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Monday, October 26, 2009
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Five Best Portable Apps Suites

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Once upon a time easy remote computing was a pipe dream, now people routinely carry gigs of data around on flash drivers smaller than a modest pack of chewing gum. Manage your apps and data with these portable application suites. More »
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Friday, July 24, 2009
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WhatsOpen Hunts Down Files That Won’t Let You Eject A Volume

12:35AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Ever try ejecting a thumb drive or other volume on your Mac but your computer claims the “disk is in use and could not be ejected”? WhatsOpen hunts down the culprits so you can get on with your life. More »
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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Usbuntu Live Creator Makes Bootable Linux USB Drives

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Free application uSbuntu Live Creator installs a Live CD from an ISO image onto your USB flash drive—much more useful, portable and easy to deal with than carrying around a CD. More »
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Use Relative Paths In Your Batch Files

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Paul writes in with an interesting tip for using relative paths in a batch file: you can use a special code to represent the current path—useful for batch files on a Flash drive. More »
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Friday, July 3, 2009
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Firefox 3.5 Portable Available For Download

1:35AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Firefox lovers have no doubt already updated to the recently released Firefox 3.5 for its amazing new features, but if you’re more the portable type, Firefox 3.5 Portable Edition is officially available for download. More »
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
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Microsoft May Sell Windows 7 On Flash Drives

4:30AM Azadeh Ensha | With Windows 7 pre-orders on sale today, CNET is reporting that Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7 on flash drives to help make installation on netbooks easier, and it’s reportedly one of several incentives the company may offer to users without CD/DVD drives. While no official announcement has been made, we’re wondering if you’d take a pre-loaded, presumably protected USB stick over a disc for your next upgrade. Share your reasons or rejections in the comments. [via Gizmodo; photo via bfishadow]
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
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LiberKey Installs 200+ Portable Applications

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you read over our guide on turning spare thumb drives into feature packed giveaway drives and you wished there was a huge pack of portable software you could just download, this is it. More »
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
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Portable Chrome Updates For The 2.0 Beta

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Fresh on the heels of the Google Chrome 2.0 beta release comes an unofficial portable version from German blogger Caschy—who put together the last portable version of Chrome. More »
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Turn Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives

12:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Flash drives aren’t quite a dime a dozen, but it’s pretty easy to amass a bunch of them in your office drawer. This guide will help you turn them into software-packed giveaway drives. More »
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
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Back Up And Play Your Wii Games From An External Hard Drive

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A disc that never leaves the case can never be scratched. Save your Wii games to an external hard drive with this handy tutorial for speedier and scratch-free playback. More »
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