PortableApps.com In The News

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Most Recent

• February 6, 2012 - ComputerWorld - Online banking: what the BBC missed and a safety suggestion - "That said, let me offer a suggestion for Windows users that insist on online banking: go portable... To be even safer, use the portable browser exclusively for online financial transactions... The portableapps.com website offers portable versions of Firefox, Chrome, Opera and other browsers."
• January 19, 2012 - Beta News - Get more from flash drives with AppCompactor - "While this sounds like it’s going to be a very technical process, AppCompactor is actually surprisingly easy to use: just point the program at your portable app’s folder, choose a compression method and click “Go”."
• January 17, 2012 - PC Advisor - How to cope with HTML5's dueling standards bodies - "One possible approach, in settings where a browser is being deployed as part of a consistent desktop, is to decouple the browser as much as possible from any desktop it's installed on. Remote virtualization or self-contained app deployments (e.g., PortableApps.com) are two ways to accomplish this."
• January 17, 2012 - ComputerActive - Protect any computer easily with Spybot Search and Destroy for PortableApps.com - "Running the software in PortableApps.com is easy and ensures that a computer can be protected quickly and simply."

2010

• December 27, 2011 - ghacks - How to setup a Firefox Test Environment - "The portable version is probably the easiest to setup, it should not pose difficulties even to inexperienced users."
• December 26, 2011 - ComputerActive - Portable Apps: install software without cluttering your computer - "The Portable Apps launcher is a way to install software on a computer without making any changes to Windows or the Registry."
• December 12, 2011 - PC & Tech Authority - Build the perfect portable toolkit with PortableApps.com Platform 10 - "a powerful framework for building a customised portable toolkit which you can carry around on a USB drive with you"
• December 10, 2011 - BetaNews - Don't miss even one of this week's 20 exciting downloads - "PortableApps.com Platform 10.0.1 FINAL is a major update to the portable software suite that enables you to create your own custom USB utility drive."
• December 9, 2011 - BetaNews - Build a portable toolkit with Platform 10 - "an excellent tool to help you build, organize and maintain a portable toolkit"
• December 8, 2011 - The H Open - PortableApps.com Platform reaches version 10 - "with the PortableApps.com Platform, users can install a variety of free and open source applications to portable storage such as a USB flash drive or external hard drive"
• December 8, 2011 - TechPowerUp - PortableApps.com and CustomUSB release the 'World's Best Flash Drive' - "The availability of the PortableApps.com software... means users can create their own portable app suite that will work on any Windows PC the flash drive is plugged into."
• December 1, 2011 - CNET - Virus protection to go with ClamWin Portable - "ClamWin Portable is the free, open-source antivirus solution portable-ized by PortableApps.com, specialists in mobile freeware goodness."
• November 12, 2011 - lifehacker - Top 10 Gadgets You Should Have In Your Go Bag - "Thumb drives are great for all sorts of things... carrying around [PortableApps.com Suite]"
• November 11, 2011 - Information Week - 8 Smart Ways To Use Dropbox - "download PortableFirefox from PortableApps.com and install it into Dropbox. You can now run that browser from any of your other systems. The site provides many apps customized for this type of usage"
• November 10, 2011 - CNET - Productivity to go with LibreOffice Portable - "Being able to take it all with you sets LibreOffice Portable apart from many similar tools. Since this portable version was created by PortableApps[.com], it's reliable and highly recommended."
• October 29, 2011 - ComputerActive - Make the most of your email - "Backup Gmail... Download and install Thunderbird from Portableapps[.com] website"
• October 21, 2011 - Redmond Magazine - Freebie Friday 10/21: Apps On the Go, Using HTML5 Correctly - "PortableApps[.com] - Carry and run your most-needed applications on whatever computer you're at. Users can store their favorites on a USB drive, cloud storage service or any other portable storage device. Once plugged in or accessed, applications can be launched straight from the storage device. "
• October 1, 2011 - BBC News - Click - October 1, 2011 (only streamable in the UK) - "This is a powerful and comprehensive suite of applications that will cover you for pretty much all of your computing needs. And you can put it in your pocket and take it with you. Brilliant!"
• September 26, 2011 - Dixie Sun - Students pay for college, have right to use technology if they please - "Flash Drive (with PortableApps[.com]) - This mobile installation of software keeps me prepared in the event of a personal equipment malfunction... With those items in my messenger bag, I am unstoppable"
• September 8, 2011 - InfoWorld - Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source desktop and mobile software - "There might not be any better, more refined way to experience open source apps -- or many apps, period -- than PortableApps.com. It's not just an application launcher, although it is that, but a whole framework for letting you take many common open source (and now freeware) applications with you."
• August 25, 2011 - OStatic - New Options Available for Mobile Open Source Apps on USB Drives - "The applications are top-notch, and include backup utilities... The ability to build your own custom app suite is particularly notable. You can string useful open source applications together into a suite for targeted purposes such as backup and anti-virus scans."
• August 24, 2011 - CNET - 5 awesome Mozilla Firefox secrets - "4. Take your settings on the go - Instead of re-adjusting Firefox--bookmarks, passwords, etc.--every time you use a new computer, take all your accounts and settings on the go. This is done by simply installing [Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition] on a portable USB drive, and inserting into any computer you use."
• August 24, 2011 - ComputerActive - Keep sticky notes on your Windows Desktop with PNotes Portable - "PNotes Portable offers exactly the same idea, just on your Windows Desktop. And as a [PortableApps.com] App, it can be installed on USB memory key so your notes go wherever you do."
