On Tuesday, Microsoft was awarded a U.S. patent for “portable applications.” The description of this innovative technology? Running an executable file from a flash device. More specifically, portable ...

A tiny USB stick can be the difference between being stuck on a locked-down computer and quietly fixing problems, opening files, or rescuing data in minutes. With the right free tools on hand, I can ...

When it comes to backing up a computer, what most people think of, copying files, is somewhat limited. Copying data files is fine, as far as it goes, but a running computer also consists of ...

I have written the past about portable applications that Admins can carry with them. I came across a new ‘suite’ of portable applications that are being touted as the Admins Swiss Army Knife, and for ...

I’m a big fan of “portable” Windows software. The term refers to applications that can be executed without being installed. From a Defensive Computing standpoint, they offer two big advantages. First, ...

Inside one of the technologies that powers Azure Kubernetes Service’s WebAssembly support, and promises to make applications portable across clouds and other hosts. The combination of WebAssembly and ...

The AXP family of Si-gate CMOS devices uses leading low threshold process technology and next generation packaging technology to create extremely small functions that support the trend to very low ...