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WinBoard Portable 4.5.2 (advanced chess engine) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 18, 2011 - 6:59pm

logoWinBoard Portable 4.5.2 has been released. WinBoard is a graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms, including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and others. It displays a chessboard on the screen, accepts moves made with the mouse, and loads and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

fre:ac Portable 1.0.19 (audio converter and encoder) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 18, 2011 - 6:32pm

logofre:ac Portable 1.0.19 has been released as a multilingual package. fre:ac Portable is the popular fre:ac packaged as a portable app, so you extract, convert, and encode your audio files just about anywhere you go. fre:ac is the new name of BonkEnc. BonkEnc Portable users can uninstall BonkEnc and install this. The MP3 plugin is an optional component in this release. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

AkelPad Portable 4.6.0 (plaintext editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 18, 2011 - 6:21pm

logoAkelPad Portable 4.6.0 has been released. AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text that is designed to be a small and fast. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

Zint Barcode Studio Portable 2.4.3 (barcode generator) Released

Submitted by scriptdaemon on May 18, 2011 - 5:50pm

logoZint Barcode Studio Portable 2.4.3 has been released. Zint is an open source barcode generator with support for a wide variety of formats. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

PortableApps.com Launcher 2.1 Released: Make Apps Portable Without Writing Code

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Submitted by Chris Morgan on May 18, 2011 - 11:27am

logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce that PortableApps.com Launcher 2.1 has been released. The PortableApps.com Launcher™ allows developers, publishers and even technical end-user to portablize apps in PortableApps.com Format without needing to write any code. It's an easy to use multilingual launcher that makes creating portable apps a snap. Once you've updated your app to the current PortableApps.com Format Specification, you can use the PortableApps.com Launcher to handle registry keys, command line options and updating configuration files just by editing a simple INI file. The PortableApps.com Launcher brings the power behind our launchers used in hundreds of apps to everyone. It's already used in most of our apps. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

Gramps Portable 3.2.6 (genealogy) Released

Submitted by Bart.S on May 17, 2011 - 11:33am

logoGramps Portable 3.2.6 has been released. Gramps is a genealogy program that is both intuitive for hobbyists and feature-complete for professional genealogists. Every person has their own story but they are also part of a collective family history. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

CrystalDiskInfo Portable 4.0.0 (disk health monitoring) Released

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Submitted by computerfreaker on May 17, 2011 - 11:00am

logoCrystalDiskInfo Portable 4.0.0 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 Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

RedNotebook Portable 1.1.6 (integrated journal) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 16, 2011 - 11:36pm

logoRedNotebook Portable 1.1.6 has been released. RedNotebook is a modern journal. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

WarMUX Portable 11.04.1 (turned-based war of UNIX mascots) Released

Submitted by scriptdaemon on May 16, 2011 - 11:08pm

logoWarMUX Portable 11.04.1 has been released. Let's begin the WAR of Mascots from UniX! They'll represent your favorite free software titles while battling it out in the arena using dynamite, grenades, baseball bats, bazookas and more in turn-based combat. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

gPodder Portable 2.15 (podcast receiver) Released

Submitted by agdurrette on May 16, 2011 - 10:32pm

logogPodder Portable 2.15 has been released. gPodder is an easy to use podcast receiver that will download and manage your podcast subscriptions. 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.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

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