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Vote for PortableApps.com For a SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Award

John T. Haller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:55:02 -0400

PortableApps.com has been nominated for several categories in the SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards. These annual awards recognize the world's best open source projects. We've been nominated for:

Best Project
Best Project for the Enterprise
Best Project for Educators
Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition
Best Project for Multimedia
Most Likely to Change the World
Most Likely to Be Accused of Patent Violation
Most Likely to Get Users Sued
Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins
Best Tool or Utility for Developers

Winning in one or more of the above categories would be a great boost for us and a great way to show your support for the PortableApps.com team.

1. Learn About the Finalists and Categories

If you'd like to know more, you can learn more about the award categories and about the finalists.

2. Create a Free SourceForge.net Account

If you don't already have an account with SourceForge.net, you can create an account for free.

3. Vote For Your Selections

Once you have an account, you can vote for PortableApps.com and the other projects you like.

The voting process is only open for a limited time, so please vote for us today.

Thank you for your support!

Pidgin Portable 2.4.3 Released

John T. Haller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:11:31 -0400

Pidgin Portable 2.4.3 has been released. Pidgin Portable is a versatile instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's nothing to install on the local PC. This new release updates Pidgin to the current 2.4.3 release, fixing an issue with ICQ and other bugs. Additionally, the OTR plugin download has been updated to 3.2. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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CoolPlayer+ Portable 2.19.1 Released

John T. Haller — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:46 -0400

CoolPlayer+ Portable 2.19.1 has been released. CoolPlayer+ Portable is a modified version of the popular CoolPlayer audio player packaged as a portable app, so you can listen to your audio files and playlists on the go. It includes a custom PortableApps.com skin with equalizer and shade mode support as well as a themed playlist. This new release updates the CoolPlayer on which it is based fixing a security vulnerability and fixes skin mode saving. All users should upgrade to this new release. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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InfraRecorder Portable 0.45 Revision 2 Released

Travis Carrico — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:45 -0400

InfraRecorder Portable 0.45 has been released. InfraRecorder Portable is the popular InfraRecorder CD/DVD burning program packaged as a portable app, so you can do your disk burning on the go. It has all the same great features of InfraRecorder including the creation of custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and recording them to physical discs as well as disc images. This new release lets InfraRecorder remember it's language setting between sessions and bypasses the IrExpress menu due to a language bug within it. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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WinMerge Portable 2.8.4 Released

Ryan McCue — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:25:27 -0400

WinMerge Portable 2.8.4 has been released. WinMerge Portable is a popular differencing tool, useful for comparing files or directories. This new release updates WinMerge to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. Best of all, it's open source and completely free.

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FileZilla Portable 3.0.11 Released

John T. Haller — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:04:32 -0400

FileZilla Portable 3.0.11 has been released. FileZilla Portable is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your ftp client, server list and settings with you. This new release updates FileZilla to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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VirtualDub Portable 1.8.1 Released

John T. Haller — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:49:59 -0400

VirtualDub Portable 1.8.1 has been released. VirtualDub is a video processing and capture utility with batch processing capabilities. This new release updates VirtualDub to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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ClamWin Portable 0.93.1 Released

John T. Haller — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:52 -0400

ClamWin Portable 0.93.1 has been released. ClamWin Portable is the popular ClamWin antivirus packaged as a portable app, so you can take your antivirus with you to scan files on the go. In this release, ClamWin has been updated to 0.93.1. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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PortableApps.com Releases Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3

John T. Haller — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:33:40 -0400

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox_®, Portable Edition 3 in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. It's the just-released Mozilla Firefox 3 bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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LBreakout2 Portable 2.5.1.1 Released

Simeon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:18:54 -0400

LBreakout2 Portable 2.5.1.1 has been released. LBreakout2 Portable is a fun breakout-style arcade game packaged as a portable app so you can play it wherever you go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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