Thumb Drive Software

I recently bought a SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 2GB Thumb Drive which was reviewed by Gizmodo. It includes U3 compatible software such as Skype, Firefox, RoboForm, and Thunderbird to name a few. I bought this drive as a solution for accessing data in a secure fashion between my home and work computers. However, after playing with the U3 software, I found that I really liked the added capability of running applications off my thumb drive on any computer without ever having to install software on the computers I attached my thumb drive to.

Since the time I originally purchased my thumb drive I have been investigating various solutions for running software off a thumb drive and found the following:

• U3 - For those interesting in porting applications to a thumb drive using the U3 system, take a look at their developer’s kit.
• MojoPack - Check out LifeHacker’s article, Build your “PC on a stick” with MojoPac, for more information.
• PortableApps

This is definitely something worth considering for those who need to access multiple computers but do not want the hassle of maintaining software on each.

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