PortableApps.com In The News

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• 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."

2008

• December 31, 2008 - The News & Observer - Resolve to be tech smart in '09 - "If you want to give portable applications a try, Joe Vohwinkel, president of Agave Partners Consulting, suggests checking out www.portableapps.com, which provides a free portable software suite that includes Firefox, OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird (Mozilla's e-mail client) and other programs including a PDF reader, an audio player and a Sudoku game."
• December 27, 2008 - lifehacker - Top 10 Ways to Repurpose Your Old iPod - "2. Turn it into an ultimate go-anywhere tool - If, for example, you're never quite sure if you'll have access to a working copy of Microsoft Office when you need it, a full copy of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is available in a no-install, portable version that fits snugly into your little take-everywhere drive, as are plenty of other PortableApps (PortableApps.com)"
• December 26, 2008 - PC Pro (UK) - How to get the most from your new laptop - "5. Portable Apps - Head on over to the [PortableApps.com] website and you can download a range of free software which has been tweaked to run directly from a USB flash drive or memory card. Mozilla FireFox, Pidgin, VLC Media Player, 7-Zip, FileZilla and OpenOffice.org 3.0 are just a few amongst the many free software packages on offer."
• December 26, 2008 - CNet Asia - Chistmas traveling without a laptop - "So, are you going to carry that laptop with yourself everywhere you go? Give your shoulders some rest and switch to portable applications."
• December 22, 2008 - OStatic - Two Ways to Run OpenOffice 3.0 Apps from Anywhere - "With the suite on a thumb drive, you can write, create spreadsheets, work on presentations and more from any computer anytime."
• December 22, 2008 - Everything USB - OpenOffice 3.0 - Now in PortableApps Format - " Ported by none other than John Haller from PortableApps.com, OpenOffice 3.0 is designed to run directly on a USB flash drive"
• December 19, 2008 - lifehacker - OpenOffice.org Portable 3.0 Ready for Your Thumb Drive - "OpenOffice.org 3, the latest version of the free, open-source office suite, has gotten a full thumb drive packaging by the PortableApps.com team. That's great news for anyone working while traveling, or who wants to test out the features and improvements of the 3.0 release without a full installation on their system."
• December 18, 2008 - Information Week - OpenOffice.org 3 Goes Portable At Last - "For those who always wanted to give OpenOffice.org a spin without actually installing it, this is the way to go."
• December 12, 2008 - Bright Hub - The USB Flash Drive PC - "PortableApps contains all your essential applications that will allow you to perform your tasks away from your office, effectively."
• December 11, 2008 - WGNS Radio - Ultra-Mobile Computing - From Your Keychain - "So, my personal recommendation: PortableApps[.com]. The price is right (can you beat free?), the choices and virtuality are there, and it’s capitalizing on the better traits of the OS phenomenon."
• December 10, 2008 - ToMuse - 20+ Kickass Portable USB Flash Drive Apps For Getting Things Done - "Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - by far the best and most flexible, safe, and secure web browser available today", "PortableApps.com Menu - start menu for your flash drive programs"
• December 10, 2008 - WebWorkerDaily - In Search of Free, Open Source Apps - "I've written before several times about PortableApps.com. For Windows users, it's a very good way to get bushels of open source applications in a single download."
• December 8, 2008 - Maximum PC - 50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have - 2. Run All Your Essential Apps on a USB Stick - "It's all made possible by PortableApps.com... there are portable versions of heavyweights like Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice, as well as a whole ton of other, awesome programs."
• December 6, 2008 - Gizmodo - Dealzmodo Hack: Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool - "Use portable apps to create a pocketable user profile... The very best one-stop shop for portable apps is the, well, aptly named PortableApps.com."
• December 3, 2008 - lifehacker - Toucan Syncs and Backs Up Your Files - "Toucan is a nice option for making sure you've got everything on your thumb drive"
• December 2, 2008 - GigaOM - 10 Ways To Trick Out Your Netbook for Free - "PortableApps[.com] - For Windows-based netbooks, this is a great collection of pre-selected free and primarily open source applications that you can stick on a netbook - or even a USB drive - in one quick download."
• November 27, 2008 - lifehacker - Free Software We're Most Thankful For - "PortableApps.com (see also: Download of the Day: PortableApps[.com] Suite..."
