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2007; Volume 8, No 8, August

 
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IAHPC NEWS ONLINE

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News Table of Contents

Message from the Chair
and Executive Director

Kathy Foley, MD
Liliana De Lima, MHA

Article of the Month

Reviewer:
Margaret O'Connor, RN, PhD, DN, A.M.

IAHPC Traveling Scholars’ Reports
– Africa, India and the Philippines

Palliative Care Book of the Month and Book Reviews

Roger Woodruff, MD

Announcements

Grants and Fellowships

Meetings and Conferences

Webmaster’s Corner
Anne Laidlaw

Thank you notes

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IAHPC Newsletter Team

William Farr,
PhD, MD
Editor

Liliana De Lima, MHA
Coordinator

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Portable USB Flash Drives & Free Software

Portable USB Flash Drives are a hot item. There are many types of USB drives, such as pens, sticks, key chains on the market for the person on the move which all fit into your pocket such as the Kingston 2 GB DataTraveler II USB 2.0 Flash Drive. Just plug it into your USB slot on your desktop or laptop computer and in seconds you have a small external drive that can launch your portable software application.

Here is a list of software programs that will fit on a Portable USB Flash Drive for people on the move.

PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable software applications including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your Portable USB Drive and you're ready to go. You can use the whole collection or download individual applications you wish to use.
Freeware - Free to use
http://portableapps.com/suite

Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable application, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
Freeware - Free to use
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

Foxit PDF Reader & Printer is an alternative to Adobe Reader, that allows you to view and print PDF files. Unlike Adobe Reader, it opens PDF files very fast, without any delay and it is a much smaller file download.
Freeware - Free to use
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/foxitpdf.html

TrayURL is a portable bookmark manager that is designed to run from a USB drive. It sits in the system tray and provides quick access to your favorite websites. You can organize your bookmarks into categories and also choose the browser to use. Just copy the program to your flash drive, add your bookmarks and carry them with you wherever you go.
Freeware - Free to use
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/trayurl.html

GoodSync uses an innovative synchronization algorithm to synchronize your data between desktop PCs, laptops, USB drives and more. GoodSync combines bulletproof reliability with an extremely easy to use interface.
Most synchronization software claim to synchronize your files, but many simply copy from place to place. GoodSync offers true bi-directional synchronization, which prevents deletion of files and data loss.

30 Day Free Trial - $19.95 to convert to Pro Version
http://www.goodsync.com/

Remora USB File Guard is designed to do file encryption and compression in your USB storage devices. With Remora USB File Guard, you can secure all your files and store them in USB disk anytime and anywhere.
Freeware - Free to use
http://www.richskills.com/support/usbfileguard_help.html

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