• August 22, 2011 - How-To Geek - Ask HTG: Portable Apps, Building a Firefox Kiosk, and Tangle-free Headphones - "For more information on portable apps and some must-have portable applications definitely check out PortableApps.com; it’s a trusted resource for well packaged and optimized portable applications."
• August 22, 2011 - ghacks.net - Gramps, Free Genealogy Software - "I would suggest to download the program from the [PortableApps.com] website, as it includes all dependencies (Python) and is fully portable."
• August 10, 2011 - ComputerActive - View the world and explore a virtual globe with Marble Portable - "Installation is simple. It can either be installed in it's own folder on a computer or USB memory key or installed into the [PortableApps.com Platform]."
• August 8, 2011 - ComputerActive - Edit musical scores on the move with Musescore Portable - "A very convenient tool if you need to edit musical notation"
• July 29, 2011 - Download Crew - PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Pre-Release - "Verdict: PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 provides an excellent set of app management tools, and is a must-have for anyone who has (or would like to have) their own portable toolkit"
• July 29, 2011 - betanews - PortableApps Platform Pre-Release 2.1: Build the ultimate portable toolkit - "The Platform's Portable App Directory, for instance, is a capable app store. Just check the boxes next to the programs of your choice... and it'll download and install them onto your USB key drive."
• July 21, 2011 - CNet - What to do with your USB flash drive: Run portable apps - "You can browse the Internet with Firefox or Chrome, scan the computer for viruses with ClamWin, work on documents with OpenOffice, and a whole lot more. The best part is, everything is stored on the USB flash drive so no trace is left behind on the host computer!"
• July 15, 2011 - ComputerActive - PortableApps[.com] is a software suite for USB keys - "Our verdict: A useful way of making USB memory keys more useful: 5 out of 5 stars"
• June 26, 2011 - International Business Times - App hides Facebook while at work - " In addition, PortableApps.com... [has] hundreds of available apps that are fully functional from a USB stick."
• May 24, 2011 - Computeractive - Transfer files across the internet with Filezilla - "Filezilla is also available as part of the [PortableApps.com] system if you would prefer to install it to a USB key."
• May 5, 2011 - Computer World - Microsoft Office 2010 takes on all comers - "OpenOffice.org comes in a variety of packages and alternative editions, such as the PortableApps version that can be run from a flash drive or external hard drive without needing to be formally installed."
• April 30, 2011 - Datamation - Top 50 Portable Open Source Apps - "PortableApps.com is probably the best known suite of open-source apps that you can download and run from a USB drive... the site includes a huge directory of portable versions of other software that integrates with the platform."
• April 29, 2011 - ABC 15 - Travel tips for leaving the laptop behind - "The easiest way to get setup is to visit PortableApps.com for both a simple menu-based utility for accessing your programs as well as a huge list of portable apps to choose from."
• April 28, 2011 - lifehacker - The Intermediate Guide To Living Entirely Inside Chrome - "If you're mostly traveling among Windows systems, Google Chrome Portable, from the PortableApps.com suite, fits easily on your USB key drive, and that's exactly where you should keep it — on a keychain or something else you’ll always have with you."
• April 27, 2011 - PC World - Learn How to Run Programs From Your Flash Drive - "there are portable versions of OpenOffice, Foxit Reader, Firefox, KeePass Password Safe, and Skype, to name just a few. Head to PortableApps[.com] for a full list and download links."
• April 21, 2011 - Computer Active - Enjoy music and video on the move with VLC Portable - "VLC Portable is a very useful program to keep on a USB memory stick."
• April 13, 2011 - The Royal Gazette - A portable solution for your software needs - "Do you move around a lot between computers, or does your work’s security system block you from using the software you love to use? Let me point you in the direction of PortableApps.com, which holds a great collection of some of my favourite software."
• April 8, 2011 - Laptop Magazine - 10 Technologies That Need to Make a Comeback - "Software You Don’t Need to Install: How to get software that doesn’t require an install: There are a number of portable applications that will run off of a USB key available for free on PortableApps.com."
• March 11, 2011 - Kim Kommando Radio Show - Add cuteness to your desktop - "Who could say no to an adorable little penguin? No one. The way they waddle around is so darn cute!... WinPenguins is a portable program. You don't need an installer to make it work."
• March 7, 2011 - Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (Consumers and Users Organization) - Netbooks: cómo sacarles más partido (Netbooks: how to get the most out of them). - "Portableapps.com propone un interesante paquete de aplicaciones portables." (Portableapps.com offers an interesting package for portable applications.)
• March 7, 2011 - Mashable - 8 Essential Developer Apps for Multiple Platforms - "Another great, free Windows application from the folks over at PortableApps[.com], Toucan is backup, synchronization and encryption utility that will help you keep your private data secure and safe."
• February 4, 2011 - Device Magazine - Guide to Using Portable Apps - "Rather than taking a laptop or netbook with you – or even a tablet – you can use [PortableApps.com] as an alternative. This application provides a platform upon which your favourite apps and utilities can be used and accessed from a removable disk drive, allowing you to connect the drive to a computer at your destination and start using the tools straightaway."
• February 1, 2011 - lifehacker - What We Use: Jason Fitzpatrick's Favorite Gear and Productivity Tips - "With the copy of Chrome portable, Firefox portable, and other miscellaneous apps I could keep on blogging anywhere I could scrape up some computer time."