• November 24, 2008 - Information Week - Open Source You Can Use, November Edition - "a portable edition of OpenOffice.org 3 has been baked and is available for general testing. It's as stable as the full release version on my system, and a lot less messy to install!"
• November 18, 2008 - MakeUseOf.com - Five More Useful Portable Apps For Your USB Stick - "There's lots more on the PortableApps[.com] site. I strongly recommend you take a look!"
• November 12, 2008 - Computerwoche (German) - So peppen Sie ihr Netbook auf - "Für Windows-basierende Netbooks bietet sich die Applikationssammlung Portableapps an. Auf der Web-Seite gibt es ein komplettes Paket zum Download, man spart sich also den Besuch verschiedener Seiten."
• November 11, 2008 - Channel 9 (Australia) - Facebook fraud - "To reduce key logging at public computers, which is a method used to capture and record user keystrokes, make sure you use 'portable apps' (www.portableapps.com) on a USB stick to access the web. It's much more secure."
• November 4, 2008 - The Peterborough Examiner - Accessing programs, files on other computers - "The one stop location for browsing and downloading tons of free software programs that will run on a key drive is a website called [PortableApps.com]"
• November 4, 2008 - CNET.com - Downloads Dispatch Newsletter - PortableApps[.com] Suite (Lite Edition) 1.1 - "The remarkably helpful collection of applications that can run on flash drives or other external devices now supports 33 languages, adds a global hot key for easy app management, and allows wallpaper customization."
• October 23, 2008 - Download.com - Turn almost any app into a portable app - "When you gotta go, advanced users should strongly consider using AppCompactor to stay mobile. Just introduced by John T. Haller of PortableApps, this portable power user's right-hand man crushes program files, often shaving 50 percent off the size of a disk."
• October 23, 2008 - lifehacker - AppCompactor Cuts (Some) Portable Apps Down to Size - "If you've got an older USB drive that can't quite fit all the great launchers from the PortableApps.com site, AppCompactor rides to your rescue with serious compression tools"
• October 22, 2008 - Download Squad - Put your portable apps on a diet with AppCompactor - "It's an incredibly simple way to boost launch times for some of your portable apps and provide extra megs of free space on your flash drive."
• October 20, 2008 - lifehacker - Task Coach Portable Now Available - "Previously mentioned to-do manager Task Coach is now available as a standalone, portable version, fit for taking your tasks (and subtasks) along with you on your thumb drive."
• October 18, 2008 - jkOnTheRun - Firefox 3.1 beta portable edition: test safely - "Those folks at portableapps.com have released the portable edition already which is designed to be installed in a folder or on a USB drive for portable usage. This is actually a very nice way to test the new 3.1 beta without wiping out your existing install so give it a go."
• October 16, 2008 - lifehacker - Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta Portable Edition Released - "Windows only: Give the new Firefox 3.1 beta a test drive without compromising your stable 3.0 installation with the portable version. The speedy folks at PortableApps.com are now offering Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 as a standalone application you can run from a self-contained folder on your desktop or your USB drive."
• October 13, 2008 - Sandusky Register - OFFBEAT: Some sites to see - "If you use a USB drive, check out PortableApps.com, where you can download a variety of small but useful computer applications, all of them free."
• October 13, 2008 - lifehacker - Customize Your Own Portable Firefox Six Pack - "Firefox user Asian Angel loves Portable Firefox for projects like creating a Google Chrome clone, but you can also use it to run multiple, sandboxed instances of the browser at the same time. "
• October 13, 2008 - lifehacker - GIMP Portable Plus Two Plug-ins Now Available - "A standalone, portable version of the latest version 2.6.1 of the GIMP image editor is now available to download and run from your USB drive"
• October 9, 2008 - The Guardian (United Kingdom) - Ask Jack - Trip Computer - "An alternative with Windows XP-based netbooks like Dell's Mini 9 is to run the Firefox Portable Edition browser from an encrypted USB memory stick. You can do this with the Base Edition of the Portableapps.com Suite, which provides a menu system along with an office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, Sudoku game and backup utility (portableapps.com/suite)."
