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PortableApps.com is proud to announce the first release of the new PortableApps Suite. This package of portable software includes popular programs like Firefox, OpenOffice.org and Thunderbird along with an integrated menu and easy-to-use backup utility. The Suite can be installed on any portable device (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc) and used on any Windows (and many Linux) PC. The other big news is that Firefox Portable 2.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 and many other portable apps have been released in conjunction with the new suite. To show it all off, we even have a snazzy new homepage.

For anyone wondering why it's been a little quiet around here, there's been a lot going on behind the scenes. We're getting ready to release a new set of updates to the apps and we'd like to get a few more beta testers to take a look at some of the pre-releases. Updated versions of Firefox Portable, OpenOffice.org Portable, AbiWord Portable, Gaim Portable, FileZilla Portable, ClamWin Portable, Portable Apps Backup and more have been posted in the Beta Testing Forum. These updates add new features, new functionality and Vista compatibility among other things. They're not quite ready for general release, so, the more folks we have testing these out, the better. If you have a few minutes to spare, please pop into the Beta Testing Forum and give a few of them a try and post your results back to the appropriate topic. Thanks!

Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition 2.0 Release Candidate 3 has been released. Firefox Portable is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks and extensions with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, CD or other portable device. This package allows you to test what should be the final Firefox 2.0 release candidate alongside your regular Firefox (or Firefox Portable) install without impacting your bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. Grab a copy today from the Firefox Portable 2.0 RC 3 homepage.

Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition 2.0 Release Candidate 2 has been released. Firefox Portable is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks and extensions with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, CD or other portable device. This package allows you to test the new Firefox 2.0 RC 2 release alongside your regular Firefox install without impacting your bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. This new release uses the new faster launcher introduced in the Firefox Portable 1.5.0.7 release. Grab a copy today from the Firefox Portable 2.0 RC 2 homepage.

FileZilla Portable version 2.2.28 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 updates the included FileZilla package to include the latest release (with bugfixes) and updates the launcher to remove older directory layouts (as in the recent Firefox Portable release), which slightly increases startup time. The new release is available for immediate download from the FileZilla Portable homepage.

Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition 2.0 Release Candidate 1 has been released and is now even faster than before. Firefox Portable is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks and extensions with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, CD or other portable device. This package allows you to test the new Firefox 2.0 RC 1 release alongside your regular Firefox install without impacting your bookmarks, extensions, settings, etc. This new release uses the new faster launcher introduced in the Firefox Portable 1.5.0.7 release. Grab a copy today from the Firefox Portable 2.0 RC 1 homepage.

Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition 1.5.0.7 has been released and is now even faster than before. Firefox Portable is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks and extensions with you on your USB flash drive, iPod, CD or other portable device. This new release updates Firefox to 1.5.0.7 and has improved unicode support, better CD support on Windows 95/98, faster startup times and more. Read on for all the details...

Another new portable app -- Audacity Portable -- has been added to the PortableApps.com lineup and released as a multilingual package. Audacity is an easy-to-use audio editor and recorder that's great for everything from podcasting to cleaning up the audio of your band's demo. Audacity Portable is Audacity packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio files along with everything you need to work with them on the go. This new release has many of the features of the other portable apps, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, partial WINE support and more. Read on for all the details...

Miranda IM Portable version 0.5.1 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 updates the included Miranda IM and adds a fix for a registry entry that Miranda leaves behind. It is available for immediate download from the Miranda IM Portable homepage.

FileZilla Portable version 2.2.27 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 updates the included FileZilla package to include the latest release (with bugfixes) and fixes two issues with the launcher involving unicode command line parameters and paths under older versions of Windows. The new release is available for immediate download from the FileZilla Portable homepage.