Top 100 Portable Apps For Your USB Stick (for Both Mac & Windows)

Top 100 Portable Apps For Your USB Stick (for Both Mac & Windows)
This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users,here i have included for mac version also. All free. Enjoy!

What is a portable program ? : A portable program is a piece of software that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any other computer. It can be your email program, your browser, system recovery tools or even an operating system. The coolest part about it, is that all of your data and settings are always stored on a thumbdrive so when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.

Portable Office Software

* Abiword [Win (6.3 mb) / Mac (9.5 mb)] - word processor (compatible with Microsoft word)
* OpenOffice [Win (65 mb) / Mac (127 mb)] - free alternative to Microsoft Office (fully compatible with Microsoft Office docs)
* PDF Viewers: Sumatra [Win (1.1 mb) ], Foxit PDF Reader [Win, (1.8 mb) ]
* Notepad ++ - feature-rich Notepad replacement.

Portable Email/Calendar/ToDo Programs

* Mozilla ThunderBird - [Win (6 mb), Mac (20.5 mb), Cross-Platform (Win, Mac)] - very good email client (built-in address book, import/export, tons of addons)
* Calendars: Mozilla Sunbird [Win, 5.6mb], Sunbird [Mac, 9.7mb], Lightning [Win, 1.3mb) - ThunderBird addon
* Mail [Mac] - requires locally installed Mail.app
* iCal [Mac] - requires locally installed iCal.app
* Address Book [Mac] - requires locally installed Address Book
* Quick Mailer [Win, 20kb] - tiny program for sending quick e-mail messages
* gDisk [Mac, 1020kb] - handy program that turns your gmail account into a portable hard drive. (More stuff for gmail)

Portable Text and Voice Messengers

* All-in-One (Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, etc.): Gaim [Win, 6.9 mb], Miranda IM [Win, 1.2 mb], Adium [Mac, 15.5mb], Trillian [Win]
* iChat [Mac] - requires locally installed iChat
* Newspeak [Mac, 1mb] - Newspeak Cocoa IRC client
* Skype - exlpains how to make skype portable

Portable Media Tools (Audio / Video)

* Audacity [Win (2.4 mb), Mac (5mb)] - simple audio editor and recorder
* VLC [Win (9.3 mb), Mac (24 mb)] - powerful media player that plays almost all popular audio and video formats
* iShout [Mac, 7mb] - record and listen to your favorite internet radios.
* CocoaJT [Mac, 8.7mb] - stream live TV programs from major broadcast channels.

Portable Graphics Viewers and Image Editors

* GIMP [Win (8.6 mb), Mac (87.5 mb)] - free alternative to Photoshop
* IrfanView [Win, 1013kb] - fast graphic viewer with basic image editing features
* XNView [Win, Mac, Linux] - image viewer and converter (supports more then 400 image formats)
* Inkscape [Mac, 24.6mb] - scalable vector graphics editor

Portable Browsers and Internet Tools (FTP, Feedreaders, Torrent Clients…)

* Firefox [Win (5.8 mb), Mac (21.9mb), Cross-platform (Win, Mac) ]
* Other browsers: Camino [Mac, 16.2mb], Opera [Win], Safari [Mac] - requires installed safari
* Feedreaders (RSS, Atom …): RSSOwl [Mac, 5mb], Feed [Mac, 564kb], GreatNews [Win], Sage [Win, 0.2 mb]
* FTP Clients: Filezilla [Win, 2.3 mb], FireFTP [Win, 0.1mb], CyberDuck [Mac, 9.9mb]
* TrayURL [Win] - bookmark manager
* uTorrent [Win] - popular torrent downloader

Portable Security Software

* Antivirus: ClamWin [Win, 5.9mb], Dr.Web CureIt [Win, 5.5 mb]
* Keepass Password [Win, 1mb] - securely store and manage your passwords. Tips: Keepass Tutorial
* Omziff [Win, 0.5mb] - lets you encrypt/decrypt a file, using secure encryption algorithms. Also includes a password generator, file shredder, file splitter and some more tools.
* LockNote [Win] - simple text file that lets you store sensitive info with 256bit password encryption.
* RoboFor2Go [Win] - secure password manager and form filler
* Smart Sniff [Win, 57kb] - lets you inspect network traffic that passes via your network adapter.

