You never know when a certain Windows app can help solve an immediate problem. You may not always have time to download and install what you need. But luckily, there ...

A class of application portability is emerging that aims to solve a lot of common problems in the corporate network and, not surprisingly, will create yet another level of concern about corporate ...

I stopped using portable applications for a long time. Between cloud storage, web apps, modern package managers, and the ever-growing number of regular apps you can download and install, they just ...

Imagine carrying the applications you use all the time—a Web browser, an e-mail client, a word processor, and even an image editor—in your pocket, ready to run on any Mac (and in some cases, Windows ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...