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Private Browsing by PortableApps.com 3.1 (enhanced private browsing for Firefox) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 27, 2013 - 2:34pm

logoPrivate Browsing by PortableApps.com 3.1 has been released. Private Browsing by PortableApps.com is an enhanced privacy mode app that utilizes your existing copy of Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition. It has specialized settings, a flash blocker, a privacy-enhancing blocklist, improved separation from the local PC, a separate profile and a custom icon so you can easily distinguish it from your main Firefox Portable profile. It even has its own separate set of bookmarks. It's basically a more-advanced private browsing feature than those included in major browsers that can even be customized further by advanced users. This release fixes an issue with the custom taskbar/window icon and updates the included extensions to the latest versions. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

CrystalDiskInfo Portable 6.0.4 (disk health monitoring) Released

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Submitted by Ken Herbert on December 26, 2013 - 12:57am

logoCrystalDiskInfo Portable 6.0.4 has been released. CrystalDiskInfo monitors HDD/SSD health status and temperature, and does all the usual monitoring/graphing of S.M.A.R.T. information. It also tells you how many times the hard disk has been turned on and how many hours it's been on for. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

SeaMonkey, Portable Edition 2.23 (internet suite) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 24, 2013 - 7:08pm

logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of SeaMonkey®, Portable Edition 2.23. It's the popular SeaMonkey internet suite (browser, email, newsgroups, chat) bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your whole internet experience with you. This release updates SeaMonkey to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And, as always, it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, SeaMonkey® and the SeaMonkey logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Notepad++ Portable 6.5.2 (developer's text editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 12, 2013 - 3:23am

Notepadpp logoNotepad++ Portable 6.5.2 has been released. It's the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install. This release updates Notepad++ to the latest release and improves portablization when running from cloud drives. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

HWiNFO Portable 4.30-2060 (detailed info about your hardware and software) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 11, 2013 - 7:09pm

logoHWiNFO Portable 4.30-2060 has been released. HWiNFO is a comprehensive hardware analysis, monitoring and reporting tool. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions are included and the correct one is automatically used. HWiNFO is freeware for personal and business use and requires admin rights to run.

HWiNFO is packaged for portable use by the publisher, Martin Malík

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Mozilla Firefox ESR, Portable Edition 24.2.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 11, 2013 - 11:18am

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox® ESR, Portable Edition 24.2.0. It's the Extended Support Release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app It is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop environment in large organizations such as universities and other schools, county or city governments and businesses, as well as the web developers that support them. Individual users should use standard Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition for everyday use. It's a great way to test your sites and extensions in multiple versions of Firefox. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

VLC Media Player Portable 2.1.2 (audio and video player) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 11, 2013 - 10:20am

VLC logoVLC Media Player Portable 2.1.2 has been released. VLC Portable 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. This release updates VLC to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

GIMP Portable Help files 2.8.1 (for GIMP image editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 10, 2013 - 10:23pm

GIMP logoGIMP Portable Help Files 2.8.1 have been released. GIMP Portable is the full-featured GIMP image and photo editor and the GIMP Portable Help files let you take the full set of GIMP help files for offline use with you wherever you go. Unlike the regular GIMP help installers, GIMP Help Portable requires no admin rights to install and automatically works with GIMP Portable. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. Best of all, it's open source and completely free.

As an app add-on, GIMP Portable Help should be manually downloaded and then installed into/over your existing GIMP Portable installation.

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 24.2.0 (email client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 10, 2013 - 10:15pm

Thunderbird logoMozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 24.2.0 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This release updates Mozilla Thunderbird to the latest release. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Thunderbird® and the Thunderbird logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 26.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on December 10, 2013 - 9:45pm

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 26.0. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. This release updates Firefox to the latest release. And it's open source and completely free. It's available for immediate download and bundled on the World's Best Flash Drive: The PortableApps.com Carbide as well as the fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

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