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I’m using portableapps for almost 2 years now. The portableapps are applications made to work from a flash drive on any computer without installing anything. For example, I have thunderbird on my flash drive which I use on my home computer and on my work computer, this way I have all my e-mail at any time with me. There are also other programs that work on the flash drive, for example a HTML editor, an antivirus, a password vault and so on. Here is a short description from their site:

“A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.”

Well, here is a list of programs that work on a USB Flas Drive, if you click on any of these links you will be redirected to the creators page:

Accessibility

• Firefox Accessibility Extension - Make Firefox more accessible
• On-Screen Keyboard Portable - Easily access an on-screen keyboard
• Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured screen magnifier

Development

• Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
• Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - The easy-to-use Nvu web editor
• PortableApps.com Installer - the easy way to package portable apps
• XAMPP - Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package

Education

• BPBible Portable - bible study tool
• Celestia Portable - portable space simulator
• Stellarium Portable - portable planetarium

Games

• DOSBox Portable - classic DOS games to go
• Frets on Fire Portable - rock out anywhere with this Guitar Hero™-style game
• Jooleem Portable - simple and addictive puzzle game with great music and visuals
• LBreakout2 Portable - breakout-style arcade game similar to Arkanoid
• Mines-Perfect Portable - a classic hunt-for-mines game with advanced features
• PokerTH Portable - classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best
• Sudoku Portable - the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game

Graphics & Pictures

• Cornice Portable - image viewer with slideshow
• GIMP Portable - Photo and Image Editor

Internet

• aMSN Portable - chat and video chat on MSN/Windows Live
• DownThemAll! Extension (for Firefox) - download the files and images you want faster
• FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client
• FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) - a lightweight extension
• Miranda IM Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in a customizable interface
• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web browser that’s safe and secure
• Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition - the handy email client
• Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - the easy-to-use webpage editor
• Pidgin Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in an easy-to-use interface
• PuTTY Portable - lightweight telnet and SSH client
• Sage Extension (for Firefox) - A full-featured RSS extension
• WinSCP Portable - SFTP, FTP and SCP client
• WinWGet Portable - take and manage your downloads on the go

Music & Video

• Audacity Portable - A simple audio editor and recorder
• BonkEnc Portable - extract, convert, and encode audio
• CoolPlayer+ Portable - Lightweight, fast, easy-to-use audio player
• DVDStyler Portable - DVD menu authoring tool
• MPlayer Portable - Full-featured movie player with support for most video formats
• VirtualDub Portable - video processing and capture utility
• VLC Media Player Portable - An easy to use media player that plays most audio and video formats

Office

• AbiWord Portable - a lightweight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files
• GnuCash Portable - accounting, expenses and financial management
• Lightning Extension (for Thunderbird) - A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks
• Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition - Calendar and task management with a familiar interface
• Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (Address Book) - Email client’s built-in address book with import/export functions
• OpenOffice.org Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility
• PDFTK Builder Portable - split, collate, watermark and password protect PDF documents
• PNotes Portable - sticky notes to go
• SpeedCrunch Portable - an intuitive algebraic calculator
• Sumatra PDF Portable - a lightweight PDF viewer
• Task Coach Portable - to do list and task manager

Operating Systems

• Mac-on-Stick - Run Mac OS Classic 7 portably

Utilities

• 7-Zip Portable - File archiver and compressor
• ClamWin Portable - Antivirus on the go
• Command Prompt Portable - Simple link to a customizable command prompt
• ConvertAll Portable - convert units of measurement
• Eraser Portable - securely delete files and data
• InfraRecorder Portable - full-featured CD and DVD burner
• JkDefrag Portable - Disk defragmentation and optimization
• KeePass Password Safe Portable - Secure, easy-to-use password manager
• Lightscreen Portable - easy to use screenshot tool
• PeaZip Portable - Easy to use file archiver and compressor
• PortableApps.com AppCompactor - shrink apps without affecting functionality
• PortableApps.com Backup - integrated backup utility bundled with the platform
• PortableApps.com Menu - integrated start menu bundled with the platform
• Toucan - backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
• WinDirStat Portable - disk usage analyzer and cleanup tool
• winMd5Sum Portable - check md5 sums to verify files on the go
• WinMerge Portable - file comparison and merging
• Xenon File Manager Portable - portable file browser

Now, if you test it you will love it

The Beta test campaign for BitDefender 2010 just started, please register at beta.bitdefender.com. Here are some infos from the bitdefender beta page:

“BitDefender Total Security 2010 - First Beta Rolling

The first BitDefender Total Security 2009 beta kit has been released and is ready for download at:
- 32b: Link in this article
- 64b: Link in this article

By participating in this beta campaign, you will get an exclusive preview of a whole set of new features that we invite you to put to the test:

• Architecture designed for better performance
• 30% faster on-access scanning compared to BitDefender 2009
• 20 second shorter boot time compared to that of BitDefender 2009
• UI view tailored for the novice user category: simplified look and feel with immediate access to critical security actions and the help area
• Improved Parental Control: new website filter, website categories (customizable profiles) and application time control
• Behavioral Scanner: new from BitDefender Labs, this technology watches processes on a host machine as they execute and flags them as potentially harmful if they are a match for malware behavior.

Before submitting bugs, please carefully read the list of known issues and the proposed test cases available in your account on the beta website.
We would greatly welcome any ideas and feedback regarding this brand new BitDefender product.

If you already have a previous BitDefender product installed on your computer, it is recommended to remove it before installing the beta version of BitDefender Total Security 2010.

Kind regards,
The BitDefender Team”

First screenshots and info about BitDefender Beta 2010 can be seen in my previous article “BitDefender 2010 Beta to be released soon. Screenshots and Info”.

The BitDefender Beta 2010 Kits can be downloaded from here:

- BitDefender Beta 2010 32b version

- BitDefender Beta 2010 64b version

Here are the prizes to win if you register and submit bugs on the beta center page:

Prizes
* 1 x eee PC
* 1 x Nintendo Wii Console
* 1 x iPod Touch
* 100 x BitDefender Total Security 2010 1 year/1 PC License Key.

So now let’s see what the known issues in BitDefender 2010 Beta are and how to uninstall it if you get problems with it:

• Parental Control Application Control blocks applications run on a restricted user with administrative rights.
• Newly created Windows Accounts will be available in the BitDefender Parental Control User Interface only if you restart the computer.
• Add to White list from the BitDefender Antiphishing Toolbar blocks IE (workaround: add to white list from Advanced UI).
• The Antiphishing Toolbar does not work on IE 8.
• Parental Control E-mail Notifications do not work on Windows 7 64b.
• On Windows 7, when adding a target for Tune-Up tasks the User Interface becomes unresponsive for a short period of time
• When installing BitDefender 2010 over BitDefender 2009, the antiphishing toolbar in Firefox is not available.
• Sometimes at the first reboot after install the BitDefender services are not available (the same issue will not occur again after the first reboot)
• Saving Quarantine settings returns an error.
• Sometimes the BitDefender User Interface blocks when fixing multiple Vulnerability Check issues.

Important! If you experience uninstall issues with BitDefender 2010, please follow the instructions listed below.

Run the uninstall tool available here:
- 32b&64b: Download Uninstall Tool

If this action fails, please run in Safe Mode the tools available here:
- 32b: Download Uninstall Tool for Safe Mode
- 64b: Download Uninstall Tool for Safe Mode

Screenshots can be seen in the previous article here is the link: BitDefender Beta 2010 Screenshots but also here:

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