Portable Games

* Sudoku - popular puzzle game
* Bricks2000 - popular tetris clone
* Logix - something similar to minesweeper
* Gem Drop - fast-paced puzzle game
* GeneRally - 2D racing game
* Nagaskaki - chess game
* NarkoMania - cool minesweeper clone
* NeverBall - part puzzle, part action game

Other Portable Utilities

* 7Zip [Win, 1.1 mb] - file archiver and compressor, supports 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR and more
* Registry Tweaker [Win, 1.52mb] - registry tweaking tool
* Restoration [Win, 229kb] - handy program for recovering deleted (or formatted) files
* YamiPod [Win] - powerful iPod manager (copy mp3/AAC files to and from your iPod, import/export playlists, search for songs, remove duplicates,..). More iPod tools
* Drive Manager [Win, 1191 kb] - quick summary for each local and removable drive.
* PStart - lets you organize and create menu-like list for quicker access to your portable programs.
* SyncPAppX - script that syncs preferences between portable and local applications.
* RQ Money - handy utlity to manage your credits and debts
* SIW - a system analysis tool that tells you almost everything you need to know about a computer, i.e. hardware, configuration settings, etc.
* WinAudit - one more analysis tool
* Convert [Win, 155 kb] - fast metric unit conversion tool (distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass…)
* UK Calender [Win, 321kb] - straightforward calendar with ToDo and reminders
* CPU-Z [Win] - provides detailed info about your processor and other components
* Country Codes [Win, 1358 kb] - a small database of country codes and additional information for all countries.
* TreePad Lite [Win, 866kb] - personal database program, lets you store all your notes, emails, bookmarks, etc. into one well-structured file
* StartupList [Win, 158 kb] - displays all items that are in any way related to your computer startup and are executed without any user interactions
* eTextReader [Win, 279kb] - read plain text files provided by Project Gutenberg in a book-like manner.
* Index Your Files [Win, 640kb] - provides an easy way to create index databases (of specified folders and drives) for quick file/term search
* RockXP [win, 768kb] - handy utility for retrieving Win XP’s product key
* WhoisThisDomain [Win, 42kb] - view owner and registration info for any domain name
* Converter - portable unit convertsion utility

Portable Developer Tools (Techies Only)

* Nvu [Win (7.3 mb), Mac (12 mb)] - easy-to-use webpage editor. Simpler alternative to Dreamweaver and Microsft Frontpage
* Server2Go - apache webserver (no configurations needed)
* InstantRails[Win, 60mb] - contains Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL, all preconfigured and ready to run.
* Putty [Win, 0.9 mb] - lightweight telnet and SSH client
* Follow-Me IP - displays your external IP address
* XAMPP [Win, 25/17 mb] - integrated server package of Apache, mySQL, PHP and Perl. Just Unzip and Run
* HTTP File Server [Win] - simple and easy-to-use file server for personal file sharing.
* CurrPorts [Win, 46kb]- lets you view a list of ports that are currently in use, along with applications that use them
* FTP Servers: Quick’n Easy FTP Server [Win, 355kb], PureFTPdManager [Mac, 10.9mb]

All-In-One Packages

* PortableApps Suite [Win, 89.5mb] - includes 7 programs for essential needs (office, email, IM client, etc.) + cool Startup manager and backup utility
* FSuite [Mac, 668.3mb] - over 30 useful tools in one file (Office, Graphic, Audio, Video, Internet, Developer Tools and Games)

Portable Operating Systems (’HowTo’ Articles)

* Mac OS Classic 7
* Portable Linux: Knoppix, Ubuntu Tips:How to Run Linux from an USB Flash Drive
* Win XP

USB ThumDrive Tips

* How to create a bootable USB key
* Never Forget your USB Stick
* QuickLaunch your USB workspace

That’s mainly it… In case you’re looking for something that wasn’t mentioned above, there are a couple of resources you may want to check out. These are Portablefreeware.com | portableapps.com and Tinyapps.org

Access Your Websites Quickly With Firefox’s Fast Dial

The Opera browser as ’speed dial’ feature, where you can click on thumbnails of websites and be taken to those sites immediately. You can also Get the Speed Dial Feature in Firefox also.I loved having my favourite websites on the screen as pictures that I could just click with my mouse. I finally settled upon Fast Dial, speed dial for Firefox in Ubuntu Linux.