• January 7, 2011 - Download Squad - PortableApps.com releases Private Browsing enhancement for Portable Firefox - "It's a good way to make sure you never mix your Private and non-Private browsing sessions"

2010

• December 20, 2010 - The Economic Times (India) - 10 best uses for a USB drive - "Plug it into any remote computer and you’ll have all your favorite applications with you. All you have to do is head to the website and download the PortableApps[.com] program."
• December 1, 2010 - Make Use Of - The Best Of: Windows Software - "[one of] the best 90 free Windows programs"
• November 11, 2010 - The Daily Cougar - Portable Apps and Why they Rock - "my preference is the PortableApps.com platform. It has easy to install programs that install to your usb within a few minutes, there's hardly any hassles and it's free and open source (I am a big supporter of open source)."
• November 7, 2010 - TechRader - 25 tips for using the internet on the move - "If you're on the move and your laptop dies, then you need a way to access your data and most common programs. Install PortableApps[.com] on a USB flash drive alongside your most useful files and you can enjoy your own virtual desktop on any public PC, without worrying about leaving browsing traces, so long as you use Portable Firefox."
• October 11, 2010 - OSTatic - Put A Bushel of Apps In Your Pocket With Low-Cost Pocket Drives - "We've written before about the PortableApps[.com] suite of free, open source applications that you can put on a thumb drive in one download. The applications are top-notch, and include backup utilities."
• October 4, 2010 - Make Use Of - Sync, Backup & Encrypt Your Files With Toucan - "Toucan is a portable and open-source syncing utility that also backups up and encrypts your data. Sounds like a neat combination, right?"
• September 19, 2010 - Technibble - Google Chrome Portable – Portable Internet Browser - "This week’s repair tool, Google Chrome Portable, is one of those that isn’t so much for repair but rather for convenience. A portable browser is handy for on-the-job when the installed browser is corrupted or not working correctly."
• September 9, 2010 - Notebooks.com - How to Install an Old Notebook Hard Drive in an External Drive Enclosure - "One great way to use the drive is install PortableApps[.com] on it."
• September 7, 2010 - lifehacker - What's the Best Way to Sync Extensions Across Computers in Firefox? - "Firefox Portable is the most pain-free option"
• September 3, 2010 - lifehacker - Without a Trace: Turn Your Flash Drive into a Portable Privacy Toolkit - "Whether you're trying to increase your security at an internet café, tunnel your way to your home computer from your cubicle, or leave no trace on your friend's borrowed computer, a flash drive turned portable privacy toolkit is invaluable."
• August 28, 2010 - Boosh News - 3 Tips to Make Your Computer Faster - "The best place to get these portable applications is portableapps.com."
• August 27, 2010 - The Orange County Register - Portable apps offer flexibility and mobility - "These programs can play a large role in several areas including getting you out of trouble and allowing you to use your favorite application on the go."
• August 17, 2010 - TechWorld - PortableApps.com Launcher 2.0 - "The PortableApps.com Launcher is an ingenious tool that can make many applications portable, so you can run them on a USB flash drive (for example), without altering their code."
• August 14, 2010 - The Portugal News Online - USB Flash Drives - "Life becomes a lot simpler when you can travel light with your little netbook or notebook and a USB flash drive, which can literally carry your entire digital world."
• July 20, 2010 - Tech Bargains - Use Google Chrome For The Fastest Web Experience - "Interested in taking Chrome with you on the go? Download Google Chrome Portable to a flash drive from PortableApps.com and your familiar browsing experience and bookmarks will be there wherever you go."
• July 19, 2010 - The Washington Post - PostPoints tip: Take your favorite programs with you - "Visit portableapps.com to download installers for such free programs as the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail program and the OpenOffice bundle of word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation software."
• July 18, 2010 - PC World - Give Your Phone the Power of a Desktop PC - "For example, you can run the Portable Edition of the Mozilla Firefox browser from your phone, saving all your bookmarks, preferences, and add-ons directly to your phone's internal storage. It leaves no data behind on the host PC, and you don't have to install anything on the computer."
• July 10, 2010 - lifehacker - Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks - "There are other suites out there—some accused of playing fast and loose with licenses and software property—but PortableApps[.com] remains the most consistent and up-to-date collection of free, go-anywhere Windows software."
• July 7, 2010 - Download Squad - Grab a portable version of Firefox 4.0 beta 1, test it safely and easily - "I've only tested it for a few minutes, but it seems to be fully-featured and as fast as the real deal (which you can download here). The only difference is that it doesn't require installation, so you can run it from a USB memory stick, or anywhere else."
• July 3, 2010 - Columbia Daily Tribune - Flash drive functions go beyond storage - "No need to lug your laptop with you — if there’s a computer where you’re going, just plug in your drive and start working!"
• July 2, 2010 - liliputing - PortableApps 2.0 coming soon (run Windows apps from a USB flash drive) - "Installing a few of your most frequently used apps on a flash drive makes moving from computer to computer a lot easier, especially if you want to be able to take your bookmarks and other settings with you when you’re using your home or work machine or your netbook."
• July 1, 2010 - Download Squad - Portable Apps platform 2.0 coming soon with loads of improvements - "Today on the official Platform blog, Haller has shared details and screenshots of the upcoming 2.0 release -- and it's looking good."
• June 23, 2010 - lifehacker - Java Portable Gives Your Portable Apps Java Abilities - Java Portable, from the PortableApps.com team, installs itself in the same menu structure as your other portable apps, and quietly sits on your USB space until an app calls for it, whether to run a particular webapp or utilize an OpenOffice feature.""
