A program that displays every character in a file in hexadecimal notation. Also called a "binary editor," hex editors are used extensively in program development to view the actual content of a file, ...

Let’s say you use an SD card-base portable audio recorder for work – doing an interview, perhaps. Things go well until one day, you turn the recorder off before stopping the recording. Without ...

Editing a firmware file in a hexadecimal, or hex, editor can allow you to modify a device's behavior. For example, you can change the speed of manufacturing equipment or enable hidden features on a ...

Last year I had occasion to use a Hex editor for getting at the insides of a binary and the only one I could find for the Mac was the PPC-only HexEdit. So I was pleased today to discover 0xED, a free ...

HxD is a freeware editor supporting disk, memory, and file hex editing, as well as a secure file deletion tool (called a “file shredder” by HxD). HxD’s webpage states the app works on every Windows OS ...

When you lose data on a hard drive, a sector editor allows you to view data almost everywhere on the drive. Here’s how you can use WinHex to recover data anywhere on a hard drive. Felix The Cat had a ...

I wanted to know how to get a system file, uxtheme.dll, to cut loose and allow for unsigned Windows XP themes (so I can install the Zune Final theme*).<BR><BR>I found ...

I've been using Hex Fiend, and while pretty good and FOSS, it still lacks in some of the above (especially in UI). Looked at Synalyze It! and while it looks pretty much perfect with some nifty syntax ...