Upon installing it, Fast Dial then lives in your blank Firefox tabs. You can insert any of your favourite sites inside each of the boxes (there is space for up to 100 sites if you fiddle around with the customization options) and when you insert the URL, a thumbnail picture of the site then appears. Any of the boxes are easily editable if you want to change the URL later or update the thumbnail picture.

You can also change the background colour to anything you want. The default colour of the home screen is white but I changed mine to black. You can also change the size of the boxes, the number of the boxes….everything is customizable.

Another very nice feature is a right-click option on each Firefox tab which says “add to Fast Dial”. So if you are on a website and you decide that this should go into your Fast Dial, just right-click on the tab and choose “add to Fast Dial”. The next time you go to your Fast Dial page, you’ll see the page there.

Orkut Statistics Page - Know Who Dominates Orkut

Orkut Statistics Page - Know Who Dominates Orkut
Orkut Demographics page displays all the statistics related to orkut. This page is viewable to all orkut members. This page displays stats about the age group of orkut members, their interests and what they want to do on orkut. The page also lays emphasis on the traffic sources and meantime it looks as if Brazil Dominate Orkut followed by Indians.


You can see various orkut statistics on the Orkut Demographics Page

Note: You Should be Logged into Orkut to see the Statistics.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks

Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks
You already know Excel 2007. Now you’d like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you.
Inside, you’ll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Excel 2007.

Contents:

* Minimal text and maximum illustrations
* Task-oriented, step-by-step approach
* Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations
* Self-contained, two-page lessons
* Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more How easy is it?
* Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task.
* Demonstrates a new spin on a common task
* Introduces a new skill or a new task
* Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge
* Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies

Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks

Add a Yahoo Similey Widget Before your Comment Box

Add this Yahoo Simileys widget to your Blog to Promote the readers to comment and know there expression about your Post.Before trying this hack you should have embedded comment box.



1.Open Blogger --> Layout --> Expand Widget Templates
2.Press CTRL+F search for
3.Download the Code from here
4.Now Copy codes & then Paste it below

5. Save the Template.
6.You can find this yahoo Emotions widget above the Comment Box.

Note: Make sure that your Comment Post is in Embedded form .This is my First Post regarding Blogger hacks.

Add yahoo Smileys on Blogger Posts & Blogger Comments - Blogger hack

Add yahoo Smileys on Blogger Posts & Blogger Comments - Blogger hack

Adding Expression through smiley icon In Blogger Is really great, many user want to add this features but they fail in adding this features ,But putting this features is really easy and great you can use all smile that we use in yahoo messenger. You do not need to copy smiley icon url after putting this hack Just For Example - If you type this code:) this Similey will automatically appear in your Post within few hours.
Just Follow Below Steps to have smiley Icon in yours Blog Post.

1.Login to blogger then choose “Layout –> Edit HTML ”
2.Press CTRL+F search for ]]>, if you found it then put the below code under it.

Fix system tray icons missing in vista and xp

Trouble:

Many a times when the windows boot, the tray icons like volume control icon, network status icon, safely remove hardware icon etc. which should be visible in the tray are not visible properly.

In such a case, many a times you will find volume control missing, or you will find Safely remove hardware icon missing, or any other useful tray icon which you frequently use.

Why are tray icons not loaded properly?

At the time when windows is booting, there are many processes which are simultaneously being launched. All these are running in parallel waiting for the CPU turn. Some times when the CPU is busy with some processes, windows misses to properly load the icons.

Solution for System Tray Icon Missing Problem:

The fix is simple, whenever you find that the tray icons are not properly loaded, you can restart explorer task. This will freshly build all the tray, task-bar and desktop icons.

1.To restart the windows explorer, there is a small windows-batch file
2.Just Open the Notepad and copy & Paste the Below thing in it,

@echo off
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe

3.Then save it as “tray.bat”
4.Double-click on this file and it will restart the windows explorer for you. After this, all the tray icons will be loaded properly.

or

Open the command prompt and type the following two commands one by one:

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe

That’s it !!! .The Tray icons will be Loaded Properly.