• October 3, 2008 - Information Week - Open Source You Can Use: October Edition - "OpenOffice.org 3 continues to make a steady march towards a final release candidate... I'm holding off for a PortableApps[.com] version before trying it out"
• September 30, 2008 - Linux Insider - Open Source To Go - "With software from PortableApps.com installed on a USB drive, all essential productivity tools fit into a pocket. This includes bookmarks, settings, e-mail and the open source business tool suite, OpenOffice."
• September 26, 2008 - Information Week - 12 Tricks To Teach Your USB Thumb Drive - "The single best repository for free applications that can live on a thumb drive is PortableApps, a large and continually growing collection of liberally licensed open-source programs in almost any category. Many of them are high-quality substitutes for existing commercial applications..."
• September 23, 2008 - Saving Advice - How I’ve Managed to Get 10 Years from my Computer and How You Can Too - "And the best part is that they’re all free. In fact, you’ll likely find that you can replace software you’ve paid for in the past with these free apps, and that alone could save you quite a bit over the years."
• September 12, 2008 - OStatic - Stocking Your New Computer With Top Open Source Apps - "For Windows users, the PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of pre-selected free, primarily open source applications that you can get in one quick download."
• September 5, 2008 - OStatic - Free But Not Open Source: Eight Must-Have Tools - "a great way to put a lot of useful applications on a USB thumb drive in a hurry"
• September 3, 2008 - The Gulf News (Canada) - Tech Tips: Useful little USB flash drives - "check out portableapps.com for some free applications like Firefox Portable that you can run from a flash drive"
• September 1, 2008 - ComputerWorld - 20 tech habits to improve your life - "you can save and run free portable applications -- like the Firefox browser, Pidgin IM client and Sumatra PDF reader -- from your thumb drive. Download those and other programs for free at PortableApps.com"
• August 22, 2008 - MakeUseOf.com - USB Office Showdown: Tiny USB Office vs. Portable Apps - "Hands down, PortableApps[.com] wins this battle because of the name recognition and strong community support its programs have"
• August 16, 2008 - Guia Do PC (Brazil/Portuguese)- Aumente sua produtividade e mobilidade com o PortableApps[.com] - "porém é inegável que essa é uma excelente ferramenta que auxilia na maioria das tarefas comuns com um simples pen drive, além da questão de ter todas suas principais configurações no bolso."
• August 11, 2008 - Information Week - A Semi-Painless OpenOffice.org 3 Beta Test - "the PortableApps[.com] solution is far less cumbersome"
• August 5, 2008 - Wired - A GeekDad Goes to Nigeria - "I had no idea what to expect, so I brought... two USB flash drives (one running PortableApps[.com])"
• July 24, 2008 - GottaBeMobile - Going Ultra-Portable With Mark Wharton - "He's got a complete mobile set up in the portable confines of a 8 GB USB key. Amazing."
• July 23, 2008 - WebWorkerDaily - Firefox 3.0.1 Portable Edition–a USB Key Must-Have - "there’s no reason not to keep your favorite applications in your pocket, tuned the way you like them."
• July 23, 2008 - The Royal Gazette (Bermuda) - How to improve your on-screen image - "As a further tip, if you want any other portable versions of applications, such as OpenOffice, go to PortableApps.com. The site is a treasure trove for those on the go. "
• July 11, 2008 - The Register (UK) - Patent violation, prosecution, acquisition: pick your top open-source project - "PortableApps[.com] and XBMC - along with OpenOffice and Drupal - are also up for the most likely to change the world award."
• July 8, 2008 - The Peterborough Examiner (Canada) - Firefox raises standard for Internet browsers
• July 7, 2008 - Information Week - SourceForge 2008 Community Choice Awards: Stand Up And Be Counted! - "Many big open source packages were in the running, to probably nobody's surprise: OpenOffice.org was one of the biggest and most deserving, but so was PortableApps[.com] (a personal favorite of mine)"
• June 28, 2008 - Epoch Times - Portable Applications, Software on the Move (also available in Russian) - "The variety of software available is also impressive, from file managers and file compression tools... to office productivity tools such as Portable OpenOffice.org"
• June 26, 2008 - CNN Live - Computer programs on the go - "Do you care about having your own browser with you?"
