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7-Zip Portable 4.42 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 24, 2006 - 12:25am

7-Zip logo7-Zip Portable 4.42 has been released as a multilingual package. It's the handy 7-Zip file archiver packaged as a portable app, so you can work with your compressed files on the go from your USB flash drive, iPod or portable hard drive. It has all the same great features as 7-Zip including support for multiple file formats (7z, ZIP, BZIP, RAR, etc), an easy-to-use file manager and more. Plus, it leaves nothing behind on the PC you use it on. It even supports running from a CD. Read on for all the details...

Miranda IM Portable 0.5 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 14, 2006 - 6:02pm

Miranda IM logoPortable Miranda IM is now Miranda IM Portable, and version 0.5 has been released. For the unfamiliar, Miranda IM Portable is the popular Miranda IM multi-network instant messaging client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your buddy lists with you and chat from any PC. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, WINE support in Linux/UNIX and more. Read on for all the details...

VLC Media Player Portable 0.8.5 Revision 2 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 14, 2006 - 10:59am

VLC logoPortable VLC Media Player is now VLC Media Player Portable, and version 0.8.5 has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, VLC Portable is the popular VLC Media Player packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with a player that can handle them all with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, partial WINE support and more. Read on for all the details...

FileZilla Portable 2.2.26a Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 11, 2006 - 5:26pm

FileZilla logoPortable FileZilla is now FileZilla Portable, and version 2.2.26a has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, FileZilla Portable is the handy FileZilla FTP client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your FTP client and site list with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: improved CD and read-only USB support, in-place upgrades, full WINE support under UNIX/Linux and more. Read on for all the details...

AbiWord Portable 2.4.5 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 10, 2006 - 5:47pm

AbiWord logoPortable AbiWord is now AbiWord Portable, and version 2.4.5 has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, AbiWord Portable is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your word processor and documents with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, full support for AbiWord plugins, Open Document support and more. Read on for all the details...

ClamWin Portable 0.88.4 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 10, 2006 - 11:37am

ClamWin logoPortable ClamWin is now ClamWin Portable, and version 0.88.4 has been released. For the unfamiliar, ClamWin Portable is the handy ClamWin Free Antivirus packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your antivirus with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, automatic fixes for some common issues and more. It's also 30% smaller when installed. Read on for all the details...

Thunderbird Portable 1.5.0.5 & 2.0 Alpha 1 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 4, 2006 - 12:36pm

Thunderbir logoPortable Thunderbird is now Mozilla Thunderbird - Portable Edition (Thunderbird Portable among friends), and version 1.5.0.5 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your email and contacts with you. This new release adds in a ton of new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, complete Thunderbird partial update support, in-place upgrades, lots of handy bug fixes, support for running within Wine on *nix and more. It's also available with Enigmail and GPG built in for secure, encrypted email. You can even get a copy of the latest Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1 as well. Read on for all the details...

Firefox Portable 1.5.0.6 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 2, 2006 - 8:28pm

Firefox logoMozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (Firefox Portable among friends) has been updated to 1.5.0.6 following the recent bug fix release by Mozilla. For the unfamiliar, it's the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you. This new release includes all the new features - and the new name - introduced in the 1.5.0.5 release. Get it from the Firefox Portable homepage.

NVU Portable 1.0 Rev 3 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 2, 2006 - 1:49pm

Firefox logoPortable NVU is now NVU Portable, and version 1.0 Rev 3 has been released. For the unfamiliar, NVU Portable is the handy NVU webpage editor packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your web pages and everything you need to edit them with you. This new release adds in a ton of new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, lots of handy bug fixes, support for running within Wine on *nix and more. Read on for all the details...

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