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January / February, 2010

Laptops are shrink­ing every year, but anyone who wants to travel even lighter (and is comfortable with the vagaries of free-range computing) can scoot along with next to nothing and still keep key files on hand. PortableApps (portableapps.com) is a free open-source Windows-based sys­tem that allows you to pack any USB flash drive full of useful applications and per­sonal data. Once your drive is loaded you can walk up to the most stripped-down, ass-backward PC anywhere in the world, pop in your...