• June 26, 2008 - bMighty.com - Abiword: One Lean, Mean, Word Processing Machine - "When you're traveling really light, Abiword runs just fine on a USB drive or other flash memory device. The version available on Portableapps.com... requires only 15MB installed" [as little as 7.9MB if you only need English]
• June 25, 2008 - Network World - More great tools you can carry with you! - "Once again Portableapps.com comes to the rescue, providing OpenOffice portable."
• June 23, 2008 - TechRadar - Wakey wakey: All the news in 30 seconds - "If you've recently upgraded to Firefox 3.0 (well worth the download, BTW), you may want to also have a spin on a portable version of the browser from PortableApps.com."
• June 23, 2008 - GeekBrief.TV - GBTV #380 (2 minutes in) - "Lots of you may have discovered this little gem, but it's new to us..."
• June 23, 2008 - Download Squad - Firefox 3 portable out of beta - "This makes it great for taking your own browser, complete with cookies and favorites, with you for use on any Windows computer."
• June 22, 2008 - Gizmodo - Firefox 3.0 USB Lets You Take Your Browser Everywhere - "The download lets you launch Firefox from your USB and lets you bring all your extensions and bookmarks with you while making sure that the computer you're using doesn't end up saving your info."
• June 20, 2008 - PC World - Put a Browser in Your Pocket - "Picture bringing one of these along on an extended European vacation, where your Net access is limited to occasional brief stops at Internet cafes, and you'll see how useful they can be."
• June 20, 2008 - Geek.com - Firefox gets updated Portable Edition - "You never know when you might have to look something up on another computer, and if all it takes is a quick plug-in of a USB drive to not leave your history behind, it’s a no-brainer."
• June 9, 2008 - Chip Magazine - Portable Apps Suite Standard 1.1 - CHIP Online Download Award: Download of the Day
• June 5, 2008 - lifehacker - Firefox 3 RC 2 Portable Edition Ready for Download - "If you're keeping up with the Firefox 3 hype but still aren't ready to ditch your solid Firefox 2 install, portable Firefox is the perfect way to test its improved performance and snazzy interface."
• May 23, 2008 - SOFT82 - SOFT82 5 Stars Award
• May 23, 2008 - vnunet.com - PortableApps Suite Standard 1.1 - "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."
• May 22, 2008 - lifehacker Australia - Firefox 3 RC 1 Portable Edition Now Available - "If you're sick of reading about Firefox 3 and want to try it yourself—without letting go of your trusty Firefox 2 setup—head over to PortableApps.com."
• May 20, 2008 - ZDNet UK - PortableApps.com - "The advantage of all this is that I don’t need Administrator rights at work to run my useful software (eg Firefox with all the Add-on trimmings & bookmarks). Indeed, I can run the software (with personalised settings) on any Windows PC on my travels."
• May 5, 2008 - lifehacker - Make Windows More Productive Without Installing a Thing - "When Windows' built-in features just don't cut the mustard and you must have something better—like, say, Firefox—it's time to start using portable applications. Check out [PortableApps.com] for a wide selection of browsers, editors, chat clients and more which you can run on your PC even without admin rights."
• May 2, 2008 - Web Worker Daily - 5 Essentials for the Mobile Web Worker - "check out PortableApps. It lets you get scads of good open source software titles on your USB key in one download."
• May 1, 2008 - ZDNet UK - Lockdown & Markdown - "First up is PortableApps – Free Open Source Software for Windows, adapted to run from a USB stick so that you can take your favourite apps with you. I love it; there's even a PortableApps menu which sits in your System Tray"
• April 26, 2008 - CNET - Featured Freeware: PortableApps - "The suite's flexibility is impressive. It manages some of the best freeware applications from a taskbar menu that runs instantly when clicked on."
• April 25, 2008 - ReadWriteWeb - Social Tools for the Office Worker: How to Subvert I.T. and Play at Work - "pop in your USB drive and it will be like you've never left your home PC"
• April 21, 2008 - bMighty.com - Portable Applications: Software -- And Security -- On The Move - "these tools often deliver surprisingly rich feature sets when you consider the fact that they are completely portable and don't install anything on the host system."
• April 15, 2008 - Law.com - Carry Your Office in Your USB Thumb Drive - "After you install the PortableApps Suite on a USB drive, you can then take it to any computer and use the software directly from the USB drive. When you plug it in, a small window resembling the Windows Start Menu appears allowing you to choose the application you want to launch. All of your documents, Internet downloads and e-mails are stored on your USB drive -- no data is left on the computer when you unplug."
