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Today we're happy to announce the launch of our new platform sponsorship program. Now you or your business can become a part of the biggest PortableApps.com software launch ever. We're excited for this milestone release and looking forward to unveiling new features and functionality over the next few weeks. We're even more thrilled to partner with our amazing community, including people like you. Options start from as little as $25 and range up to fully-branded, advertising sponsorships.

Finance Explorer Portable 5.2.1 has been released. Metalogic Finance Explorer is a personal finance, budget software compatible with Money and Quicken downloads. This release updates Finance Explorer to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. Finance Explorer is freeware for personal and business use.

Update automatically or install from the app store in the PortableApps.com Platform Pre-Release.

Finance Explorer Portable is made available directly from the publisher, Metalogic Software.

PortableApps.com is at OSCON this week in Portland, Oregon. Lead developer John T. Haller (that's me) will be hosting a session called Open Source Portable Apps: How and Why to Package Software for USB Drives, Cloud Drives and Mobile Storage on Friday at 11am in room D133.

It's time for another 'PortableApps.com Status Update' on what's new in the last week. We've got new apps, an update on the platform progress, an update on site upgrade progress, and more. Read on for the details

The staff, developers and volunteers at PortableApps.com wish you, and each other, the very best this holiday season. If you were naughty, we've got the appropriate gift for you already posted. If you were nice -- and we hope you were -- your gift will be arriving this week. We made it ourselves, and we really hope you'll like it.

PortableApps.com's own John T. Haller [ aka me :) ] will be live on the Computer America Radio Show tonight at 10pm EDT, 7pm PDT. You can listen to a live stream online while the show is airing or listen to the archive tomorrow once it is made available. There is also a live online chat by entering your name on their site (homepage, left-hand side) where we'll be taking questions as well. Hope you can tune in!

We've just posted a PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Preview blog post with detailed info on the upcoming platform release. You'll find screenshots of the new updater, new theming engine, some of the 30+ themes included, options windows, branding and unicode support along with details of the features and functionality. The new beta will be posted in the next several days and 2.0 final is scheduled to release later in July.

Read more in the blog post...

PortableApps.com is formally announcing the end of Windows 95/98/Me support in the PortableApps.com Format, Installer, packaged apps and the PortableApps.com Platform. It's been a long time coming and has been discussed quite a bit internally and externally, so we'd like to officially announce the end of support as well as the reasons why.

Read on for more details...

PortableApps.com and OpenSourceHipHop.org are proud to announce a launch party this evening at Sputnik Bar in Brooklyn, NY to launch the upcoming PortableApps.com Music Production Suite. At the party, there will be performances by:

Bonita Applebum - the1shanti and Shefali are next generation Native Tongues continuing on with the Love Movement

Heavy Pennies - NYC's next huge singer/songwriter

45 Shootout - Live band dance hall wonderfulness

ElekTro4 and DJ Alias will be spinning tunes the rest of the night.

Facebook Event Listing

If you follow us on Facebook, you've already seen our online Facebook event invitation. If not, you can easily find us on Facebook today.

PortableApps.com developer Steve Lamerton will be representing us at FOSDEM 2010 in Brussels on February 6th and 7th. He'll be giving a Lightning Talk on the PortableApps.com Platform on Saturday. You may be most familiar with Steve as the developer behind our popular Toucan backup, sync and encryption utility. Hopefully, you can drop in on Steve's lightning talk Saturday morning. If not, keep an eye out for a red PortableApps.com polo and say hi.