What’s inside a PNG file? Graphics, sure. But how is that graphic encoded? [Evan Hahn] shows you what goes into a single black pixel inside a 67-byte file. Why so many bytes? Well, that is exactly ...

Sometimes, it can take a long time to transfer a large file to our friends, colleagues, or boss. One effective method is to try and split the original file into several small parts and then send it as ...

So I have a program in Python for use on a Linux machine that's dealing with binary data flowing through what may be a Linux FIFO.<BR><BR>I'm using Avinash Kak's BitVector to modify the data as it ...

One of the questions I’m frequently asked as a Mac writer—and a question we see quite often in the Macworld forums —is, “My hard drive is getting full; how can I see which files are taking up all that ...

I've had offsite backups running for a week now. Of course the backup does not bother with files of 0 bytes, which generates a warning.<BR><BR>My question is what are these 0 byte sized LCK files, and ...