• June 21, 2010 - ghacks - Java Portable - "Probably more interesting than this is the fact that portable apps offer a Java Portable Launcher which can be used to launch third party Java programs as well."
• June 10, 2010 - Scientific Computing - Above and Beyond Word Processors - "The fact that I can load this application onto a USB drive and run it from the PortableApps[.com] menu on just about any PC is a major plus"
• June 5, 2010 - techradar.com - 10 indispensable portable programs - "[PortableApps.com] provides a simple environment, including its own Start menu. "
• May 19, 2010 - Scientific Computing - Keeping up with Passwords - "The use of the PortableApps[.com] platform... makes for simpler installation and use."
• April 27, 2010 - Datamation - Top 10 Ways to Protect Your PC: Defense in Depth - "Firefox is my preferred browser, but I also use Chrome. In both cases, I opt for portable versions from portableapps.com. A normally installed copy of Firefox can not be updated by a limited/standard Windows user, but the portable version can."
• April 15, 2010 - Stuff.co.nz - Taking your apps with you - "Have you ever found yourself at an internet cafe or using someone else's computer, and been dismayed by the lack of functional, useful applications?... I recommend you give the [PortableApps.com] front-end a try to keep your apps in order."
• April 5, 2010 - The Oredigger Newspaper - Tech Break: Pick a PC, any PC - "Found at PortableApps.com, the PortableApps suite gets you everything from IM (Miranda, Pidgin, aMSN, and even Skype) to web browsing (Firefox, Chrome, or SeaMonkey) to image editing (The GIMP)... and, yes, PDF reading (Foxit Reader or Sumatra), in a format that will not freak out when you transfer program files from one computer to another, usually on a flash drive."
• March 26, 2010 - Gadling - Top travel friendly uses for USB memory drives - "A fantastic place to start is PortableApps.com. Their installer can make the process of copying portable versions of applications to your USB key a breeze. "
• March 4, 2010 - Computer World - Underrated computing threats you need to know about - "One possible workaround is to use a non-installed version of Firefox such as Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition, which can run in any directory or even from a removable drive. If the program becomes infected, it can be kept segregated from the rest of your applications, and is easier to clean up and reset without damaging your user data."
• March 3, 2010 - Computer World - Trust no one and how it applies to Firefox passwords - "I have a better solution. Instead of using a normally installed copy of Firefox, Windows users can opt for the portable version available at portableapps.com."
• February 11, 2010 - Download Squad - PortableApps adds multiple profile support to Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird - "I've set up a second profile for my work-related browsing -- that way I don't have to load up all my personal data whenever I launch Portable Firefox on a customer's machine to download or browse."
• February 11, 2010 - The Peterborough Examiner - Tiny flash drive packs loads of memory and versatility - "You can load familiar programs on a flash drive so that if you're using a public computer or one at work you can run the programs without installing anything on the host computer. Pay a visit to the [PortableApps.com] site."
• February 4, 2010 - The Peterborough Examiner - Suddenly, small is good and netbooks have a place - "PortableApps.com has a huge assortment of free programs that will run from a USB thumb drive without having to be installed on your netbook."
• February 3, 2010 - V3 UK - PortableApps Suite Standard 1.6 - "Verdict: Excellent idea. Enables you to quickly install a number of applications on portable USB key and then use on another computer, without leaving behind traces of your work."
• January 22, 2010 - lifehacker - Firefox 3.6 Portable Available for Your Thumb Drive Needs - "The quick-on-their-toes team at PortableApps.com put together their release less than a day after Mozilla's official release, and—like yesterday's Firefox 3.6 release—it's packed full of speed increases, one-click themes, and plenty more."
• January 22, 2010 - Techie Buzz - Download Firefox 3.6 Portable Edition - "For all you people who like to live their computing life out of a flash drive, Firefox 3.6 is now available as a portable software, courtesy PortableApps.com."
• January 22, 2010 - ghacks - Firefox 3.6 And Thunderbird 3.01 Portable [Software] - "Users of previous versions might want to test the new program versions first before they update the programs... One of the best ways to perform such tests are portable versions as they do not alter the data of the installed versions. Firefox 3.6 portable and Thunderbird 3.01 portable have recently been released"
• January 14, 2010 - lifehacker - Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected - "On your USB drives, you want to carry software that you need, and for that the PortableApps[.com] Suite really is outstanding. It's almost like carrying your own computer with you, without the hassle of actually doing so."

2009

• December 22, 2009 - Everything USB - PortableApps.com Unveils 1.0 Format for USB App Developers - "Having put the finishing touches on a few remaining items that allow for many more programs to share in the portable glory. The 1.0 release is effectively an invitation for developers to tinker with creating portable applications with a friendly wrapper and installer."
• December 19, 2009 - lifehacker - Top 10 Essential Tools for Your Wallet, Keychain, or Pocket - "If you're the PortableApps[.com] type, you've always got a working Firefox/Pidgin/Thunderbird setup handy for being productive on someone else's system."
• December 15, 2009 - MakeUsOf - The Three Best MP3 Players For Portable USB Drives - "This one is, if we may, a ‘real’ portable application. Based on the original CoolPlayer, PortableApps[.com] has modified the application and repackaged it as a portable app. With 1.5 MB and over 2 million downloads to date, CoolPlayer+ Portable has proven itself both a lightweight and a fit candidate."
