Opera-USB is a portable port to the world's fastest intgernet browser Opera that you can take with you on a USB flash drive or portable hard drive. Opera is almost a cross between firefox and internet explorer. It is easy to use and includes many neat features such as pop up blocking, e-mail program, RSS newsfeeds and IRC chat. Additionally, Opera offers the ability to add extra tools via widgets.

Download the latest version from here.

Komposer/Nvu Web Editor:

Komposer Portable is an advanced html web page editor that is made to run directly from a portable device. Komposer is based on and is a fork of the Nvu editor but addresses many of the bugs found in Nvu. This application is easy to use assuming that you have used html web page editors like dreamweaver or frontpage before.

Web Page here.

WxDownloadFast Download Manager:

Features

• Faster downloads (with Segmented/Multi-threaded/Accelerated transfers)
• Download resuming (Pause and restart where you stopped)
• Download scheduling
• Organizes files you have already downloaded
• View server messages (HTTP, FTP, file://). No HTTPS support.
• Available in multiple languages and easily translated. Now available in Portuguese [Brazil], Spanish, English, German, Russian, Hungarian, Armenian, Indonesian and Dutch
• Connection to HTTP/FTP servers which require a password
• Calculates the MD5/SHA1 checksum of downloaded files so they can be easily verified
• Metalink support
• Firefox integration through FlashGot
• Can be used as a portable download manager (Windows only)
• Can be used over proxy servers(HTTP proxy support)

Webpage: here.

Filezilla FTP browser/client:

FileZilla Portable is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged as a portable application, so you can take your server list and settings with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or on a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Web page: here.

Pidgin Instant Messenger:

Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is the versatile Pidgin instant messaging client , so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's nothing to install on the local PC. You can also easily add portable encryption plugins for secure, encrypted messaging.

Web Page: here.

5. Modify your flashdrive's icon and name

Using an autorun.inf file placed inside the root folder of the thumbdrive, there are many things you can play around with, such as modifying your flashdrive's icon and name. Personalise your thumbdrives so that you are the only one in the world with your picture as its custom icon! Click here to learn more.

4. Make a "sawed-off USB cable" flashdrive

Yes, the above picture shows a working flashdrive, no matter how strange it looks. Doing this can surprise your friends to a great extent. Learn how do make one yourself here.

3. Boot a separate OS

Hate the OS a public computer is running on? No problems, just boot up a separate OS from your personal flash drive. DamnSmallLinux is only one of the many choices. You can find out more about DSL here.

2. Encrypt your thumbdrive

Encryption allows you to protect sensitive and personal files stored on your flashdrive, ensuring that if you lose your flashdrive, the information doesn't' fall into the wrong hands. Get more information here.

1. Run Firefox portable

Since many public computers do not have Firefox preinstalled, you can use the portable edition of the popular web browser to surf the net, and even synchronize the plug-ins and bookmarks of your Firefox at home to the portable version! Get it here!

In conclusion, your flashdrive has much more functionality than you think, so be sure to explore its hidden potential. For all you may know, you might discover something new!

On the Mac's twenty-fourth year, the inception of the new computer age has arrived. The Mac Book Air is .16-.76 inches thin and only 3.0 pounds. The Mac Air still maintains an impressive 13.3 inch wide-screen with a LED backlit display. The component comes on when you raise the screen. The keyboard wasn't compromised and the entire board lights up in low light environments.

Although, ultra portable (remember this term from 2001- the ipod) the Mac Air has all the functionality of any "regular" notebook. The prevailing genius of Apple is displayed in the track-pad technology which uses the multi-touch gestures of the iPhone. You can control your windows with the pinch mode and shift through your files with the swipe gesture.
Speaking of genius, Apple introduces the remote disk- make virtual drives look like floppy disk). The remote disk allows you to retrieve files from optical drives of nearby Macs and PCs. That is with out using any transfer media.

The final specs on the Mac Air are equally impressive. You have a choice between 1.6GHx or 1.8Ghz. It's armed with Intel Core 2 Dou processor and 2GB memory. Storage is modest with an 80GB hard drive. Speed isn't an issue with the wireless at 802.11n2 and Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR built in wireless technology.

It sports:

• An 8" screen,
• a compactFlash disk drive storage for roms,
• a built-in Ni-MH battery (no word on why he didn't use a Lipo, but maybe he was concerned it would go Dell on him)
• built-in Player 1 & 2 controls,
• 2 Joystick ports,
• and a QWERTY Keyboard.

Can't wait to see this guys next mod.