• April 9, 2008 - Sunshine Coast Daily - There's nothing wrong with freeloading - "It works independently, so as you move from computer to computer, all your emails, addresses, bookmarks, documents, photos, music and preferences, are stored and run directly from the flash drive."
• April 4, 2008 - lifehacker au - Your risk-free means of trying out Firefox ... - "Your risk-free means of trying out Firefox 3 Beta 5 is already available, courtesy of the fast-moving folks at PortableApps."
• April 2, 2008 - downloadsquad - Firefox 3 beta 5 portable edition available - safest way to try out FF3b5 - "you can also install a portable application like Firefox 3 beta 5 portable edition to any folder on your hard drive. Why would you want to do that? Because then you can try out the latest test version of Firefox without overwriting any of your Firefox 2 settings."
• March 28, 2008 - Information Week - Friday Open Source Round-Up - "The PortableApps.com suite (always a favorite of mine) now has a grab-it-and-go version of GnuCash 2.2.4, an open source financial management app that's shaped up as a nice personal replacement for apps like Quicken or Microsoft Money."
• March 28, 2008 - Web Worker Daily - One-Stop Shopping for Apps in Your Pocket - "PortableApps.com is a great resource for finding free, hosted applications ideal to keep on portable storage devices. However, it also offers a free suite of pre-chosen applications that you can get in one, quick download."
• March 17, 2008 - ZDNet - Putting together a portable office - MKII - "PortableApps.com Suite contains a whole raft of useful applications... But it gets better than that. There’s an integrated menu to make launching the apps easier. All you need to do is download the suite you want, install it to your USB flash drive and you’ve got an instant portable office - all for the amazing price of $0!"
• March 14, 2008 - lifehacker - Risk-Free Firefox 3 Beta 4 - "Want to try the latest Firefox 3 Beta 4 but you don't want to mess up your current 'fox installation?"
• March 13, 2008 - Information Week - The No-Risk Firefox 3 Beta Tryout - "Want to give the Firefox 3 beta a spin, but you don't want to go through the tedium of backing up your profiles and personal data? Here's an easy solution if you're a Windows user."
• March 12, 2008 - Official Google Reader Blog - Reader and ARIA: A new way to read
• March 12, 2008 - Download.com - Run Firefox betas without losing your cool - "Using PortableApps' Firefox 3 Portable beta 4, you can keep your Firefox 2 settings while tinkering with Firefox 3."
• March 5, 2008 - CHIP Download - Download of the Day: Thunderbird Portable
• March 3, 2008 - Financial Express - Ditch the laptop - "PortableApps: This is a excellent collection of some useful programs like Firefox (for web browsing), OpenOffice (like Microsoft Office), Pidgin (for chat) and GIMP (for photo editing) designed to run from any removable disk without installation. "
• February 27, 2008 - PC World - PortableApps-For Those on the Go - "The PortableApps Menu is a must have for anyone who wants their apps when and where they need them."
• February 25, 2008 - PC Mechanic - Take Popular Applications With You Anywhere - "Have you ever wished you could simply install some programs to your USB device and then, literally, take and use them anywhere? If so, check out PortableApps."
• February 18, 2008 - The Hindu Business Line - Power of portability - "No matter where you are, you can always carry a pen drive with your portable applications."
• February 8, 2008 - InformationWeek - PortableApps.com, February Edition - "Friends of mine have consolidated a good deal of their day-to-day work in a PortableApps setup, so if their main machine is borked they can simply go to another computer, plug in, and pick up where they left off."
• February 7, 2008 - CHIP Download - Download of the Day: VLC Media Player Portable
• February 1, 2008 - PC Magazine - The Ultimate USB Key - "The best things on your USB key are free. The open-source PortableApps Suite is a free 89MB download that installs... basically all you need to get work done on the road."
• January 31, 2008 - The Guardian UK - Ask Jack: Shared Insecurity - "You should also run all your own applications from a USB memory stick, using Firefox Portable Edition. This is included in a useful bundle, the portableapps.com/suite, which provides a menu system along with an office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, Sudoku game and backup utility. Go for the Base Edition that lets you select your preferred applications"

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