• December 11, 2009 - - PortableApps[.com] Review (Applications For Your USB Memory Stick) - "I couldn’t tell the portable applications apart from the full versions of the applications when using them – Firefox and Thunderbird look and perform just like they would if they were running off my hard drive, and I was particularly impressed with the speed of OpenOffice when using the suite of applications. If you’re looking to take your applications on the road with you, PortableApps.com is most definitely the way to go."
• December 9, 2009 - Maximum PC - 15 Hacks Every Dropbox User Should Know - "Firefox Portable is an app that's meant to run from anywhere, such as from a portable USB thumbdrive. In order to do this, a portable app has to be entirely self-contained, not storing any data anywhere else on your system. That means that if you get Portable Firefox and install it into your Dropbox, you'll have a full-featured browser that syncs and backs up all your data in the cloud. "
• December 3, 2009 - The Huffington Post - The Writers Workbench: Holiday Gift Edition - "One other note: if you get a USB Flash drive (or already have one), but sure to read the TWW Notes at the bottom of the column linked above for Flash drives. There is a discussion of [PortableApps.com], which are free and amazing. The short version is that these free applications store on your Flash drive and virtually give you a portable computer in your pocket."
• December 1, 2009 - Information Week - Got An App? Make It A PortableApp - "The way they've done this is via the 1.0 release of the PortableApps.com Installer, a tool for packaging a properly-formatted application into the one-click NSIS package used by the PA suite. The app in question needs to be prepared along certain guidelines to be used, but once that's done the rest is a snap. All aspects of the process -- the installer, the app guidelines -- are open for inspection and cost nothing to get rolling."
• December 1, 2009 - The Washington Post - Make a Windows Install Flash Drive With WinToFlash - "Unless you want to really get technical in creating your own, this should probably be portable apps like those found à la carte at www.portableapps.com or together in the PortableApps[.com] Suite."
• November 27, 2009 - GigaOM - 8 Timely Tips for the Netbook Buyer - "Complement Low Local Storage With a USB Drive... There are also useful web sites, especially PortableApps[.com], that you can use to stock up your Flash drive with useful, free applications."
• November 24, 2009 - Computerworld - Exploiting the portable edition of Firefox - "Portable Firefox lets Windows users run a dozen different copies of Firefox in a single instance of Windows... A dozen, of course, is overkill, but for security reasons, you may want to maintain two copies of Firefox. You can have one copy configured for convenience, and one for security."
• November 19, 2009 - lifehacker (Australia) - From The Tips Box: Sunburn Remedies, URL Shortening And More - "I’m a web developer and therefore I’m required to support several versions of different browsers. As a result, I find myself checking sites in both FF 2 and 3 among many other leading browsers. My tip pertains to any application you can download at portableapps.com but focuses on Firefox as an example."
• November 17, 2009 - ArabianBusiness.com - Apps on a stick - "As a starting point, you can visit www.portableapps.com. This is a useful resource that has numerous popular programs that have been turned into portable applications available for download. You can download the packages available online, or you can download programs individually one by one."
• November 6, 2009 - Information Week - Open Source You Can Use, November Edition - "Google Chrome fans have most likely been hearing about the 4.0 revision of the browser, which boasts kick-butt JavaScript speeds and has become my preferred way to watch Flash-delivered content (e.g., YouTube). Get the PortableApps version of the 4.0 beta here; it installs side-by-side with the release edition so you don't have to choose between beta or release. "
• November 4, 2009 - Computer World - Backing up your computer: How about the applications? - "You can get started with portable applications at www.portableapps.com, a great collection of free Windows software that is ever growing. Among the recent additions is a portable version of Google's Chrome web browser. I highly recommend the site."
• November 3, 2009 - lifehacker - Remains of the Day: iPhone Carrier Unlocking Edition - "Want to try out Firefox 3.6 beta but don't want to lose your stable Firefox 3.5 installation? Grab the portable release. [PortableApps]"
• November 1, 2009 - Silicon India - USB Flash Drives – The maximum usage - "You can work in your favorite applications from anywhere – even from the browsing center computer – no need to check for any software there – all you have it in your USB!! Yes – the free Portable application suite from portableapps.com makes this possible."
• October 27, 2009 - lifehacker - Best Portable Application Suite: PortableApps[.com] - "we're here to announce PortableApps as the winning portable application suite"
• October 26, 2009 - lifehacker - uTorrent Portable Puts BitTorrent on a USB Drive - "All the same features that you've come to love about uTorrent, like remote web control and organized downloads, are present in the portable version. In short, you'll never be stuck at mom's house without a means to access crucial content again."
• October 26, 2009 - Information Week - PortableApps Adds Non-Open Source Apps, Sort Of - "The more ways there are to use the apps you want on the platform you want, the better. John Haller and his associates deserve a tip of the hat for making this all the more possible."
• October 26, 2009 - gigaom - Using a Netbook? Add a Muscular USB Flash Drive to the Mix - "PortableApps[.com] is without a doubt the king of all sites that let you quickly and efficiently put bushels of useful open-source applications on your USB Flash drive. It won four awards at SourceForge’s recent Community Choice Awards (recognizing top open-source efforts) including Best Project."
• October 23, 2009 - PortableApps adds Chrome and Skype - "The PortableApps Suite is a storehouse and management system for "portable" versions of some of the most popular freeware around. That collection used to be limited only to open-source programs. But on Wednesday it started making portable versions of closed-source freeware to users."
• October 23, 2009 - Download Squad - PortableApps.com releases portable (µ) uTorrent - "Today, John T. Haller and crew have added another winner to the mix. The world's most popular torrent client, µTorrent, is the most recent addition to the PortableApps freeware family."
