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Stories · 3

  1. Breakthrough In JPEG Compression

    Hardware · Storage · · posted by timothy · from the like-free-flash-memory dept. · 648 comments
    Kris_J writes "The makers of the (classic) compression package Stuffit have written a program that can compress JPGs by roughly 30%. This isn't the raw image to JPG compression, this is lossless compression applied to the JPG file. Typical compression rates for JPGs are 2% to -1%. If you read the whitepaper (PDF), they are even proposing a new image format; StuffIt Image Format (SIF). Now I just need someone to write a SIF compressor for my old Kodak DC260."

  2. Breakthrough In JPEG Compression

    Hardware · Storage · · posted by timothy · from the like-free-flash-memory dept. · 648 comments
    Kris_J writes "The makers of the (classic) compression package Stuffit have written a program that can compress JPGs by roughly 30%. This isn't the raw image to JPG compression, this is lossless compression applied to the JPG file. Typical compression rates for JPGs are 2% to -1%. If you read the whitepaper (PDF), they are even proposing a new image format; StuffIt Image Format (SIF). Now I just need someone to write a SIF compressor for my old Kodak DC260."

  3. StuffIt 6.5.x and Earlier Allows Buffer Overflow

    Apple · Security · · posted by pudge · from the security-good-overflow-bad dept. · 62 comments
    A user writes in that Aladdin Systems has announced that StuffIt, versions 6.5.x and earlier for Mac OS and Mac OS X, "may contain a flaw that would cause expanding certain maliciously crafted .zip archives to execute unwanted instructions or code." Aladdin notes that no such "trojan horses" have been reported. StuffIt Expander 7.0 is, as with previous versions, free to download and use.