encrypt your archives using Blowfish, Twofish, AES-256 (Rijndael), or CZIP 2.

Now I’m sure you’re wondering whether this beats out the other free utilities like 7-Zip? Well, at this point I’d say it’s on par with them. There isn’t really anything that makes me jump out of my seat, but the developer is regularly updating ZipGenius so I know it will continue to get better. It’s one I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on.

Note: When I went into the options there was a lot of missing text. I quickly noticed the reason was that there was no default language selected. To correct this navigate to the layout icon (there will be no text underneath the icon), and from the drop down select English:

ZipGenius Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

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We’re still trying to rub the disbelief out of our eyes, but no, this isn’t a dream. The Cybertecture Mirror may look like yet another vapor-rich concept — what with its translucent overlaid interface and cloud-connected ways — but it’s actually just had its launch in Hong Kong, is set to start taking pre-orders in December, and will (hopefully) be shipped by the middle of next year. The brainchild of one James Law, this reflective renegade measures 800 x 500 x 50mm, comes with stereo speakers totalling 10W of power output, WiFi, IP41 waterproofing, and fog-resistant glass. Before you ask if it runs Android, both the display and operating system are said to be proprietary, with the latter offering access to messaging, weather, calendar, and apps, such as an included fitness-tracking utility. Wen Wei Po reports a 60,000 HKD ($7,733) launch price and a very ambitious expectation that two million Mirrors will be sold over the first three years. Best of luck to them. You’ll find masses of video after the break.

[Thanks, Brendan]

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More fuel for the CDMA iPhone fire today. The Wall Street Journal says that Apple is in talks with both Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices to bring a CDMA version of its iPhone — the one it again says will be on sale at Verizon early next year — to India. The discussions have apparently been ongoing for four or five months according to one WSJ source.

This comes out as news of iPhone exclusivity arrangements are ending in both Germany and The Netherlands. In Germany, Deutsche Telekom loses its exclusive now that both O2 and Vodafone will be offering Apple’s finest before the holidays. In Holland, T-Mobile just lost its exclusive arrangement as both KPN and Vodafone have announced plans to carry the iPhone — no specific dates were mentioned though, like Germany, in time for the holidays is a pretty good guess.

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Politicians do love themselves a sharp and emotive turn of phrase, of which few are as good as “bill shock.” That’s the term the FCC has used to sum up all those instances when you’ve had unexpected surcharges on your monthly wireless bill, caused by unknowingly going outside the bounds of your geographical coverage or monthly allowance. Seeing this issue as something it could help alleviate, the Commission set up a Consumer Task Force back in May in an effort to seek out solutions, and now it has returned with perhaps the most obvious one: getting your network operator to shoot out a voice or text message warning you when you’re about to incur costs outside of your normal plan. That’s basically what AT&T already does with iPad owners approaching their monthly data limits, which the federales see as a good practice that should be extended across all carriers. We can see no good reason why it shouldn’t.

FCC set to approve rules compelling carriers to alert you when you’re about to go over your limit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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