• October 22, 2009 - Maximum PC - A Fan of Portable Apps? Now You Can Carry Skype and Google Chrome in Your Pocket - "The [PortableApps.com] suite has saved the day on those instances for many. Just today, [PortableApps.com] has announced two welcome additions. You can now get portable versions of Skype and Google Chrome."
• October 22, 2009 - Download Squad - Portableapps.com debuts Portable Google Chrome and Portable Skype - "PortableApps.com has been amassing a large, loyal fanbase for years - and with good reason. The project continues to turn out useful applications that we love to run from our USB flash drives."
• October 22, 2009 - lifehacker - Chrome Portable 3.0 Lets You Take Google's Browser Anywhere - "PortableApps.com — the folks who convert just about every popular application to a portable one you can carry with you on your thumb drive — have just released Google Chrome Portable 3.0, the portable version of Chrome's latest stable release."
• October 17, 2009 - makeuseof - 5 Portable Apps Games For Your USB Stick To Kill Some Time - "There are many other games in the [PortableApps.com] Games Section but these were the ones I found to be the best."
• October 15, 2009 - jkOnTheRun - 7 Rules of the Road for Maximum Mobile Bliss - "2. Carry a toolkit for drive restores – It helps to expect the unexpected. In the case of mobile computers, it could be a hard drive failure, file corruption or who knows what. While you can’t anticipate every issue, you can easily prepare yourself for disaster with nothing more than a small flash drive. I carry one around with me and make sure it has software like a partition manager, certain device drivers, portable apps [PortableApps.com] and anything else I might need in the event of a major issue."
• September 25, 2009 - ZDNet - Free Software is dead! Long live free software! - "Last week I was also using PortableApps.com to view images on a restricted-access Windows machine... The good news is that because the source code is open, anyone else is free to take the code and develop it further. "
• September 23, 2009 - Sync - Use portable apps to always have your favorite programs handy - "Imagine you are in an office or computer lab and unable to use one of your favorite programs... A portable app stored on a USB drive will take care of the problem... I recommend browsing the PortableApps.com website for programs you may be interested in having. You can download an entire suite or pick-and-choose which programs to keep."
• September 15, 2009 - One Bag - Packing List - Specialty Items - "You can greatly augment the use of borrowed/rented computers by carrying one or more inexpensive flash drives... make it easy to bring along personal files, and even favourite applications... PortableApps.com is a good source of appropriate Windows software."
• September 10, 2009 - Nashua Telegraph - Time for IE 6 to hit the road - "Try running the Portable Edition of Firefox (portableapps.com) off a USB flash drive"
• August 25, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - Work Smarter: 5 Top, Inexpensive Hardware Devices and Tweaks - "PortableApps[.com] is my favorite site for downloading a suite of Windows apps optimized for a flash drive"
• August 17, 2009 - The Buffalo News - Dump IE 6, upgrade to Explorer 8 - "Try running the Portable Edition of Firefox (portableapps.com) off a USB flash drive"
• August 17, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - What's In Your Bag, Will Kelly? - "4GB thumb drive that includes PortableApps[.com]"
• August 15, 2009 - Washington Post - Applications on a Flash Drive - "Then there's PortableApps.com, which creates and gives away portable versions of existing free, open source software. There you'll find your Office solution, a portable version of OpenOffice, the popular, free alternative to Microsoft Office."
• August 13, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - Web Work 101: Great Software Starter Bundles - "PortableApps[.com]... comes with portable versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird, along with OpenOffice.org, a PDF reader and an IM client, and even a game or two thrown in for good measure."
• August 12, 2009 - PC World - Applications on a Flash Drive
• August 5, 2009 - TechRepublic - 10 cool things you can do with a USB flash drive - "If that's not enough, you can choose other applications to install on your USB flash drive from PortableApps.com (Figure A). You can even install an entire prepackaged suite of applications that includes such things as an audio player, games, an antivirus utility, and a handy menu system."
• August 4, 2009 - Computeractive (UK) - Use an external hard disk to store data - "You can find some free portable programs from Portableapps[.com] together with instructions on how to download. The list includes the Firefox web browser, an anti-virus program and Openoffice for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations."
• July 31, 2009 - ComputerWorld UK - Open Source Reaches Parts Others Cannot - "This has led to the flourishing of an entire portable apps ecosystem, centred around the site Portableapps.com."
• July 30, 2009 - The H - PortableApps.com reaches 100 million downloads - "PortableApps.com founder John T. Haller has announced that his site for portable applications has reached its 100 millionth download milestone."
• July 27, 2009 - The H Open - SourceForge Community Choice Awards 2009: winners announced - "This years most popular project, winning four out of the twelve categories, was PortableApps.com, which allows users easily install various popular open source applications to a USB flash drive or external hard drive. Once installed, the applications can run completely from the drive and be used on any Windows computer."
• July 24, 2009 - Salon.com - PortableApps[.com] Suite Out in New Beta - "It's especially popular as a way to store many useful applications on a pocketable drive, so that you can work anywhere, from any computer."
• July 24, 2009 - FOX Business - SourceForge Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Community Choice Awards - "Grabbing top honors in four of the 12 categories, including Best Project, PortableApps.com was the big winner of the night."
• July 24, 2009 - twit.tv - Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott - "PortableApps[.com] allows you to run loads of different applications directly from a USB key."
