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• Thumb Drive: A portable version of cross platform instant ...

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Linux, Mac, Portable Applications, Thumb Drive, Windows

  A portable version of cross platform instant messaging app Pidgin is ready to join the rest of the portable apps on your jump drive.

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• Beta Beat: The newest beta build of CCleaner (the "C" ...

  Published: August 16, 2007, 8:45 pm

  Tags: Beta Beat, Hard Drives, Portable Applications, Windows

  The newest beta build of CCleaner (the "C" is for Crap) has been rebuilt, sped up, and made thumb drive portable so you can clean crap off anyone's computer from your USB stick. [via CyberNet]

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• Hack Attack: Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers

  Published: August 28, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Feature, Hack Attack, How To, On The Go, Portable Applications, Productivity, Top, Workspaces

  thumb drive, like web site PortableApps. A few of my favorite portable applications are: Internet: Firefox PortableEmail: Thunderbird PortableText Editing: Notepad PortableFTP: FileZilla PortableChat: Pidgin Portable If you don't feel like picking and choosing portable apps and you've got at least 105MB free on your portable drive, you can

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• Geek To Live: Taking Puppy Linux for a Walk

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Boot Cd, Feature, Geek To Live, Linux, Live Cd, Portable, Portable Applications, Puppy Linux, Screenshot Tour, Top, Travel, Usb Drive

  an external drive with the applications and settings of your choice has never been easier after this week's release of Puppy Linux 3.0. Like Damn Small Linux, Puppy is small enough to fit on a USB thumb drive, and like Knoppix , you can boot it from CD. Puppy can also add your favorite open source applications to the desktop and save multiple

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• Take Vim with You with GVim Portable [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: October 30, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Downloads, Featured Windows Download, Portable Applications, Text Editor, Vim, Windows

  use? Grab a copy of GVim Portable, a self-contained, thumb drive-friendly version of the GVim (GUI Vi Improved) text editor, which includes with a configurable .vimrc and GVimPortable.ini that customizes and contains all your preferred settings. Reader Mike sent in a screengrab of his GVim Portable setup sportin' a bitstream font (pictured

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• Get It Done on the Go with Floppy Office [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: November 15, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Email, Featured Windows Download, Office, Portable Applications, Spreadsheets, Thumb Drives, Word Processors

  packages like the Portable Apps Suite are great for taking your full-featured programs wherever you go, but those with smaller drives or working on slower computers might feel overwhelmed. Enter Floppy Office, a package smaller than 2 MB that contains a rich text editor, POP/IMAP email client, PDF creator, spreadsheet program and 10

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• Track Your USB Devices with iHound [Theft]

  Published: November 27, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Cameras, Mp3 Players, Portable, Portable Applications, Theft, Thumb Drives, Usb Drive

  easy to misplace. Portable application iHound aims to make it easy to locate your items and report their theft if they've fallen into the wrong hands. The program places a small "MyPasswords" file that looks like a text document in a device's root folder, and if that file is opened, the iHound website can report the approximate

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• Make Simple Audio Edits with Wavosaur [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: December 6, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Audio, Audio Editing, Downloads, Featured Windows Download, Portable, Portable Applications

  for a lighter-weight, portable editor might do well by free application Wavosaur application. Running from one file that's less than 1MB, Wavosaur can perform most basic cuts, effects, and encoding tasks, as well as handle MP3s without requiring a plugin. If you can't fit Audacity and the rest of the Portable Apps Suite onto your thumb

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• Try Out Firefox 3 Risk-Free with a Portable Version [Firefox 3]

  Published: December 12, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Beta Beat, Firefox, Firefox 3, Portable, Portable Applications, Top

  Download the Firefox 3 Portable edition. 2. Extract this Firefox 3 installer to some new folder like C:Firefox3 3. Close your Firefox 2 browser and run the FirefoxPortable.exe file available in the above folder. That's it.This worked perfectly for me, but it's probably a good idea to back up your Firefox 2 user profile, in case you

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• Fedora 9 Puts Your Desktop on a USB Drive [Linux On A Stick]

  Published: May 16, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Feature, Fedora, Linux, Linux On A Stick, Open Sourcery, Operating Systems, Portable Applications, Thumb Drive, Thumb Drives, Top, Usb Drive, Windows

  a full-fledged desktop on a portable USB thumb drive a three-click affair. Even better, you don't need Linux installed to create it, you can leave the data on your thumb drive untouched, and any files you create or settings you tweak remain in place the next time you boot up. After the jump, let's create a fully-functional desktop-to-go using a

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• Thumbscrew Makes Your USB Drive Read-Only [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: June 10, 2008, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Data, Downloads, Portable Applications, Thumb Drives, Usb Drives, Windows

  affected as well. Freeware portable application Thumbscrew protects your thumb drive from being written to so that your data remains safe no matter where it's plugged in. Even if you don't need it for PC repair purposes, it could still prove useful for keeping your files safe from the kids or something else along those lines. Thumbscrew is

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• Opera Portable Hits Your Thumb Drive [Opera]

  Published: June 13, 2008, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Opera, In Brief, Portable Applications, Thumb Drive, Web Browsers

  If you liked what you saw in the screenshot tour of Opera and were impressed by its performance in our speed tests, you can now grab Opera 9.5 USB to run from your thumb drive. [via]

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• XB Browser Provides Anonymous Web Browsing [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: June 16, 2008, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Featured Windows Download, Anonymity, Downloads, Firefox, Portable Applications, Privacy, Security, Top, Tor, Web Browser, Windows

  application xB Browser is a portable web browser that provides anonymous web surfing at startup. xB Browser anonymizes traffic either through the free Tor network or through its distributor XeroBank's networks (the second comes with a price). Born from the ashes of previously mentioned and abandoned TorPark, xB Browser is really just Firefox

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• CleanAfterMe Removes Your Tracks on Other Computers [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: June 16, 2008, 8:30 am

  Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, Portable Applications, Privacy, Security, Top, Utilities, Windows

  Windows only: Using a friend's system or a public computer and want to keep your activity private? CleanAfterMe, a free utility from the makers of similarly-useful utilities like WirelessKeyView, has you covered. The single-file application, which easily runs from a USB drive, provides an all-in-one interface for wiping out all the records of your

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• Firefox 3 Portable Available for Download [Firefox 3]

  Published: June 17, 2008, 6:27 pm

  Tags: Firefox 3, Downloads, In Brief, Portable Applications

  You may be helping Mozilla set a download record today, but if the majority of your Firefoxin' happens on a thumb drive, Portable Firefox 3.0 is officially available. Talk about turnaround.

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