— Mar. 17, 2008 — As expected, the Eclipse Foundation has formally adopted a community project to implement OSGi (open services gateway initiative) standards for Java application software management on mobile and embedded devices.

On October 22, 2004, Novell released SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 (abbreviated as SLP9.2 henceforth) targeted at the home user and Linux enthusiast crowd.

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Apple has released the first version of its browser, Safari, for Windows . Safari 3.1, which was launched on Tuesday, will run on Windows XP or Vista and, of course, Mac OSX. Apple released a beta for the Windows-supporting version in June last year.

The Ubuntu developer community moved its long-awaited upgrade, Hardy Heron, into beta release on Friday. Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system designed for general consumers.