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Short Take: WinZip posts beta for easy Net downloads

WinZip has posted a beta version of WinZip 6.3 that lets users download and open Zip files from the Internet without exiting Internet Explorer or Navigator. Before, users had to "Save to disk" and then switch to either WinZip or the Windows Explorer or File Manager to open the downloaded file. The final release of the $29 utility is scheduled for late in the second quarter.

Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor
Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an editor at large at CNET News and a contributing reporter to The New York Times' Bits and Technology sections. His interest in things small began when living in Tokyo in a very small apartment for a very long time.
Brooke Crothers
has posted a beta version of WinZip 6.3 that lets users download and open Zip files from the Internet without exiting Internet Explorer or Navigator. Before, users had to "Save to disk" and then switch to either WinZip or the Windows Explorer or File Manager to open the downloaded file. The final release of the $29 utility is scheduled for late in the second quarter.