• July 24, 2009 - OStatic - PortableApps Delivers Enhanced Beta of its Open Source App Suite - "It's a suite of truly excellent, pre-selected, open source applications that you can stick on a USB flash drive. That enables you to have your applications--with your pre-set preferences--available to run on any computer, anytime."
• July 24, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - PortableApps Suite Out in New Beta - "You can find an exhaustive list of the enhancements in the new version of PortableApps here. Among them is the ability to switch themes, with many available color schemes, and to set the transparency of menus to your liking."
• July 24, 2009 - OStatic - Twelve Open Source Projects Snag Top Prize at SourceForge's Community Choice Awards - "'Obviously the big story of the night was PortableApps.com and John Haller's priceless reaction to winning four awards including Best Project,' said Ross Turk, Director of Community for SourceForge."
• July 20, 2009 - OnSoftware - Ask OnSoftware: Updating PortableApps - "The PortableApps Suite comes highly recommended, as it’s a fantastic collection of genuinely useful free software, with a really user friendly interface."
• July 17, 2009 - TechSpot - Download of the Week: PortableApps[.com] Suite - "The PortableApps[.com] Suite is a compilation of free and open source software for Windows preconfigured to work from your USB drive, and integrated with a sleek customizable menu. "
• July 8, 2009 - jkOnTheRun - Carry VLC in Your Pocket to Enjoy Portable Media on Any PC - "But you can't expect every major codec installed on every PC you come across, can you? ... with VLC Media Player Portable, you don't have to."
• July 8, 2009 - lifehacker - VLC Portable 1.0 Puts Multi-Format Playing on Thumb Drives - "the portable version, weighing in at 20MB, doesn't require an installation and plays without leaving many traces on a Windows system. It works launching on its own, or from PortableApps.com's handy thumb drive launching menu."
• July 8, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - Firefox 3.5 and New VLC Media Player Are Out As Portable Apps - "these are outstanding applications for a portable drive or a device such as a netbook"
• July 6, 2009 - TechRadar - Secure your identity and data on every PC you use - Protect yourself with this essential portable security toolkit - "Portable Firefox - This comes as part of the PortableApps collection, and enables you to browse the web without worrying about leaving any tell-tale traces of where you've been: everything from your cookies to your browser history"
• July 2, 2009 - lifehacker - Firefox 3.5 Portable Available for Download - "This portable version comes to us from the reliable folks at PortableApps.com, makers of the popular, previously mentioned Portable[Apps.com] Suite, and brings all the goodies of Firefox 3.5 to your thumb drive."
• July 2, 2009 - OStatic - Firefox 3.5, Portable Edition Arrives - "like the other portable versions of popular open source applications that PortableApps[.com] offers, it's perfect as a lightweight app that you can keep on a USB thumb drive or other portable device."
• July 2, 2009 - Softpedia - SourceForge Celebrates 4 Billion Downloads - "The 4 billionth app is the popular PortableApps.com suite, which offers a way to carry and use your applications on a USB flash drive or other portable devices."
• July 2, 2009 - The H - SourceForge.net: four billion served - "The four billionth application was downloaded on the 8th of June from PortableApps.com, a popular portable software site and open source platform that lets users install and run applications from a USB flash drive."
• July 2, 2009 - GHacks - Firefox 3.5 Portable - "Probably the easiest way of finding out if they can upgrade to Firefox 3.5 is by testing the Firefox 3.5 portable release."
• June 22, 2009 - The Boston Globe - Thumb drives take on more than file transfers - "With a free download called PortableApps[.com], you can use a USB drive to customize any Windows-based computer."
• June 19, 2009 - News Factor - Back Up Or Tune In: Thumb Drives Make It Easy - "With a free download called PortableApps, you can use a USB drive to instantly customize any Windows-based computer. Just go to portableapps.com and download a mini-suite of software, including Firefox, OpenOffice, an antivirus program called ClamWin, and dozens of other applications."
• June 9, 2009 - PC Magazine - 5 High-Capacity USB Drives - "the free PortableApps.com suite lets you carry over a dozen applications on any flash drive, with dozens more available for free download."
• June 2009 - Christian Computing Magazine - Portable Apps: Your Computer Without the Computer™ (PDF) - "If you have a Netbook, with its relatively limited space, or you move about from PC to PC, you are going to want PortableApps[.com], a launching platform for a whole array of programs that you can install on a USB drive, put it in your pocket, and take off."
• May 29, 2009 - The Washington Post - Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews - "I suggest you download Portable Firefox (portableapps.com), put that on a USB drive, and run that on your computer."
• May 28, 2009 - Inc.com - 10 Free (or Cheap) Tools for Start-ups - "PortableApps[.com] is a package of free software, which you can download onto a flash drive... You don’t need to install this software on the computer you're using; just plug in a Flash drive and run it."
• May 26, 2009 - The Tech Herald - Review: Verizon’s HP Mini 1151NR - "Offloading some things to smaller, less resource-intensive applications will help. We tested several things in the PortableApps.com repository and had no problems performing various tasks at the same time"
• May 25, 2009 - lifehacker - The Gear and Tactics from Lifehacker's Laptop Bags - "I use it to hold 8GB of whatever I need, minus the space for some PortableApps[.com] and a KeePass password vault."
• May 13, 2009 - lifehacker - Lifehacker Laptop Bags: Kevin Purdy Edition - "What's on it? A host of PortableApps[.com] and my Keepass vault, of course."
