The time for keeping your intellectual property in proprietary file formats is over, says Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Scott McNealy. In a perfect world, you’d be able to open any e-mail attachment, read ...

Changing file formats in Windows 11 can be done via File Explorer for quick swaps. Command Prompt offers a trickier method to alter file extensions, but it must be done carefully. Compatible apps like ...

The benefits of open file formats are many, not least being the assurance of accessing archived data created using applications that no longer exist as well as being able to open documents created by ...

Dutch not-for-profit venture capitalist NLnet Foundation has called on Microsoft to release its older file formats into the public domain to enable businesses, open source-developers and the standards ...

When you see the Photos can’t open this file because the format is unsupported or the file is corrupted, you can fix it in the following ways. Make sure the file format is supported Check if the file ...

Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything positive. It just makes the file open in the wrong programs that can’t decode what’s inside. However, [PortalRunner] has ...