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  • As was mentioned in the discussion about Portable Applications a couple of days ago, while you need to install apps on your main partition, _Portable applications_ could be installed on a separate partition because they do not need to be "installed" to use don't make changes to the registry etc.

    Separate Data From Windows On A Standalone Partition | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • If there’s a portable version of an application that you can run off a thumb drive and/or test out without installing, we’ve linked to that at Portable, or added a “+Portable” to the main download link.

    Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Windows Downloads | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Netbook v2. 0 to Best Laptops in Portable Computing?

    Netbook v2.0 to Best Laptops in Portable Computing? 2009

  • The "trick" of Firefox Portable is that you can run as many instances as you have memory to hold them (as long as you set AllowMultipleInstances to 'true' in the FirefoxPortable. ini file).

    Prism 1.0 Brings Dock/System Tray Integration To Your Webapps | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Netbook v2. 0 to Best Laptops in Portable Computing?

    Netbook v2.0 to Best Laptops in Portable Computing? 2009

  • He was referring to The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Hitchens, giving the publishing world yet another opportunity to cash in on the anti-God juggernaut.19

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • He was referring to The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Hitchens, giving the publishing world yet another opportunity to cash in on the anti-God juggernaut.19

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • "OCLC has added new features and functionality to CONTENTdm, the leading digital collection management software for libraries and other cultural heritage institutions, to make it easy for libraries to manage and access documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) and integrate digital collection growth into their current cataloging workflows"

    October 2007 2007

  • Portable is the recording name of Alan Abrahams - a Londoner born in Cape Town, South Africa - and this song comes off his most recent album, Version, his second full length.

    You can put it in your pocket (Music (For Robots)) 2005

  • Easily Portable in other words, fits in a briefcase

    Creating Wealth Robert G. Allen 2006

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