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Portable Miranda IM is the popular Miranda IM packaged as a portable app, so you can take your instant messaging client on the go. It supports AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and other formats. Although Miranda IM is quite portable by default, this release allows users of other portable apps to easily use the same directory structures as Portable Firefox, etc.

Get it from the Portable Miranda IM homepage at PortableApps.com.

Portable VLC Media Player 0.8.4a has been released as a multilingual package. Portable VLC is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. It plays most types of audio and video files -- including MPEG, WMV, DivX, XviD, ogg, mp3, etc -- and is only about 10MB.

Get it from the Portable VLC Media Player homepage at PortableApps.com.

Portable GIMP 2.2.10 Beta 1 has been released in both English-only and multilingual packages. Portable GIMP is the popular the GIMP for Windows image editor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your images with you and do your editing on the go. Included in this version:

• the GIMP for Windows 2.2.10
• GTK+ 2.6.10-20050823
• Portable GIMP Launcher 1.1.4

Get it from the Portable GIMP homepage at PortableApps.com.

Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 has been released. Portable OpenOffice.org is the popular OpenOffice.org office suite -- including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take your documents along with everything you need to work with them with you. New in this version:

• OpenOffice.org updated to 2.0.2
• Default settings for maximum compatibility
• UNO/Python Bridge removed to decrease install size

Get it from the Portable OpenOffice.org homepage at PortableApps.com. Digg It

Portable Firefox 1.5.0.1 has been released. New in this version is:

• Update to Firefox 1.5.0.1
• Ability to use local homepages (see Readme.txt)

Get it from the Portable Firefox homepage at PortableApps.com.

Also available is a test version based on the Bon Echo 2.0 Alpha 1 release. Get it from the Portable Bon Echo homepage.

Portable FileZilla 2.2.19a has been released as a multilingual package. Portable FileZilla 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 version updates the included FileZilla binaries to 2.2.19a and adds some minor enhancements to the launcher.

Get it from the Portable FileZilla homepage on PortableApps.com.

Portable Gaim 1.5 and Portable Gaim 2.0 Beta 2 have been released in both English-only and multilingual packages. Portable Gaim is the versatile Gaim instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. New in this version:

• Fix for some users experiencing issues with partially uninstalled GTK
• Smiley themes fixed
• Smaller English-only edition as well as a multilingual edition supporting all languages that Gaim supports

Get it from the Portable Gaim homepage -- or Portable Gaim 2.0 page -- on PortableApps.com.

Portable AbiWord 2.4.2 has been released. Portable AbiWord is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your documents along with your word processor wherever you go... and only take up 14MB on the device you install it on. New in this version:

• AbiWord updated to 2.4.2
• Improved method of directing AbiWord to its settings
• Fixed issue of Desktop within File Open/Save going to the portable device

Get it from the Portable AbiWord homepage at PortableApps.com.

Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 has been released. Portable OpenOffice.org is the popular OpenOffice.org office suite -- including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take your documents along with everything you need to work with them with you. New in this version:

• OpenOffice.org updated to 2.0.1
• Full support for Windows 2000
• Portable settings under Windows 98/Me
• Mini-Launchers for the individual apps (Writer, Calc, etc)

Get it from the Portable OpenOffice.org homepage at PortableApps.com.

Portable Gaim has been updated. For the unfamiliar, Portable Gaim is the versatile Gaim instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. New in this version is:

• Improved directory structure
• Support for shared GTK directory
• Off The Record encryption plugin included
• Default smileys set
• Splash screen for instant feedback on slow devices
• Instructions for copying your local Gaim settings to Portable Gaim

Get it while it's hot: Portable Gaim 1.5 Beta 2