Windows only: Don't mutter to yourself about how slow your drive is, benchmark it to know exactly how fast it is (or isn't) moving. HD_Speed gives you real-time feedback on any drive's transfer speed. All disks are not created equal, so if you have a nagging feeling that one of your flash drives is ...

Filed under: Windows, Browsers There have been portable versions of web browsers including Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera that you can run from a USB flash drive for a while. Basically these apps let you store your data to the flash drive allowing you to run these apps on Windows without installi...

Ketarin is  a stand alone program which keeps your setup files of the software you use updated i.e. every time a new version of software like yahoo messenger or ccleaner is releases you need to download it again to update it. Ketarin saves one step of your by automatically downloading the new versi...

Whether you got a shiny new flash drive over the holidays or your old thumb drive is looking for a new lease on life, pack it full of goodness with these five killer portable applications. Earlier this week we asked you to share which programs you've stashed on your thumb drive that you can't live w...

Windows Only: USBDeview is a handy multi-tool for handling USB flash drives. It is a lightweight and portable application that at it's most basic allows you to see which USB devices present and past have been plugged into the machine you are working on. Available information includes serial numbers,...

Windows only: Portable application Toucan backs up and syncs your data between two locations (like your hard drive and your USB drive). Weighing in at just over 4.10MB installed, Toucan offers several advanced backup and syncing settings, like incremental backup with compression (supporting 7-Zip fo...

Windows only: Free application Eraser Portable puts previously mentioned Eraser—the popular open-source secure file deletion tool—on your thumb drive for secure file deletion on the go. Like the original, Eraser Portable can wipe any hard drive, optical media, files, folders, encrypted d...

Tutorial Thursday For whatever reason I frequently find myself needing to resize and measure things on my computer screen. I’m normally measuring some images, trying to figure out how much space I have to work with, or want to make sure things are spaced evenly. It’s taken me a little wh...

You don't have to lease server space or keep your home computer always on to access a personal web server—you can run a web, FTP, and database server straight from a USB drive. A slim web server package called XAMPP fits on a USB stick and can run database-driven webapps like the software that...

You don't have to lease server space or keep your home computer always on to access a personal web server—you can run a web, FTP, and database server straight from a USB drive. A slim web server package called XAMPP fits on a USB stick and can run database-driven webapps like the software that...