File formats aren’t dull. They can even be the stuff of Mad Science! Mysterious secrets hide in file metadata. What appears to be one kind of file may suddenly stand revealed as another kind altogether. Evil Files lurk on the Internet, waiting to exert their powers of domination on your computer. Those who understand how the bits are put together can use their knowledge for good or evil.
Here you’ll find news on file formats and the software tools to manage them and tips on how to deal with them. You can look here for information about tools which I have had a part in, such as JHOVE and FITS.
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