• May 6, 2009 - Web Worker Daily - 4 Essential Utilities for Windows Netbooks - "I highly recommend downloading PortableApps[.com], which delivers a huge collection of useful open-source applications and utilities that you can keep on your thumb drive... It's reassuring to know that whenever you need to carry out a task, it's highly likely that there will be something in the [PortableApps.com] collection on your thumb drive that will be able to do it."
• April 26, 2009 - Examiner.com - Resources for Freelancers: On-the-move flash drive - "The great thing about carrying your basics on your pen drive is that in many situations, you can respond to email requests, fresh appointments, and add quickly value in an on-site gig... Check out PortableApps[.com]"
• April 16, 2009 - The New York Times - Your Second Home | Working Remotely - In the Cottage, Yet Industrious - "Possibly the simplest option... Plug the drive into another computer, do your work, then pull out the drive, leaving behind no trace since you can use a Web browser and other programs that live on your flash drive, not on the computer's."
• April 16, 2009 - The Daily Advertiser - Tips to remember when using public computers - "Software is moving to a portable state. Currently you can bring many of your favorite desktop apps with you, on your memory stick. Web sites like PortableApps (portableapps.com) allow you to carry software such as Internet browsing, business productivity, and photo editing to name a few."
• April 2, 2009 - lifehacker - Best of the Best: Hive Five Winners, January through March 2009 - "Lifehacker readers love their Firefox, and with Portable Firefox, you can take your web browsing experience and all of the accompanying tweaks and extensions you've come to know and love with you wherever you go."
• March 25, 2009 - PC Magazine - Your Computing Life, on a USB Thumb Drive - "Launch it and you'll see an icon in the system tray; click the icon and you'll get a pop-up menu reminiscent of the Windows Start menu, full of programs installed along with the PortableApps.com software."
• March 24, 2009 - Mt Vernon Register News - Ask a Geek: USB stick also carries programs - "These portable applications can come in very handy on vacation, business trips, and even at work if you need something that isn't already installed."
• March 23, 2009 - PC World (and Washington Post) - Free Mobile Services for Staying Productive on the Road - "PortableApps.com Suite: Packed with a handful of popular open-source apps (the Firefox browser, OpenOffice.org office suite, and Pidgin chat client), this downloadable suite runs directly from a thumbdrive, so you can run it on any PC."
• March 23, 2009 - PC World - 101 Great Free Sites and Downloads You've Probably Never Head Of - "PortableApps.com Suite"
• March 12, 2009 - OStatic - PortableApps Still Offers Herds of Free Apps in One Download, Gets Upgrade - "PortableApps has released an overhauled version 1.5 of its PortableApps.com Suite... it's an especially good way to get a bushel of choice open source applications onto a USB thumb drive or portable computer in one download."
• March 12, 2009 - WebWorkerDaily - PortableApps Delivers Better Look, Security in New Version 1.5 - "The new version 1.5 of the suite has a new, much better-looking theme than the old tabula rasa look... You can also launch applications as an administrator, and keep application icons out of menus... These features alone are good reasons to upgrade."
• March 10, 2009 - lifehacker - PortableApps.com Suite 1.5 Improves Menu Looks, Customization - "The PortableApps.com Suite, a full-featured app package that runs from a USB drive, has upgraded with a crisper-looking and more customizable menu, the latest versions of a ton of great freeware, and other improvements."
• March 9, 2009 - Download Squad - PortableApps.com suite 1.5 released - "The platform comes with a program menu that pops up when you insert your USB stick, or when you launch the program, and a suite of apps including a web browser, instant messenger, and office suite."
• February 19, 2009 - Information Week - Open Source You Can Use, Feb '09 Edition - "First up: the release of OpenOffice Portable 3.01, the no-install edition of OpenOffice, now with the latest updates and bug fixes. 3.01 opens noticeably faster than previous versions -- on my machine, it opens almost as fast as AbiWord, which is saying something."
• February 13, 2009 - Tucson Business - Keeping track of all your user IDs and passwords - "Since I work from a variety of computers with varying security levels, I’ve long been using applications from Portableapps.com. These applications are portable versions that can run from a USB drive and do not require administrative privileges on the systems they run on."
• February 7, 2009 - The Canadian Press - New portable software lets you take programs and preferences with you - "From Internet browsers and email clients to image editors and word processors, many portable applications are free and don't require much technical know-how."
• January 30, 2009 - About.com - Portable Apps for On-The-Go IM - "While users cannot always download IMs to computers at work or school because of administrative control, they can utilize portable apps for IM by downloading and installing them to a USB drive; once installed, the portable apps can be run from the USB drive connecting users to all their favorite IM contacts. "
• January 26, 2009 - PC World - How to Protect Your Online Passwords - "you're better off running your applications from a portable drive using the excellent tools available from PortableApps.com. This site hosts dozens of apps that have been "portabilized" so that they store all temporary files, cache files, and history on the portable drive itself."
• January 20, 2009 - lifehacker - Hive Five Winner for Best Portable Application: Portable Firefox - "Portable Firefox was sworn in as the most popular portable app following this weekend's Hive Five Best Portable Applications, raking in a landslide 52% of the vote. The second spot goes to media Swiss Army knife VLC Portable, followed by password manager KeePass in third."
• January 20, 2009 - Winston Salem Journal - U3 software can be a pain - "you don't need U3 to take programs with you; see Portableapps.com for applications that run on any flash drive."
• January 4, 2009 - Washington Post - Help File - "you don't need U3 to take programs with you; see portableapps.com for applications that run on any flash drive."

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