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PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Pre-Release 1 Released: Folders, App Store, Search, Theming and More!

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 19, 2011 - 11:28pm

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the latest test release of our upcoming Platform (codename: Leo). 2.0 Pre-Release 1 is available for immediate download for testers and translators. This PR1 release introduces automated and customizable folders (aka categories) in the menu, our new theming engine with multiple chrome styles, the Portable App Directory app store for automatic download and installation of portable apps, find-as-you-type search to easily find apps in your ever-growing collection, an improved updater with better support for proxies, an improved options selection window, more-complete translations into more languages and lots more. This latest release represents a big update to the underpinnings of the platform on the road to 2.0. So, how about we start checking it out... (permalink)

Task Coach Portable 1.2.24 (task management) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 17, 2011 - 11:11am

Task Coach logoTask Coach Portable 1.2.24 has been released. Task Coach Portable is the popular Task Coach packaged as a portable app so you bring your to-do list and task manager with you so you always stay on top of things. This new release updates Task Coach to the latest 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.

Task Coach is packaged for portable use by the Task Coach developers.

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

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 6.0 Beta 2 (web browser) Released by PortableApps.com

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 9:05pm

Firefox logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 6.0 Beta 2 in 17 languages. It's the second beta of the upcoming 6.0 version of 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. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And, as always, it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates' if you have a previous Firefox Portable Beta or Release Candidate.

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

PuTTY Portable 0.61 (telnet and SSH client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 8:28pm

logoPuTTY Portable 0.61 has been released. PuTTY Portable is the popular PuTTY telnet and SSH client packaged as a portable app, so you can connect in to your systems on the go. 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'.

µTorrent Portable 3.0 Build 25454 (uTorrent is a bittorrent client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:52pm

logoµTorrent Portable 3.0 Build 25454 has been released by PortableApps.com. µTorrent is the world's most popular BitTorrent client. Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). This release updates µTorrent to the latest release and has improved portability. It's packaged as a portable app so you download on the go and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. It's released as freeware for personal and business use.

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

DVDStyler Portable 1.8.4.2 (DVD creation tool) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:48pm

logoDVDStyler Portable 1.8.4.2 has been released. DVDStyler Portable is the popular DVDStyler program packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your DVD creation tool settings with you. This release updates DVDStyler to the latest version. 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 4.6.3 (plaintext editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:28pm

logoAkelPad Portable 4.6.3 has been released. AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text that is designed to be 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'.

VLC Media Player Portable 1.1.11 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 7:08pm

VLC logoVLC Media Player Portable 1.1.11 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 and uses improved compression techniques to speed launching time on PCs with slow antivirus products. 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'.

Finance Explorer Portable (personal finance) 5.2.0 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 16, 2011 - 6:59pm

logoFinance Explorer Portable 5.1.3 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 in the PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 by clicking 'Check for Updates'.

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

Maxthon Portable 3.1.3.2000 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on July 14, 2011 - 1:32pm

logoMaxthon Portable 3.1.3.2000 has been released. Maxthon is designed for the whole web. It has dual display engines (powered by Trident and Webkit) and the web's fastest Javascript engine (V8) make every website sing --- fast. This release updates Maxthon to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. It's freeware for personal and business use.

Maxthon® is packaged for portable use by Maxthon-fr. Maxthon is a registered trademark of Maxthon International Limited and is used with permission.

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

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